although higher terrain locations of Pueblo County and Huerfano County also received locally heavy snow. Ten inches of snow along with winds gusting in excess of 60 mph were recorded near the summit of Monarch Pass.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
An upper level storm system generated periods of heavy snow as well as gusty winds primarily to the higher elevations of Chaffee County and Lake County...although higher terrain locations of Pueblo County and Huerfano County also received locally heavy snow. Ten inches of snow along with winds gusting in excess of 60 mph were recorded near the summit of Monarch Pass. Some of the higher snow totals outside the warning area were 5 to 7 inches near the communities of Rye and Beulah (Pueblo County)...and Walsenburg (Huerfano County).
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 Nov 22, 3:34 PM MST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 334 PM MST SAT NOV 22 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 247 PM MST SAT NOV 22 2014 CURRENTLY...STRONG UPPER JET AND ASSOCIATED SHORT WAVE TROUGH PUSHING INTO THE GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH INITIAL WAVE OF PRECIP APPROACHING THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS OF 22Z. EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS HAVE BECOME BREEZY AND VERY MILD AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH STRONG WINDS (GUSTS 35-45 KTS) DEVELOPING IN USUAL GAP FLOW LOCATIONS (WALSENBURG/CANON CITY/PUEBLO WEST) AND ALSO ALONG AND IN THE LEE OF THE SAWATCH RANGE (SALIDA/BUENA VISTA) FROM MONARCH PASS NORTHWARD. TONIGHT...AS JET AND UPPER TROUGH CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD TOWARD COLORADO...SNOW WILL BREAK OUT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY 00Z...WITH HEAVY SNOW LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS NORTH OF MONARCH PASS WHERE W-NW OROGRAPHIC FLOW IS MOST FAVORABLE. SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS...AND LOCATIONS AT AND ABOVE PASS LEVEL WILL LIKELY GUST 40-50 KTS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. COMBINATION OF SNOW/BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING MONARCH...TENNESSEE AND FREMONT PASSES. SNOW AMOUNTS FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE LA GARITA AND SAN JUAN RANGES WILL BE LIGHTER AS W-NW OROGRAPHIC FLOW IS LESS FAVORABLE...BUT WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS LIKELY HERE AS WELL...CONDITIONS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE TOWARD MORNING. CURRENT WINTER STORM WARNINGS/ADVISORIES LOOK ON TRACK AT THIS POINT AND WON'T MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS. FARTHER EAST...SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD TOWARD THE SANGRES AND PIKES PEAK BY MORNING...WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT...KEEPING TEMPS MILD OVER MOST LEE SLOPES AND OVER THE PLAINS. COLD FRONT WILL THEN DROP QUICKLY SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A SHIFT TO 25-35 KNOT NORTH WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES. ON SUNDAY...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AS UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND 150 KNOT JET DIVES SOUTH TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS. AGAIN...CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL SEE THE BULK OF THE HEAVIER SNOW...WITH LIGHTER SNOWS FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST. EASTERN MOUNTAINS WILL SEE OCCASIONAL -SHSN THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...THOUGH WITH STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...MOST ACCUMS AGAIN LOOK LIMITED TO THE HIGHER PEAKS. I-25 CORRIDOR AND PLAINS WILL SEE A FEW -SHSN/-SHRA 12Z-15Z SUN MORNING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...THEN ANOTHER PERIOD OF SHOWERS POSSIBLE AFTER 20Z AS LAPSE RATES STEEPEN UNDER THE UPPER TROUGH. NW WINDS WILL WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY...AND WHILE INCOMING AIR MASS ISN'T ARCTIC IN ORIGIN...IT WILL STILL BE A FAIRLY COLD/RAW DAY ACROSS THE REGION. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 247 PM MST SAT NOV 22 2014 MODELS AND ENSEMBLES CONTINUE TO HAVE DISAGREEMENTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH THE ENSEMBLES SPLIT BETWEEN THE ECMWF AND GFS. THE ECMWF FEATURES A RIDGE ACROSS THE ROCKIES WHILE THE GFS SUPPORTS TROUGHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. GIVEN THE UPWARD TREND IN THE ARCTIC OSCILLATION AND BETTER HANDLING OF THIS FEATURE BY THE ECMWF...CONTINUE TO TREND WITH THE ECMWF THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TWO UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THE FIRST WILL BE OVERHEAD SUNDAY NIGHT...AND DROPPING SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE ONGOING OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. LIGHTER SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA RANGES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. MODELS STILL UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE FRONT WILL HAVE PUSHED SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH A LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND RATON MESA REGIONS...WHILE THE REST OF THE PLAINS LOOK TO REMAIN DRY. FOLLOWED THE TREND OF THE NAM AND ECMWF...WITH SNOW DISSIPATING OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...PALMER DIVIDE AND RATON MESA SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH TEENS EXPECTED FOR LOWS. A SECOND DISTURBANCE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL DROP SOUTH INTO COLORADO ON MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GENERALLY LIGHT SNOWFALL FOR THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WHERE PERIODS OF MORE MODERATE SNOW ARE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE AREA. ANOTHER SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH BREEZY NORTH WINDS AND COOL HIGHS IN THE 30S TO 40S. LACK OF MOISTURE WILL KEEP THE PLAINS DRY ON MONDAY. THE UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL QUICKLY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT WITH BROAD NORTHWESTERLY FLOW SETTING UP ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT SNOW TO DISSIPATE FOR MOST AREAS MONDAY EVENING...WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...FOLLOWING THE ECMWF THROUGH THIS PERIOD...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL GIVE WAY TO FLAT RIDGING ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY. BEFORE THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD...EXPECT LIGHT PERIODS OF SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO FAVORABLE OROGRAPHIC FLOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON NORTHWEST FACING PEAKS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ONCE THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...EXPECT SNOW TO END FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WITH DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH 50S FOR THE PLAINS FOR HIGHS. A COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY BACK INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH COOLER CONDITIONS HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. MOZLEY && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 247 PM MST SAT NOV 22 2014 VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT THE TAF SITES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE LEE OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EXPECT AREAS OF 40-50 KNOT GUSTS ALONG THE LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH AND SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGES THROUGH THIS EVENING. KCOS MAY STAY SHADOWED ENOUGH BY PIKES PEAK TO KEEP WINDS THERE LIGHT (10-15 KT)SW...WHILE GAP FLOW HAS REACHED KPUB AS OF 22Z...WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS POSSIBLE AT THE TERMINAL INTO THE EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE CONTDVD THIS EVENING WITH +SN BLSN AND WIDESPREAD MTN OBSCURATIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO AFTER 09Z...WITH NORTH WINDS 20-30 KTS EXPECTED AT KCOS AND KPUB CONTINUING THROUGH 23Z. A BRIEF -SHSN WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SITES SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SUN AFTERNOON...BUT CIGS SHOULD REMAIN VFR AND PROBABILITY LOOKS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS AT THIS POINT. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ064-066-068. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ059-061. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST MONDAY FOR COZ058-060. && SHORT TERM...PETERSEN LONG TERM...MOZLEY AVIATION...PETERSEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 624 AM MST SAT NOV 22 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-231400- 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- 624 AM MST SAT NOV 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES WHERE 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TWO TO 4 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCAL AREAS ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A PROLONGED SNOW IS FORECAST...MAINLY ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...LASTING INTO TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO GUST TO 50 TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THESE WINDS WILL BRING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. 31/27
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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