A long duration winter storm generated heavy snow across portions of Lake and Chaffee Counties. Snowfall amounts across the higher elevations were well over a foot, but Monarch Ski Area (Chaffee County) tallied nearly 31 inches of snow.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A long duration winter storm generated heavy snow across portions of Lake and Chaffee Counties. Snowfall amounts across the higher elevations were well over a foot, but Monarch Ski Area (Chaffee County) tallied nearly 31 inches of snow. Leadville (Lake County), and Wolf Creek Pass (Mineral County) recorded 11 inches of snow over a 48-hour period.
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 Feb 6, 10:15 PM MST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1015 PM MST THU FEB 6 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 553 PM MST THU FEB 6 2014 MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EVENING CLOUD COVER BASED ON THE CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS. EXPECT LOW CIGS TO BACK WESTWARD TO ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ALSO MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING TO MATCH CURRENT OBS. AREAS THAT SEE STARS CURRENTLY WILL FALL A FEW MORE DEGREES BEFORE CLOUDING UP LATER THIS EVENING. MOST AREAS WILL SEE NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCATIONS ALONG THE NEW MEXICO BORDER SEEING WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MORNING AS WESTERLIES BEGIN TO KICK IN. MOZLEY && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 257 PM MST THU FEB 6 2014 ...WARMING UP TOMORROW... ...MORE SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS... MOST SPOTS STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF THE SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AS A STRONG INVERSION REMAINS LOCKED OVER THE PLAINS. SOME 20S AND EVEN 30S FOR THE MTS AND HIGH VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON. JUST SCT SN SHOWERS OVER THE MTS AT THIS TIME. AN UPPER LOW OVER S-CENTRAL CA WILL MOVE THROUGH NM EARLY FRIDAY...THEN MORE PACIFIC JET ENERGY BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL POUR MORE MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL MTS. EXPECT SNOW TO PICK UP OVER THE MTS LATER TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON FRIDAY. INTENSITY DOES NOT LOOK ALL THAT GREAT...BUT THE DVD SHOULD SEE STEADY PRECIP AND WINDS WILL PICK UP TO 30-40 KTS AT RIDGETOP...SO WILL SEE SOME OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT. LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL 3-6 INCHES OVER THE SW MTS THROUGH LATE FRIDAY...THEN THE WINDS BECOME A BIT MORE NW WHICH WILL TEND TO SHUT DOWN THE HEAVIER ACCUMS AT WOLF CREEK AND THE SAN JUAN CREST. CENTRAL AND NRN RANGES...ESPECIALLY N OF COTTONWOOD PASS...SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO WELL WITH AN ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES FOR THE HYR ELEVS. WILL KEEP THE ADVISORY GOING OVER THE SAWATCH...AND HOIST A NEW ADVISORY FOR THE SAN JUANS STARTING AT MIDNIGHT AND RUNNING THROUGH FRIDAY. FOR THE ERN RANGES AND PLAINS...NOT LOOKING AT MUCH DUE TO THE INCREASED WRLY FLOW ALOFT. MAYBE AN INCH OR TWO FOR THE ERN RANGES...AND TRACE AT BEST ELSEWHERE. MAIN STORY FOR THE PLAINS WILL BE A WARMING TREND THAT WILL BEGIN TOMORROW AS WRLY FLOW PICKS UP AND THE HIGH TO OUR E BEGINS TO WEAKEN. STILL THINK THE SNOW AND GENERALLY LIGHT OVERNIGHT WINDS WILL KEEP THE INVERSION GOING A BIT LONGER THAN THE MODELS ANTICIPATE...SO HAVE UNDERCUT THE MODEL TEMPS BY A GOOD 5-10 DEGREES TOMORROW. WILL STILL BE A WELCOME CHANGE AS WE SHOULD SEE TEMPS RISE INTO THE 30S OVER THE PLAINS...MAYBE SOME 40S FOR THE ERN SLOPES. FAR ERN PLAINS MAY STILL BE LOCKED IN THE FREEZE AND SHOULD STAY BELOW FREEZING ALL AFTERNOON. A BIT MORE SUN AREA-WIDE THOUGH TOMORROW...SO WILL NOT BE A BAD DAY FOR EARLY-MID FEBRUARY. ROSE .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 257 PM MST THU FEB 6 2014 ...ACTIVE PATTERN FOR MOUNTAIN SNOWS CONTINUES... A NEAR CONTINUOUS FEED OF MOISTURE AND EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES WITHIN OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORABLE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP THE SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY. THE CHALLENGE WILL BE TIMING THE EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES AS THEY TREK ACROSS...DEEPENING THE MOISTURE AND ENHANCING SNOWFALL RATES ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE NEXT SHORTWAVE MOVES IN FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING WITH NAM12 AND GFS INCREASING WINDS AT MTN TOP LEVEL TO AROUND 50 KTS AND HITTING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE 24 HOUR PERIOD (FRI NIGHT/SAT) FALL MORE INTO THE ADVISORY RANGE (5-10 INCHES)...STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH OR MORE WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH SUGGEST A STRONGER IMPACT THAN THE CURRENT ADVISORY PORTRAYS. THUS HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11KFT FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WHICH BEGINS RIGHT AFTER THE CURRENT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ENDS. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE SNOWFALL EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT...THOUGH THE WINDS WILL BE INCREASING AROUND THAT TIME AS WELL...SO IMPACTS FROM BLOWING SNOW COULD START UP BEFORE THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. AND IF MODELS PULL BACK ON SNOWFALL AND WIND THEN LATER SHIFTS CAN SIMPLY EXTEND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OUT. EITHER WAY...FEEL SOME SORT OF HIGHLIGHT WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH THAT PERIOD. LESS IMPACT WILL BE FELT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MTS WHERE NORTHWEST FLOW IS NOT AS OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORABLE. WILL CARRY SOME LIKELY POPS THERE INTO SATURDAY BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MORE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. MEANWHILE...THE COLD AIR WILL START TO RECEDE FROM THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SE MTS FRI NIGHT...AND MODEL CROSS-SECTIONS HINT AT A POSSIBLE MTN WAVE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION. FOR NOW...THINK THAT THERE MAY BE TOO MUCH FORWARD SHEAR ALOFT...SO NO HIGH WIND HIGHLIGHTS APPEAR TO BE NEEDED JUST YET. PIKES PEAK MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SUSTAINED 50 WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 FRI NIGHT/SAT MORNING AS THE UPPER JET MOVES IN ALOFT. KAFF MAY SEE SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH DURING THE SAME PERIOD. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS SATURDAY MORNING...THOUGH ITS NOT NEARLY AS COLD AS WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH. HOWEVER THERE WILL LIKELY BE A TIGHT TEMPERATURE GRADIENT ON SATURDAY...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG/WEST OF I-25 SEEING HIGHS NEAR 50...WHILE EAST OF I-25...HIGHS MAY ONLY REACH THE 30S AND 40S. THE SYSTEM PULLS EAST OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT...AND A REINFORCING EASTERLY SURGE WILL LIKELY SPREAD STRATUS AND LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS FOR SUNDAY. MEANWHILE...SNOW CONTINUES ALONG THE CONTDVD...THOUGH SNOWFALL RATES LOOK TO DECREASE SOME. NEXT EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT. THIS ONE BRINGS ANOTHER UPSWING IN SNOW TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND INTERACTS WITH SHALLOW UPSLOPE/MOISTURE ACROSS THE PLAINS TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW TO THE SOUTHEAST MTS/PLAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON/MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHS ON MONDAY MAY ONLY MAKE IT INTO THE UPPER 20S...ESPECIALLY FAR EASTERN PLAINS. TUESDAY LOOKS DRIER BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM...THEN ANOTHER SYSTEM DROPS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW FOR THE CENTRAL MTS AND ANOTHER MAINLY DRY COLD FRONT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. -KT && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1010 PM MST THU FEB 6 2014 KALS...FOG WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LIFR POSSIBLE DUE TO LOW CIGS AND VIS. FOG WILL HIGHLY DEPEND ON MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUD COVER. ANY FOG THAT DEVELOPS OVER/NEAR THE TERMINAL SHOULD DISSIPATE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS BY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. KCOS...PERIODS OF LOW STRATUS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH CIGS AROUND 1 KFT POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. KPUB...PERIODS OF FOG AND STRATUS ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT WITH MVFR TO IFR POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STRATUS MAY HANG AROUND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL DEPEND ON WHEN THE WESTERLIES KICK IN. ONCE THE WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP...VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST. MOZLEY && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ068. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ058-060. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ058-060. && UPDATE...MOZLEY SHORT TERM...ROSE LONG TERM...KT AVIATION...MOZLEY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 316 PM MST THU FEB 6 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-072230- 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- 316 PM MST THU FEB 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT. TWO TO FOUR ADDITIONAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN SNOWFALL FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON SATURDAY...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SEVEN TO FOURTEEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY SUNDAY. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITIES...AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE LAST OF SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO EARLY ON MONDAY...AND MAY BRING SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE PLAINS ALONG WITH MORE SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION. 44/44
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 2014
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: 499835, 499837.