A wildfire scorched around 9,000 acres of grassland in El Paso County south of highway 94 from early afternoon to early evening. Two structures were consumed by the fire.
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A wildfire scorched around 9,000 acres of grassland in El Paso County south of highway 94 from early afternoon to early evening. Two structures were consumed by the fire.
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NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 2:37 AM MST, 9 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 337 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...MAIN CONCERN IS WINDS..FIRE WX ISSUES...AND ISOLD TSRA...IT WILL BE COOL TONIGHT... ...KPUX WSR-88D SUPER RESOLUTION REFLECTIVITY NOW AVAILABLE... CURRENTLY...AS OF 3 AM...IMPRESSIVE BAND OF PRECIP MOVING ACROSS THE STATE OF CO. THIS BAND TRANSECTS THE STATE FROM THE NE CORNER TO THE SW CORNER...CUTTING ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION SWWD INTO THE SAN JUANS. THIS BAND CORRELATES WELL WITH A BAROCLINIC BAND AT 700 MBS MOVING SE. THIS BAND IS ONE OF A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH THAT WAS STILL BACK IN UTAH. TODAY...IT WILL BE WINDY TODAY. RH VALUES WILL BE RATHER LOW ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...PARTS OF THE S MTNS AND PARTS OF THE SE PLAINS E OF THE S SANGRE MTNS. FOR THIS REASON WE WILL KEEP THE RED FLAG WARNING GOING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. WITH THE 2ND SHORT WAVE COMING ACROSS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND COORD WITH BOU WX...HAVE PUT IN SOME ISOLD TSRA THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION...WITH MAINLY THE N1/2 OF THE CWA BEING AFFECTED. IT WILL BE WINDY ALL AREAS TODAY WITH NW WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO POSSIBLY 50 MPH IN SOME AREAS. ANY TSRA THAT DEVELOPS WITH THE STRONG SYNOPTIC WINDS COULD LEAD TO GUSTS OVER SVR CRITERIA. TONIGHT...MAIN CONCERN IS TEMPS. WE WILL LIKLEY BE FLIRTING WITH TEMPS AROUND FREEZING MANY AREAS ON THE PLAINS. SINCE I DONT EXPECT TEMPS TO GET BELOW 28F OVER A LARGE AREA FOR MANY HOURS I DID NOT ISSUE ANY FREEZE HILIGHTS. SOME FROST IS POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH DWPTS WILL BE IN THE MID 20S. FOR NOW...WHAT I DID...WAS TO MENTION PATCHY FROST IN THE NDFD DATABASE. ADDITIONALLY...KPUX WAS UPGRADED TODAY AND SUPER RESOLUTION REFLECTIVITY IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM KPUX. IT IS NOT AVAILABLE JUST YET ON THE NOAA RADAR WEB SITE (I BELIEVE ALL WSR-88D RADARS NEED TO BE UPGRADED FIRST) BUT THE DATA IS BEING SENT OUT TO THE WORLD. I GUESS YOU CAN KINDA THINK OF THIS AS KPUX BROADCASTING IN HI-DEF. THE RADAR OPS CENTER HAS ALL THE DETAILS ON THEIR WEBSITE. THE BEST WAY TO GET TO THIS SITE IS TO GOOGLE WSR-88D SUPER RESOLUTION AND CLICK ON THE ROC WEBSITE. /HODANISH .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PROBABLE MONDAY... SUNDAY...TEMPORARY RIDGING ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY POINTS TO A WARM AND DRY DAY FOR COLORADO. H7 TEMPS WARM TO ANYWHERE FROM +8 TO +12 C...INDICATING HIGH 60S TO MID 70S FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS WELL...SO FIRE WEATHER BECOMES A CONCERN. RIGHT NOW...WINDS DO NOT LOOK TO BE TOO STRONG...SO FEEL THIS WILL BE A MARGINAL DAY AND WILL NOT ISSUE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. MONDAY...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BUT SW WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AS AN UPPER TROUGH DROPS DOWN ACROSS THE PAC NW AND NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE GREAT BASIN. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AND STRONGER WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PUSH THE AREA INTO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MAX TEMPS OVER THE E PLAINS ARE FORECAST TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MID 80S. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH BRINGS SOME PCPN FOR THE CONTDVD AND PALMER DVD THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY...BUT GFS AND NAM MODELS DISAGREE ON WHEN THIS OCCURS. DECIDED TO LEAN TOWARDS THE ONGOING FORECAST...WITH ISOLATED POPS ALONG THE CONTDVD DURING THE AFTN...THEN INCREASING POPS QUICKLY THROUGH THE EVE. BOTH MODELS DO INDICATE THAT A SFC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD AND CROSS THE PALMER DVD DURING THE EVENING PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT...ADDING EVEN STRONGER GUSTY WINDS TO THE MIX. TUESDAY SHOULD STAND OUT AS A MUCH COOLER AND WET DAY AS MAX TEMPS WILL BE 20-25 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS DAY...AND ALL AREAS OF THE CWA SHOULD SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS SAVE FOR THE EXTREME SE CORNER. THE UPPER LOW DIVES SOUTH INTO NM THROUGH THE EVENING...SO CONVECTION AND PCPN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AS THE UPPER LOW SLIDES ACROSS NM MIDWEEK...AND A HUGE RIDGE OF HI PRES BUILDS OVER THE WEST COAST...NORTHERLY FLOW SETTLES IN FOR THE ROCKY MT REGION. MODELS HINT AT A GRADUAL WARMING TREND INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH A NEARLY DAILY THREAT OF ISOLATED POPS MAINLY FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SPECIFICS OF THE FORECAST WILL BE ADDRESSED AS TIME GOES ON...BUT THERE IS SOME DOUBT ON THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND HOW MUCH WARMING WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE. MOORE && .AVIATION...MAIN CONERN IS WINDS FOR ALL TAF SITES. EXPECT NW WINDS OF 20-30 KNTS WITH G40 KNTS POSSIBLE. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...I ANTICIPATE VFR CONDITIONS AT KCOS...KPUB AND KALS. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THERE MIGHT BE A BRIEF TSRA AT KCOS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ222-224-225-229-230. && 34/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1132 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-111300- 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- 1132 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IT WILL BE WINDY TODAY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...DRY CONDITIONS AND THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF A FIRE SHOULD START. THE GREATEST RISK FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY AND AREAS IN AND AROUND TRINIDAD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...HAIL LESS THAN ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY...MAINLY ABOVE 10000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...AS TEMPERATURES AND WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. METZE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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