A weather system produced some heavy snow across mainly higher elevations. and Walsenburg (Huerfano County).
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A weather system produced some heavy snow across mainly higher elevations. Some of the higher reported totals include...8 inches near Texas Creek (Fremont County)...Rosita (Custer County)...Buena Vista (Chaffee County) and the Spanish Peaks (Huerfano County)...and 11 to 13 inches at Colorado City...Rye and Beulah (Pueblo County)...and Walsenburg (Huerfano County). Heavy snow totals of over 8 inches also occurred across the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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 26, 10:12 AM MST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1012 AM MST THU NOV 26 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 857 AM MST THU NOV 26 2015 UPDATED TO PUT OUT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SAN JUANS. WEBCAMS NOT WORKING FOR WOLF CREEK...BUT SKI AREA HAS REPORTED THREE INCHES SO FAR...AND EXPECT PRETTY MUCH NON-STOP SNOW THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY...COVERING THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD. SNOW RATES DO NOT LOOK TERRIBLY INTENSE...BUT WILL SEE THINGS PILE UP AND NOT OUT THE QUESTION THAT SOME SPOTS COULD APPROACH 2 FEET TOTAL BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. LACK OF REALLY STRONG WINDS WILL MITIGATE THINGS TO SOME EXTENT. ROSE && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 347 AM MST THU NOV 26 2015 ...WINTRY MESS ON THANKSGIVING... CURRENTLY...COLD NORTHEAST FLOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH MOST AREAS IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. MOST OBSERVATIONS INDICATE AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ACROSS THE REGION. THE LATEST RADAR DATA SHOWS BANDS OF SNOW OFF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS STRETCHING INTO THE I-25 CORRIDOR. ANOTHER AREA OF RADAR RETURNS STRETCHES FROM KIM TO HOLLY...WITH WEBCAMS INDICATING FREEZING RAIN. WEAK INSTABILITY HAS LEAD TO A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER THE SAN JUAN RANGE AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. TODAY...A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SIT ACROSS UTAH WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW SPREAD OVER COLORADO. AT THE SURFACE...MOIST NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION THROUGH THE DAY. SOUNDING PROFILES CONTINUE TO SHOW AN ERODING WARM LAYER LOFT WHICH WILL PROMOTE A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE AREA. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF I- 25 HAVE SOUNDING PROFILES WITH A BIT DEEPER COLD AIR WITH MOSTLY SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER EAST...IT WILL TAKE A BIT LONGER FOR THE COLUMN TO COOL WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN STEADY THIS MORNING BEFORE FALLING INTO THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ALL SNOW ACROSS THE REGION BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS OCCURRING. WEBCAMS ARE ALREADY INDICATING A GLAZING OF ICE. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...ROADWAY TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL AND SLICK ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING HIGHWAYS OF THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS THIS MORNING. AS FOR SNOW...MOST OF THE PLAINS WILL SEE LESS THAN AN INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LOCALIZED AREAS UNDER BANDS WHICH COULD SEE A QUICK INCH OR TWO. TONIGHT...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OVER UTAH WITH CONTINUED SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS COLORADO. A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE PLAINS AROUND SUNSET. THIS WILL KEEP LOW LEVEL FLOW NORTHEASTERLY PROVIDING AN UPSLOPE FLOW COMPONENT TO THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL INTO THE TEENS ACROSS THE REGION FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. AN EMBEDDED DISTURBANCE IN THE FLOW WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT. THIS WILL HELP PROVIDE A PERIOD OF ENHANCED SNOWFALL WITH SEVERAL FACTORS COMING TOGETHER FOR A QUICK FEW INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW...COLD AIR WITH HIGHER SNOW RATIOS AND OVER RUNNING OF MOIST AIR ALOFT WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR MOST OF THE PLAINS TO SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE LEE SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. MOZLEY .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 347 AM MST THU NOV 26 2015 ...WINTRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... PERIODS OF SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE WEEKEND. THE COLD AIR SHOULD BE DEEP ENOUGH DURING THIS TIME FOR PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW ALL AREAS. AFTER A DECREASE IN SNOWFALL RATES EARLY FRIDAY...SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE EJECTS THROUGH THE AREA. BY SATURDAY MORNING...THE DISTURBANCE WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH BY CURRENT MODEL TIMING...AND SNOWFALL SHOULD BE ON THE DECLINE ACROSS THE AREA AS A GENERAL RULE. PRECIPITATION COVERAGE WILL BE REDUCED TO ISOLATED OR SCATTERED IN MOST AREAS...ALTHOUGH MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW INTO THE TERRAIN MAY CONTINUE STEADIER SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SAN JUANS. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE COULD EJECT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING...FOR RENEWED MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL AND A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SNOW OR RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY AND THEN A DRY PERIOD IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. A NEW DISTURBANCE COULD BRING A LITTLE SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL PROJECTIONS. SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR THIS SEASON WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AFTER UNSEASONABLY MILD...WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS YESTERDAY...TEMPERATURES THROUGH SATURDAY WILL NOT CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE COLD WEATHER PREPARATIONS YET...YOU'D BETTER ACT QUICKLY. MAKE SURE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ARE DRAINED...HOSES ARE DISCONNECTED AND EXPOSED PLUMPING IS PROTECTED. ALSO...MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR PETS INDOORS OR PROVIDE THEM WITH WARM AND DRY SHELTER. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1006 AM MST THU NOV 26 2015 WINTER STORM WILL BRING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. LOWEST CIGS AND VIS WILL BE OVERNIGHT. COULD SEE SOME PERIODS OF MVFR AT KPUB AND KCOS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIORATE AFTER 00Z...WITH IFR TO LIFR POSSIBLE AT KCOS AND IFR AT KPUB. CONDITIONS SHOULD THEN IMPROVE FROM N TO S FRI MORNING...WITH VFR AFTER 15-18Z. HOWEVER...ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRI AFTERNOON THROUGH FRI EVENING. AT KALS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AFTER 00Z...WITH PERIODS OF MVFR TO POSSIBLY IFR LIKELY OVERNIGHT BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE FRI MORNING. SNOW ACCUMS WILL RANGE FROM AN INCH OR TWO AT KALS...TO 2-3 INCHES AT KPUB...AND 3-6 INCHES AT KCOS. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ072>075- 078>089-093>099. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ067-068. && UPDATE...ROSE SHORT TERM...MOZLEY LONG TERM...LW AVIATION...ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 644 AM MST THU NOV 26 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-271345- 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- 644 AM MST THU NOV 26 2015 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 IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE PERSISTENT ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER THE SAN JUAN RANGE. A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER THE SAN JUAN AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN RANGES. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. ACROSS THE PLAINS...A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25...A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST THIS EVENING WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. EAST OF INTERSTATE 25...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. A GLAZING OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THANKSGIVING TRAVELERS. EXPECT A SLOW CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. AFTER A DECREASE IN SNOWFALL RATES EARLY FRIDAY...SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE EJECTS THROUGH THE AREA. BY SATURDAY MORNING...PRECIPITATION COVERAGE WILL BE REDUCED TO ISOLATED OR SCATTERED IN MOST AREAS...ALTHOUGH MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW MAY CONTINUE STEADIER SNOWFALL RATES ACROSS THE SAN JUANS. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE COULD EJECT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING...FOR RENEWED MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL AND A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SNOW OR RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY AND THEN A DRY PERIOD IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. A NEW DISTURBANCE COULD BRING A LITTLE SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY...BASED ON CURRENT MODEL PROJECTIONS. SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR THIS SEASON WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AFTER UNSEASONABLY MILD...WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS YESTERDAY...TEMPERATURES THROUGH SATURDAY WILL NOT CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE COLD WEATHER PREPARATIONS YET...YOU'D BETTER ACT QUICKLY. MAKE SURE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ARE DRAINED...HOSES ARE DISCONNECTED AND EXPOSED PLUMPING IS PROTECTED. BRING PETS INDOORS OR PROVIDE THEM WITH WARM AND DRY SHELTER. CHECK VEHICLE TIRES... BATTERIES...FLUIDS AND WIPER BLADES. OFTEN TIMES...THESE THINGS DON'T SHOW A DEFICIENCY UNTIL REALLY COLD WEATHER HITS. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO CARRY WINTER SURVIVAL GEAR SUCH AS FOOD...WATER AND BLANKETS...AS WELL AS A GOOD ICE SCRAPER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. 88/50
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
844 AM MST THU NOV 26 2015
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0653 AM SNOW 1 SSE WOLF CREEK PASS 37.47N 106.79W
11/26/2015 M3.0 INCH MINERAL CO TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED BY WOLF CREEK SKI PATROL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
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MNThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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