A fire was started near Vineland by a passing motorist which consumed 40 acres, a modular home and two vehicles.
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A fire was started near Vineland by a passing motorist which consumed 40 acres, a modular home and two vehicles.
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 Dec 10, 4:10 AM MST, 9 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 410 AM MST FRI DEC 10 2010 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... CURRENTLY...CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AS A DISTURBANCE IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT CROSSES THE STATE. SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED AT WOLF CREEK THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH HINTS OF SNOW AT KLXV AS WELL. RADAR IS INDICATING SOME LIGHT PCPN OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRES AND FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS ACROSS LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...BUT REPORTS OF IT HITTING THE GROUND AS OF YET. TEMPS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE THIS AM...RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 40S...PRIMARILY DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER. TODAY AND TONIGHT...THE UPPER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON THIS MORNING...WITH STRONG NW FLOW ALOFT CONTINUING THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. A BREAK IN THE CLOUD COVER AND PCPN POTENTIAL TODAY FOR THE E PLAINS MEANS THAT THE WINDS SHOULD PUSH MAX TEMPS BACK UP TO AROUND 60 F FOR THE AFTN. MEANWHILE...A HEALTHY TAP OF MOISTURE DRIVING INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MTS DUE TO THE NW FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL MIDDAY SATURDAY. ONGOING ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LOOKS GOOD FOR THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AS WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40-50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LATER TODAY...AN UPPER TROUGH CROSSES THE NORTHERN U.S. PLAINS AND PUSHES A COLD FRONT DOWN ACROSS E CO. NAM AND GFS MODELS INDICATE THIS FRONT WILL CROSS THE PALMER DVD RIGHT AROUND 00Z...REACHING THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE BY MIDNIGHT. AS THIS FRONT RACES SOUTH...THERE IS THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS BREAKING OUT ALONG AND DIRECTLY BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR THE E PLAINS...BUT AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS AS IF ANY PCPN THAT ACTUALLY REACHES THE GROUND WILL BE PALTRY. MOORE .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) MAIN CONCERN IS THE CHANCES FOR SNOW...MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL MTS THIS WEEKEND. COOLER AIR WL BE OVR THE AREA SAT...WITH THE SERN PLAINS SEE MUCH COOLER TEMPS THAN ON FRI...WITH HIGHS SAT BEING 15-20 DEGREES COOLER. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD BE DRY ON SAT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CENTRAL MTS...WHERE MSTR AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT WL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WL CONTINUE THRU THE MORNING HOURS...TAPERING OFF SOME IN THE AFTERNOON. SAT NIGHT AND SUN NW FLOW ALOFT WL CONTINUE OVR THE AREA WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED..EXCEPT IN THE CENTRAL MTS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WL STILL BE A VERY GOOD CHANCE FOR GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW...AND WL INCREASE THE POPS IN THIS AREA. A NICE WARM UP IS EXPECTED FOR SUN OVR THE SERN PLAINS AS HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BACK UP INTO THE 50S. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE SNOW SHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL MTS SHOULD COME TO AN END LATE SUN NIGHT AS AN UPR RIDGE STARTS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. THIS UPR RIDGE IS THEN EXPECTED TO KEEP THE WEATHER DRY ACRS THE CWA THRU AT LEAST TUE. HIGH TEMPS MON AND TUE WL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 15 DEGREES OR MORE WARMER THAN NORMAL. TUE NIGHT OR WED THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE AREA BY BRINGING A RETURN OF SNOW TO THE CONTDVD AREA. THE ECMWF IS SLOWER AT BRINGING THIS SYSTEM INTO THE AREA. WED AFTERNOON A FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THRU THE SERN PLAINS. AT THIS TIME THE COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO NOT REALLY AFFECT THE HIGHS ON WED AND IT LOOKS LIKE HIGHS WL STILL BE IN THE 50S. MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED WED NIGHT THRU THU. BY WED NIGHT SOME SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO ALSO SPREAD TO THE ERN MTS...AND WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME SPREAD TO PORTIONS OF THE SERN PLAINS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES LIKELY BEING ALONG THE I25 CORRIDOR AND AREAS ADJACENT TO THE MTS THRU THU. A NEW UPR TROF IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN BY LATE THU WITH MSTR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM SPREADING INTO THE WRN HALF OF THE CWA. && .AVIATION... LOW CLOUDS AND SNOW ALONG THE CONTDVD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE N AND CENT MTS...WILL CREATE RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITIES STARTING AT 19Z AND LASTING THROUGH THE NIGHT. STRONG NW FLOW ALOFT WILL ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE A TURBULENCE THREAT OVER THE FRONT RANGE TODAY...BUT NOT AS STRONG OF A MT WAVE IS EXPECTED IF IT DEVELOPS AT ALL DUE TO THE MORE NW ALIGNMENT OF UPPER WINDS...AS COMPARED TO WESTERLY FLOW YESTERDAY. SFC COLD FRONT TO AFFECT KCOS AROUND 00Z...AND KPUB AT 02Z...SO SFC WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND SLIGHT INCREASE EXPECTED. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT PCPN DEVELOPING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT SHOULD BE BRIEF AND NOT AFFECT VISIBILITIES. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS FOR THE 3 MAIN TAF SITES OF KCOS...KPUB AND KALS. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ058-060. && 27/28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 640 AM MST FRI DEC 10 2010 COZ058>089-093>099-111345- 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- 640 AM MST FRI DEC 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PROLONGED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BEGINNING TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL STARTING THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY ON SATURDAY....WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES. COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...SUCH AS MONARCH...AND FREMONT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS LATE TONIGHT...THOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SPOTTY AND LIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LAKE COUNTY AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AGAIN TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 27/28
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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