S. produced up to 10 inches of snow.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A storm system moving across the Southwest U.S. produced up to 10 inches of snow. Some of the higher snow totals include...6 inches near Fort Garland in Costilla County...and northwest of Buena Vista in Chaffee County...8 inches at Cuchara in Huerfano County and southwest of South Fork in Mineral County. Snow amounts exceeded Winter Storm criterion in the eastern San Juan Mountains...where 10 inches occurred at the Wolf Creek Ski Area in Mineral County.
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 Nov 22, 3:31 PM MST, 9 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 331 PM MST THU NOV 22 2007 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY) ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS FRIDAY... UPPER LOW NOW BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE OVER NRN NV...WITH CLOUD SHIELD NOW MOVING INTO THE 4 CORNERS REGION. ROLLER COASTER OF LAST COUPLE DAYS HAS SWUNG BACK UP...AS TODAYS MODEL RUNS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER AND WETTER THAN MODEL FCSTS WERE YESTERDAY. LOOKS LIKE NRN BRANCH OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING A BRIEF BUT HEAVY SHOT OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON FRI. H7 FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 40 KTS FROM THE SW...AND ENSEMBLES PLACE THE UPPER LOW INVOF THE 4 CORNERS BY 12Z. MODEL SNDGS OVER THE SAN JUANS SHOW DEEP SATURATED CONDITIONS FOR FRI MORN. NAM QPF CONTINUES TO LOOK OVERDONE...BUT EVEN CUTTING IT IN HALF YIELDS SIGNIFICANT QPF FOR THE SWRN MTNS. EC...SREF...AND GFS ARE SIMILAR IN QPF AND SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE NAM. LOCAL OROGRAPHIC SNOW MODEL LOOKS TO BE A GOOD COMPROMISE AS IT PUTS OUT ABOUT HALF THE QPF OF THE NAM...BUT DOUBLE THE GLOBAL MODEL OUTPUT. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND COLD AIR IS DEFINITELY IN PLACE. WHILE STORM TOTALS MAY BE BORDERLINE WARNING FOR MANY SPOTS...CONSIDERING THIS IS A HOLIDAY TRAVEL DAY...FEEL IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. WILL BE UPGRADING THE CURRENT SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVS OF THE SAN JUANS TO A WARNING...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE SWRN SLOPES AND SRN HIGH PASSES OF THE ERN SAN JUANS. COULD POTENTIALLY SEE GREATER AMTS IF CURRENT WET TREND CONTINUES. WILL ALSO ADD THE SANGRES TO THE EXISTING ADVISORY...WITH UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED OVR THE HYR ELEVS. OVR THE PLAINS...AN EVEN TRICKIER FORECAST AS OROGRAPHICS WILL NOT BE ALL THAT STRONG. HOWEVER...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE GOOD MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THE SOUTH. MESOSCALE MODELS HINT AT SOME BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE MORNING. BEST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY LOOKS TO BE IN THE 15Z TO 21Z TIME FRAME...WHEN ABOUT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL...AND HYR AMTS OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DVD. IT WILL BE ANOTHER COLD DAY WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO GET ABOVE FREEZING OVR THE PLAINS. A GOOD DAY TO SAT INSIDE AND EAT LEFTOVERS. ROSE .LONG TERM... (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ...DRYING AND WARMING THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WEAK DISTURBANCE MONDAY...POTENTIALLY STRONGER DISTURBANCE FOR MIDWEEK... UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN OVER COLORADO FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL DIMINISHING AND PULLING AWAY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE BELOW AVERAGE ON SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD BE BACK ABOVE AVERAGE AGAIN ON SUNDAY...WITH MORE MIXING DOWNSLOPE WINDS. A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS STILL PROGGED TO CROSS THE STATE ON MONDAY. THIS FEATURE HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN THE MODELS. HOWEVER...IT IS PRETTY WEAK LOOKING AND WILL PROBABLY BE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE OVERALL. COULD BRING SOME SNOW SHOWERS TO THE HIGH COUNTRY BUT WILL PROBABLY HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ELSEWHERE SAVE FOR SOME CLOUDS. TUESDAY...SHOULD BE A SEASONAL DAY UNDER WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGING. AFTER TUESDAY...GETS DIFFICULT TO NAIL ANYTHING DOWN. SOME SYSTEM OF SOME STRENGTH WILL MOVE THROUGH...IMPACTING THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY. WE REALLY WONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS SYSTEM FOR SEVERAL DAYS YET. SO...FOR NOW... WILL REFLECT A COOLING...MOISTENING TREND IN THE FORECAST...BUT WILL NOT PROVIDE MUCH DETAIL. IT JUST DOESNT PAY AT THIS RANGE. STAY TUNED. THE WEATHER PATTERN LOOKS MORE ACTIVE NOW THAN IT HAS PREVIOUSLY THIS FALL. THE JETSTREAM LOOKS MORE ACTIVE FOR OUR REGION...RESULTING IN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STORMS...FRONTS AND PRECIPITATION. MAYBE WELL FINALLY START TO SEE SOME WINTER-LIKE WEATHER. LW && .AVIATION...CURRENT VFR CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT FROM THE SW TO NE...AS A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVR NV MOVES THROUGH WRN CO. EXPECT CIGS AND VIS TO DROP EARLY FRI MORNING...IN THE 10-15Z TIME FRAME. COULD SEE SOME LIGHT SHSN OVER ALL THE TAF SITES BY MORNING. LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SHSN THAT WILL MOVE IN BANDS ACROSS THE REGION FRI MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE FRI AFTERNOON. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ068. SNOW ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ066-067- 073>075. && 44/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 351 PM MST THU NOV 22 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-232300- 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- 351 PM MST THU NOV 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE BY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY OVER MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...SPREADING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND A FOOT OR MORE MAY OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUANS. 3 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTOS. OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A WEAK SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. ANOTHER STRONGER SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE AREA BY TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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