A strong weather disturbance brought heavy snow accumulations and gusty winds to the Pikes Peak Region and Wet Mountain area. Six to 8 inches of snow occurred.
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A strong weather disturbance brought heavy snow accumulations and gusty winds to the Pikes Peak Region and Wet Mountain area. Six to 8 inches of snow occurred.
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 Apr 2, 10:35 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1135 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 244 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 CURRENTLY...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY STRETCHED FROM WYOMING...SOUTHWEST INTO ARIZONA AND SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD. SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM CONTINUES ACROSS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING...PRIMARILY OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 ON THE PLAINS ARE SEEING STRONG WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 KTS...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. AREAS THAT HAVE MIXED OUT ARE SEEING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WHILE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S ARE OCCURRING OVER AREAS THAT HAVE YET TO MIX. WEBCAMS FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SHOW SNOW FALLING WHICH IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS COLORADO. A VORT LOBE IN THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER ARIZONA IS FORECAST TO EJECT EAST INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE LATEST GUIDANCE DROPS A COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE BY 03Z...AND SOUTH ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THROUGH 06Z. FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT TURNS NORTH-NORTHEAST PROVIDING FAVORABLE UPSLOPE FLOW FOR RAPID PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT BEHIND THE FRONT. DECENT MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE ALONG WITH LIFT FROM THE UPPER SYSTEM SHOULD COMBINE TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE...SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR...WITH THE BEST PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION AFTER 3 AM LASTING INTO THE MORNING HOURS. THE MAIN QUESTION WILL BE HOW QUICKLY RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW BEHIND THE FRONT. HAVE A FEELING AREAS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE WILL LIKELY CHANGE PRETTY FAST...WITH MOST PRECIPITATION FALLING AS SNOW. AREAS ABOVE 7 KFT WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE SNOW FROM THE GET GO...OR A RAPID TRANSITION. AREAS BELOW 7 KFT WILL DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY TEMPERATURES FALL AND PRECIPITATION INTENSITY DRIVING SNOW LEVELS DOWN. HAVE A MIX THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW FOR THE PLAINS LATE. THIS WILL LIKELY HAMPER SNOWFALL TOTALS BELOW 7 KFT. THURSDAY...THE UPPER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EJECT EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL START TO DISSIPATE DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS AS FLOW TRANSITIONS TO NORTHWESTERLY EFFECTIVELY CUTTING OFF UPSLOPE FLOW. UNTIL THAT HAPPENS...EXPECT DECENT SNOWFALL RATES OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND RATON RIDGE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL GENERALLY BE A SOLID 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. OF CONCERN MAY BE THE WET MOUNTAINS...WHERE POTENTIALLY MORE SNOW COULD FALL. AROUND 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER THE PLAINS ARE TRICKY AS MENTIONED BEFORE AND WILL DEPEND ON TEMPERATURES. FOR NOW HAVE AROUND 1 TO 4 INCHES WEST OF I-25...WHILE AREAS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE MAY ONLY SEE AN INCH. TOTALS OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY BE HIGHLY VARIABLE. IN ANY CASE...BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. AS THE UPPER SYSTEM PULLS AWAY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL DISSIPATE QUICKLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH JUST A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY WE CAN CLEAR OUT AND HAVE TRENDED THEM LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. MOST AREAS ON THE PLAINS WILL ONLY TOP OUT IN THE 3OS TO LOWER 40S. MOZLEY .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 244 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 THE UPR TROF WL CONTINUE MOVING EAST OF THE STATE THU NIGHT AND AN UPR RIDGE WL BEGIN BUILDING INTO CO. THUS DRYING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THRU THE NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THERE WL LIKELY STILL BE SOME ISOLD TO SCT AREAS OF PCPN BEFORE MIDNIGHT OVR THE MTNS AND SRN BORDER AREA. WITH AN UPR RIDGE OVR THE STATE ON FRI THE WEATHER WILL BE DRY AND WARMER. FRI NIGHT AN UPR TROF MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN...WITH SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING ALONG THE CONTDVD. SAT AND SAT NIGHT THE UPR TROF MOVES ACRS CO...SPREADING PCPN EASTWARD. THE MTNS WL SEE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BUT THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WL LIKELY OCCUR OVR THE ERN MTNS AND ADJACENT LOWER ELEVATIONS SAT NIGHT. LATE SAT NIGHT AND EARLY SUN...ANOTHER UPR TROF WL DROP SOUTH FROM THE NRN ROCKIES INTO THE AREA...BRINGING ANOTHER SHOT OF PCPN TO MUCH OF THE AREA. THEN ON MON ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE WORKS ITS WAY SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA...KEEPING CHANCES FOR PCPN ACRS MUCH OF THE AREA. FOR TUE AND WED AN UPR RIDGE OVR THE AREA WL BRING DRY WEATHER. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1135 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 KALS...A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING SNOW SHOWERS AS WELL AS LOWERED VISIBILITES AND CIGS NEAR THE TAF SITE BY 11Z AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. KCOS...PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOWERED CIGS AND VISIBILITIES OVER THE KCOS TAF SITE FROM TONIGHT INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ANTICIPATED. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. KPUB...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...CREATING REDUCED VIS AND CIGS...ESPECIALLY AFTER 08Z. IN ADDITION...A SLUSHY INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AT KPUB && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY FOR COZ058-060- 066-068-081-082-084. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR COZ072>075- 079-080. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 905 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-040315- 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- 905 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL START TO MOVE INTO THE STATE TONIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. SNOW AND RAIN WILL ALSO SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ONTO THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MODERATE TO EVEN HEAVY LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. IN ADDITION...SOME WIND DRIVEN SNOW IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK AND PALMER DIVIDE BY THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH A SLUSHY RAIN AND SNOW MIX ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE REGION BY THURSDAY MORNING WITH ROADWAYS LIKELY TO BE SLICK AND SNOW PACKED FOR THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE. THE VALLEY AREAS AND SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR FROM WALSENBURG TO TRINIDAD COULD SEE 1 TO UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO AND POINTS FARTHER EAST...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO A BRIEF INCH OR TWO ON GRASSY SURFACES DURING THE MORNING HOURS. MOUNTAIN SNOW AND LOWER ELEVATION RAIN WILL QUICKLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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