A winter storm generated hefty amounts of snow across the region... Colorado City and Aguilar.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A winter storm generated hefty amounts of snow across the region... including 6 to 9 inches near Trinidad...Walsenburg...Rye...Rosita...San Isabel...Beulah...Colorado City and Aguilar. Around a foot of snow fell around La Veta and Cuchara.
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 4, 3:15 PM MST, 10 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MST TUE MAR 4 2008 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY) MAIN CONCERNS WL BE PCPN CHANCES AND SNOW AMOUNTS FOR THE CENTRAL MTS TONIGHT...AND ALL OF THE MTS AND NEARBY AREAS ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST MTS. A SHRTWV TROF WL CONTINUE MOVING THRU NERN PORTIONS OF CO THIS EVENING AND SOME SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING UP ON RADAR IN NERN CO. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP OVR SOME OF THE FAR SERN PLAINS BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT THE LOWER LEVELS ARE STILL QUITE DRY AND MEASURABLE PCPN IS NOT VERY LIKELY. THE LARGER UPR TROF TO OUR NORTH WL CONTINUE DROPPING SOUTH INTO CO TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OVR THE AREA THRU WED. SOME SNOW SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON OVR THE CENTRAL MTS AND WL INCREASE POPS FOR TONIGHT OVR THAT AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE CENTRAL MTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A FEW INCHES. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT WL SEE THE BEST CHANCES FOR PCPN AS THE TROF MOVES OVERHEAD...AND WL INCREASE POPS OVR TELLER COUNTY AND THE PALMER DVD BY LATE TONIGHT. EARLY WED MSTR IS FORECAST TO INCREASE OVR THE ERN MTS AND ADJACENT AREAS. THE LOW AND MID LEVEL WINDS START OUT NORTHERLY BUT BY MIDMORNING THE WINDS TURN MORE NORTHEASTERLY LEADING TO BETTER UPSLOPE AND CONCENTRATING PCPN ALONG AND NR THE SOUTHEAST MTS...AND AS A RESULT WL NEED TO INCREASE PCPN CHANCES IN THESE AREAS AND GO WITH LIKELY POPS WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS AS THE THE SRN SANGRES AND WET MTS AND NEARBY AREAS WL SEE THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AT THIS TIME 3-5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THESE AREAS SEEMS LIKELY. HOWEVER...LAPSE RATES ARE FORECAST TO BE 8-9 C/KM OVR AND NR THE MTS AND THIS COULD LEAD TO CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. .LONG TERM... (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) UNSETTLED AND UNSEASONABLLY COOL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY WITH A DRYING AND WARMING TREND THEN ANTICIPATED FROM SATURDAY INTO MONDAY WITH MORE UNSETTLED CONDITIONS POTENTIALLY RETURNING BY NEXT TUESDAY. LATEST LONGER TERM COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT UPPER WAVE CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST COLORADO AT 06Z WEDNESDAY TO PUSH INTO NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BY 18Z THURSDAY AND THEN SHIFT INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY 12Z FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THIS SYSTEM AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL ALLOW SCATTERED TO LIKELY POPS TO CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN 2/3RDS OF THE CWFA WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH LOWER GRADE POPS OVER THE FAR EASTERN SECTIONS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS(GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 5 INCH RANGE) ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE NOTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES AND THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THE NEXT ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVIER SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY NIGHT WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION TO THE PRECIPITATION... BELOW SEASONAL TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NOTED THROUGH FRIDAY. A BREAK IN THE RELATIVELY ACTIVE METEOROLOGICAL PATTERN SHOULD BE NOTED FROM SATURDAY INTO MONDAY AS ZONAL/MINOR SHORT WAVE UPPER RIDGING PREVAILS. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO OR ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES DURING THIS TIME-FRAME MOST AREAS. FINALLY...NEXT UPPER DISTURBANCE SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA WITH INCREASING POPS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO NEXT TUESDAY. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR KCOS...KPUB AND KALS THOUGH GUSTS OF 35-45 MPH FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING AT KPUB...LIKELY DECREASING AFTER 02Z. SNOW SHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL MTS WL CAUSED IFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY MOST OF THE MTS WL HAVE IFR CONDITIONS AS A RESULT OF SNOW. ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR SNOW WL CAUSE AREAS OF MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 646 AM MST TUE MAR 4 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-051345- 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- 646 AM MST TUE MAR 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL DROP DOWN ACROSS COLORADO TODAY...BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK SOUTH ACROSS COLORADO WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT PRODUCING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...WITH THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY OCCURRING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS COULD SEE LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGH VALLEYS AND THE PLAINS ADJACENT TO THE MOUNTAINS COULD SEE A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. ELSEWHERE...LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE COULD AFFECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER... PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ANY SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND SPOTTY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. KOTO/LW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 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: 87282, 87283, 87284, 87285, 87286, 87277, 87278, 87279, 87280.