and Aguilar. La Veta and Florissant.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A winter storm produced heavy snow across the region including 6 to 8 inches around Beulah...Fort Garland...and Aguilar. Ten to 12 inches of snow was noted near Rye...San Isabel...La Veta and Florissant. Around 16 inches of snow occurred near Westcliffe...Cuchara and Rosita. Finally...24 inches of snow was reported at Del Norte.
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 Mar 2, 4:55 AM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 455 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...A WINTRY SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM TODAY... CURRENTLY...A STRONG LOW PRESSUSE SYSTEM WAS DROPPING DOWN ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND NORTHERN ROCKIES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A 150 KT JET DIGGING ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH ACROSS N CA AND OR. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WAS EVIDENT ACROSS THE STATE AS PER WV SATELLITE IMAGERY...WHILE SFC OBS INDICATE THAT LIGHT SNOW HAD FINALLY STARTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF W CO AS WELL AS AT MONARCH PASS AND KLXV AS OF 330 AM. FOR THE E PLAINS...OCNL BRISK SW WINDS HAS KEPT TEMPS MILD THIS AM...WITH SW WIND EVERY SO OFTEN KICKING UP AND PUSHING TEMPS AT KPUB BACK UP INTO THE MID 50S. TODAY AND TONIGHT...THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN WELL-ADVERTISED THE PAST 3 TO 4 DAYS...SO WILL NOT BELABOR THE DETAILS...EXCEPT TO POINT OUT THAT LATEST MODEL RUNS CONTINUE THE FORECAST TREND. ALL THE MODELS ARE NOW IN CLOSE AGREEMENT ON MOVING THE SYSTEM DOWN ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS TODAY...THEN DEVELOPING A CLOSED LOW OVER NW NEW MEXICO BY 00Z. THE TROUGH THEN CONTINUES SOUTH ACROSS NM THROUGH 12Z MON. FRONTAL PASSAGE TIMING LOOKS TO BE BETWEEN 12Z AND 15Z THIS MORNING ACROSS THE PALMER DVD...QUICKLY DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA AND REACHING THE RATON MESA BY AROUND 18Z. LATEST NAM RUN INDICATES SOME IMPRESSIVE H7 WINDS...WITH ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 60 KTS OUT OF THE N-NE BY LATE AFTN FROM THE E MTS AND EASTWARD. FOCUS AREAS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE THE CENTRAL MTS...N EL PASO COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...WHERE HIGHLIGHTS ARE IN PLACE. HOWEVER...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ACROSS THE SANGRES...WETS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS SINCE THE PLACEMENT OF THE UPPER CLOSED LOW WILL EFFECTIVELY DRAW PCPN RIGHT DOWN TOWARDS THE JUNCTION OF THE S FRONT RANGE AND RATON MESA. STRONG GUSTY N-NE WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR THE E MTS AND E PLAINS...WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS FURTHER EAST WILL BE LESS SINCE SNOW PROBABLY WILL NOT START THERE UNTIL LATER THIS EVE. ANOTHER THING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WILL BE HOW WARM IT WAS ON SAT. THE GROUND IS STILL WARM AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO COOL DOWN...SO INITIALLY SNOW MOST LIKELY WILL MELT ON CONTACT. BIGGEST THING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY WILL BE HOW RAW CONDITIONS WILL GET IN A HURRY AS THE FRONT DROPS SOUTH...IN CONTRAST TO THE NICE WEATHER EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY. THIS WILL TAKE MANY BY SURPRISE...WITH MAX TEMPS 25 TO 35 DEGREES COOLER TODAY. ALSO...MAX TEMPS TODAY WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR AROUND 15Z...THEN DROP OFF THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY INTO THE NIGHT. ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMP GRIDS TO TRY AND SHOW THIS. MOORE .LONG TERM... (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ...TWO MAIN STORMS TO WATCH THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK... TODAYS STORM SHOULD BE ALMOST ENTIRELY CLEAR OF THE AREA BY SUNRISE MONDAY...WITH CLEARING SKIES...BUT STILL COLD WITH SOME BRISK NORTH WINDS AROUND. NEXT POTENTIAL SYSTEM TO IMPACT AREA COULD AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TIME FRAME...WITH THE MOST POWERFUL PART OF THE STORM COMING ACROSS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. RIGHT NOW THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH AS A PROGRESSIVE OPEN WAVE...WHICH WOULD LIMIT SNOWFALL TOTALS. SYSTEM LOOKS A LITTLE MORE PUNCHY IN THE ECMWF MODEL. EARLY SPECULATION WOULD PUT THE BRUNT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST. HOWEVER...IT IS EARLY...AND THE ACTUAL TRACK OF THIS STORM IS NOT YET KNOWN. THIS SYSTEM HAS LOOKED STRONGER IN OLDER RUNS...AND THIS IDEA COULD RETURN. ACCORDING TO THE MODELS...THE FLOW STAYS COOL AND CYCLONIC OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO INTO THURSDAY...SO COULD STILL BE LOOKING AS SOME SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY THIS DAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOOKS WEAK...MAINLY THREATENING THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AGAIN. IN FACT...THE 06Z GFS40 TRICKLING IN AND THE 00Z ECMWF ARE PRETTY PATHETIC WITH THIS SYSTEM. SO...NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTING TOO MUCH WITH IT. HOWEVER...SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS ACTIVE SPRING FLOW PATTERN WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO TIME SHORTWAVES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. LW && .AVIATION... MVFR-IFR CONDITIONS WITH SNOW/RAIN EXPECTED FOR KCOS...KPUB...AND KALS FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE FORECAST FOR KCOS BETWEEN 12Z-15Z TODAY...THEN BETWEEN 15Z-18Z FOR KPUB AND KALS. POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 1-2 INCHES FOR KCOS AND KALS...UP TO AN INCH FOR KPUB. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COZ058>061-063. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY FOR COZ073>075-079- 080. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY FOR COZ072- 078. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COZ076-081-082. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM MST MONDAY FOR COZ087-088-094. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COZ084. && 27/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 644 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-031345- 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- 644 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...AND ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS GENERALLY ABOVE 8000 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT. ACROSS TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. FOR LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE MOUNTAINS...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR. ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST. FROM WALSENBURG TO TRINIDAD TO THE RATON MESA...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. FAR LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES...WITH A TRACE TO 1 INCH OF SNOWFALL FORECAST. ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...A HALF OF AN INCH TO 2 INCHES IS FORECAST BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...PALMER DIVIDE...AND RATON MESA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TWO MORE WEATHER SYSTEMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SECOND SYSTEM COULD BRING MORE SNOW TO THE AREA NEXT WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME...THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF BOTH SYSTEMS IS TOO UNCERTAIN TO PREDICT SPECIFIC SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. KOTO/LW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 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, March 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: 87271, 87273, 87274, 87275, 87276, 87270, 87272, 87267, 87268, 87269.