including the eastern San Juan mountains and La Garita mountains. 6 inches at Leadville in Lake County and 8 inches at Rosita in Custer County.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A cold front moving across eastern Colorado in conjunction with an upper level disturbance moving across the southwest generated snow across sections of southern Colorado....including the eastern San Juan mountains and La Garita mountains. Some of the heavier snow amounts reported in the north and east include...6 inches at Leadville in Lake County and 8 inches at Rosita in Custer County. The summit of Wolf Creek Pass in Mineral county recorded 19 inches of new snow.
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 13, 8:16 PM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 816 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 .UPDATE... NEW MODEL GUIDANCE IS COMING IN FARTHER WEST WITH THE STORM. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LESS ACCUMS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR. IT ALSO APPEARS THE ONSET OF ANY SNOW ACROSS THE GREATER PIKES PEAK REGION WILL NOT START UNTIL 4-5 AM...SO I CHANGED THE BEGINNING TIME OF THE ADVISORY FROM 11 PM TONIGHT TO 5 AM TOMORROW. IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE SAN JUANS WILL GET THE MOST SNOW OUT OF THIS...INCLUDING THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SAN JUAN MTNS. /HODANISH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008/ SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY) ..TRACK OF STORM SYSTEM AND SNOW AMOUNTS BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR THE SHORT TERM... UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TAKING SHAPE ACROSS NRN GREAT BASIN WITH 130+ UPPER JET DIGGING DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE. MODELS STILL HAVE SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DISCREPANCIES WITH THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...BUT ALREADY...APPEARS NAM12 ISN/T DEEP ENOUGH/OR WEST ENOUGH WITH THE H5 TROF. AS FOR THE 12Z MODEL RUNS...NAM STILL APPEARS THE OUTLIER WITH THE STORM TRACK FARTHER EAST THAN OTHER MODELS...WITH UPPER LOW NEAR TO JUST WEST OF THE 4 CORNERS REGION BY 00Z FRI. GFS/GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN/ECMWF PLACE THE UPPER LOW NEAR THE SRN TIP OF NV BY THE SAME TIME PERIOD. GIVEN NAM CONTINUES TO BE THE OUTLIER...HAVE LEANED AWAY FROM ITS SOLN IN FAVOR OF THE GFS. UPPER LOW CUTS OFF OVER WRN UT/ERN NV OVERNIGHT...SPREADING DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT ALONG WITH LF QUAD UPPER JET DYNAMICS ACROSS THE WRN MTS AFTER 06Z. MOISTURE DEEPENS ALONG/WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AROUND THE SAME TIME PERIOD AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW TO GET GOING ACROSS THE WRN MTS AFTER 06Z WITH THE HEAVIEST FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WHERE SW WIND COMPONENT WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE OROGRAPHIC ASCENT AS WELL. AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES DROPPING SOUTHWARD...COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH SE CO DURING THE 06Z TO 12Z TIME FRAME. CP AIR MASS QUICKLY MOISTENS WITH SNOW STARTING ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE/TELLER COUNTY REGION SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN SNOW SPREADING RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SE MTS/ADJACENT PLAINS BY EARLY THUR MORNING... DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE TIME FRAME. AS FOR SNOW AMOUNTS...WITH MODELS SEEMING TO CONVERGE ON A MORE WESTWARD STORM TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN...HAVE OPTED TO HOIST SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES FOR THE PIKES PEAK REGION...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE SRN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF PUEBLO FOR THURSDAY...THEN ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THURS EVENING. PIKES PEAK REGION MAY GET LOW END ADVISORY NUMBERS (4-6 INCHES)...BUT WITH THE BLOWING SNOW VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL. FARTHER SOUTH...GFS BRINGS THE H7 WINDS AROUND FROM AN EAST-NE COMPONENT PROVIDING A FAVORABLE OROGRAPHIC WIND COMPONENT FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SE MTS...THUS WILL UPGRADE THE WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THE WETS AND SANGRES WITH 8-12 INCH AMOUNTS. WESTERN MOUNTAIN HIGHLIGHTS WILL REMAIN THE SAME WITH WARNINGS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES FOR LAKE/CHAFFEE COUNTY. THE SAN LUIS VALLEY POSES THE MOST DIFFICULT C51ENGE. IF THE BAND OF ISENTROPIC LIFT SETS UP ACROSS THIS AREA...COULD SEE WARNING CRITERIA NUMBERS...HOWEVER LATEST RUNS KEEP THIS AXIS A BIT FARTHER WEST AND SOUTH. EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY MAY SEE SOME SHADOWING FROM THE SANGRES...HOWEVER WESTERN/NRN PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY COULD SEE SOME HEAVIER AMOUNTS AS MID LEVEL EAST/SE WINDS PROVIDE A PERIOD OF UPSLOPE DURING THE LATE AFTN/EARLY EVENING. FOR ALL AREAS...AS COLD AIR ALOFT SPILLS IN...THERE IS A FAIR DEPTH OF THE SOUNDINGS IN THE -12 TO -16C DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE...WHICH SHOULD HELP BOOST SNOW AMOUNTS. ALL IN ALL...A TRICKY FORECAST EVEN IN THE SHORTER RANGES. IF STORM TRACK CHANGES...THEN CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS MAY NEED TO BE MODIFIED. AS FOR COLORADO SPRINGS/PUEBLO AREAS...SHOULD SEE A ROUND OF SNOW AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH FRI MORNING...BUT WITH NORTHERLY WIND INCREASING THURS MORNING...WILL LIKELY SEE THE DOWNSLOPE DRYING AFFECT TAKE PLACE SOUTH OF THE PALMER DIVIDE. THUS THE TYPICAL SNOWFALL MINIMUM WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF THE PALMER TO JUST SOUTH OF PUEBLO WHERE WINDS START TO UPSLOPE AGAIN ON THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE RATON MESA. TEMPS TOMORROW WILL LIKELY NOT WARM MUCH. IN FACT...MAX TEMPS MAY ACTUALLY OCCUR EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH STEADY OR FALLING TEMPS DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CAA. HAVE PORTRAYED THIS IN THE TEMP GRIDS. -KT LONG TERM... (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) THERE ARE STILL SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS REGARDING THE TRACK OF THE UPR LOW. IT LOOKS LIKE THE UPR LOW CENTER WL BE OVR CENTRAL OR SWRN AZ AT 06Z FRI THE 18Z GFS AND 12Z ECMWF ARE THE FARTHEST SOUTH AND WEST WITH THE LOW...WHILE THE NAM HAS IT OVR CENTRAL AZ. EITHER WAY IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THERE WL BE SNOW CONTINUING OVR MOST OF THE AREA THU EVENING...WITH THE SRN MTS...SERN FOOTHILLS AND SAN LUIS VALLEY STILL SEEING SOME ACCUMULATIONS. BY LATE NIGHT THE UPR LOW IS FORECAST TO SLIP A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH AND THE UPR LIFT OVR THE FORECAST AREA DECREASES MOST AREAS...EXCEPT MAYBE IN AREAS ALONG THE SRN CO BORDER...AND SHOULD SEE SNOW DECREASE ALTHOUGH I WL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS OVR SRN AREAS...BUT WL KEEP ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE ECMWF...GFS AND NAM ALL TAKE THE UPR LOW CENTER TO THE SERN AZ BORDER BY 00Z SAT WHICH IS FAIRLY FAR SOUTH FOR OUR AREA TO GET MUCH IN THE WAY OF PCPN. THUS WL GO WITH MAINLY ISOLD POPS ACRS SRN AREA FOR FRI. AFTER THAT THE UPR LOW IS FORECAST TO TRACK ESE FRI NIGHT AND SAT. LATE SAT AFTERNOON OR SAT EVENING A WEAK UPR SHRTWV TROF MOVES THRU THE AREA...AND COULD BRING SOME SHOWERS TO NRN AND ERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THE NAM IS DRY...THE GFS HAS SOME PCPN OVR THE CENTRAL MTS...WHILE THE ECMWF IS STRONGER WITH THIS SYSTEM AND HAS MORE WIDESPREAD PCPN. AT THIS TIME WE JUST HAVE SOME ISOLD POPS IN THE CENTRAL MTS AND WL NOT CHANGE THAT...BUT MAY NEED TO ADD MORE PCPN TO THE FORECAST IF IT BEGINS LOOKING LIKE THE ECMWF MAY BE RIGHT. AFTER THAT IT LOOKS LIKE DRY NW FLOW WL BE OVR THE AREA SUN NIGHT...WITH AN UPR RIDGE PUSHING E OVR THE AREA ON MON. A WEAK SHRTWV TROF IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE ACRS CO FROM THE WEST ON TUE PROBABLY BRINGING SOME PCPN...BUT BEING THIS FAR OUT I HATE TO ADD PCPN TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. SHRTWV RIDGING IS THEN EXPECTED FOR WED. AVIATION...COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE IN KCOS DURING THE 06Z-08Z TIME FRAME...AND BY 09Z FOR KPUB. GUSTY NORTH WINDS IN THE 20-30 KT RANGE ALONG WITH MVFR TO IFR CIGS WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD BEHIND THE FRONT. LIGHT SNOW/BLOWING SNOW WILL START AFTER 10Z. HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS WILL SPREAD IN AFTER 06Z WITH WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS EXPECTED SPREADING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AS SFC WINDS DECREASE. -KT && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR COZ058>064. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT FOR COZ072>075-079-080. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT FOR COZ069>071-076>078-083-086>088. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT FOR COZ065>068. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR COZ081-082-084. && 34/34
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 349 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-142300- 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- 349 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TONIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND THEN OVER PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACRS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BY THURSDAY MORNING THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FOUND OVER THE MOUNTAINS...HIGHS VALLEYS AND PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...HIGH VALLEYS AND SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 82846, 82848, 82849.