A winter storm produced gusty winds and snow amounts over 8 inches over the eastern Sawatch Range and western Mosquito Range, and La Garita and eastern San Juan Mountains.
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A winter storm produced gusty winds and snow amounts over 8 inches over the eastern Sawatch Range and western Mosquito Range, and La Garita and eastern San Juan Mountains.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 27, 3:39 PM MST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 339 PM MST TUE FEB 27 2007 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY) ...HEAVY SNOWS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... ...WINDS APPROACHING HIGH WIND CRITERIA POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN SANGRES... CONCERNS ARE MANY THIS PERIOD AS BROAD WESTERN US UPPER TROF STILL EXPECTED TO CARVE OUT ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...THEN TRANSLATE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THURSDAY. BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE FOR WESTERN MOUNTAIN SNOWS. WV LOOPS SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF DRY AIR OVER THIS REGION THIS AFTN...THOUGH SHALLOW MOISTURE HAS BEEN SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCING SOME SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTDVD AS SEEN IN WOLF CREEK OB AND CDOT WEB CAM. AS TROF APPROACHES OVERNIGHT...MOISTURE DEEPENS...AND HEAVIER SNOWS SHOULD START FALLING. INITIALLY BEST OROGRAPHICS WILL START OUT ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUANS...WHERE SOUTHWEST H7 WINDS 20 TO 30 KTS WILL IMPINGE ALONG FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. CAA ALOFT WILL CAUSE LAPSE RATES TO STEEPEN DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...SO EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOWS TO FALL DURING THIS PERIOD. STILL LOOKING AT POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...AS LAPSE RATES RANGE FROM 8 TO 9C/KM...ALONG WITH LIS 0 TO -2. LOCALLY HEAVY EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE FOR WINDS...ESP ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUANS...WHERE UPPER JET WILL BE IN THE PROXIMITY. COULD SEE SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LEADING TO BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS. WINDS APPEAR TO DECREASE SOME ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES ON WED AS THE TROF MOVES IN ALOFT...HOWEVER STILL ENOUGH WIND FOR SOME LOCAL BLOWING SNOW AT THE HIGHER AREAS. WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALREADY BEEN HOISTED...AND THIS STILL LOOKS ON TARGET. AS UPPER JET TRANSLATES ACROSS AZ/NM TONIGHT...LEE TROF DEEPENS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR. H7 WINDS INCREASE TO 50-60 KTS BY 09Z. HOWEVER...MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW QUITE A BIT OF FORWARD SHEAR ALOFT WHICH IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO MOUNTAIN WAVE INDUCED HIGH WINDS. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL NO DOUBT BE QUITE WINDY. DOUBT IT WILL MAKE THE HIGH WIND CRITERIA OF SUSTAINED 50 GUSTS TO 70 MPH...BUT WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. THIS AREA WILL CONTINUED TO BE MONITORED FOR HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. 18Z NAM12 APPEARS SLIGHTLY SLOWER WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT THROUGH THE SE PLAINS COMPARED TO 12Z RUN. PREVIOUS 12Z RUN BROUGHT THE FRONT INTO SE COLORADO STALLING IT OUT ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER DURING THE DAY. 18Z RUN KEEPS FRONT SLIGHTLY FARTHER TO THE NORTH...EXTENDING FROM COLORADO SPRINGS...TO ORDWAY...THEN ALONG THE SRN KIOWA CO BORDER. AS UPPER TROF APPROACHES...CONVECTION FIRES ALONG THIS FRONT WED AFTN. NAM12 STILL SHOWING A FEW HUNDRED J/KG OF CAPE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. PCPN TYPE WILL PROBABLY RUN THE GAMMUT FROM GRAUPEL...TO SNOW PELLETS...TO HEAVY CONVECTIVE SNOWS AS EVAP COOLING IN DRIER LAYER BELOW LCLS DROP TEMP PROFILE DOWN TO WET BULB ZEROS. CONCERN WILL BE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG THE FRONT DURING THE AFTN AND INTO THE EVENING AS FRONT DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE SE PLAINS. AGAIN...COULD SEE SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...AND BIGGEST CONCERN IS FOR HEAVY SNOWS DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. WOULDNT BE SUPPRISED IF SOME AREAS GET A QUICK 3-6 INCHES OF SNOW. .LONG TERM... (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY EVENING BRINGING A QUICK SHOT OF CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS ALONG/BEHIND THE FRONT. AGAIN...AS FRONT ADVANCES SOUTHWARD...COULD SEE SOME LOCAL AREAS RECEIVE A QUICK 3-6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDER SNOW. BOTH NAM AND GFS ARE BRINGING MORE WIDESPREAD QPF ACROSS SE CO THAN WHAT PREVIOUS RUNS HAVE INDICATED...AND GIVEN INSTABILITY PRESENT...THIS LOOKS REASONABLE. HAVE INCREASED POPS ACCORDINGLY. SHOULD BE A QUICK SHOT THOUGH...WHICH MAY HELP KEEP AMOUNTS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THURSDAY CONTINUES TO LOOK COOL AND SHOWERLY. FLOW BECOMES MORE NORTHWESTERLY AS CLOSED LOW OVER NW KS LIFTS TO THE NE. SNOWS SHOULD DECREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUANS...WITH FOCUS SHIFTING TO THE MORE OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES. ELSEWHERE...POPS LOOK MINIMAL...BUT WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND LAPSE RATES REMAINING STEEP...COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS REDEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS WHICH MAY MOVE OFF INTO THE PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALL IN ALL THURS GRIDS IN GOOD SHAPE AND MADE FEW IF ANY CHANGES. FRIDAY...THIS LOOKS TO BE THE TRANSITION DAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH FINALLY STARTS TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AND BRISK N-NW FLOW ALOFT SETTLES IN OVER THE ROCKIES. MODELS STILL INDICATE ISOLATED TO LOW SCATTERED POPS ALONG THE CONTDVD SO ONGOING POP GRIDS THERE LOOK GOOD. CONTINUED COOL TEMPS EXPECTED THOUGH PERHAPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER AS MOST AREAS WILL SEE MORE SUN. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...RIDGE BUILDS IN ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE U.S. AND BEGINS A TREND OF WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE. THE RIDGE FLATTENS OUT AND BECOMES MORE ZONAL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH A HINT OF SOME PCPN FOR THE CENTRAL MTS...BUT FOR NOW WILL MAINTAIN GENERAL TREND OF WARM AND DRY. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY FOR COZ058-060-066- 068. && 31/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 525 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-281400- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 525 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES EXPECTED BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS COLORADO WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS AND A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE FOR THE HIGHER WEST AND SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MOUNTAIN PASSES. GENERALLY...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT MOUNTAIN LOWER ELEVATIONS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS COULD RESULT LOCALLY INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AREAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG A COLD FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. SNOW PELLETS OR GRAUPEL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THIS FRONT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EL PASO COUNTY AREA. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AS A COOL NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN SETS UP ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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