Another round of strong winds impacted portions of southeastern Colorado. Some of the highest reported wind gusts with this event included 59 mph near Wetmore, 62 mph near Walsenburg, 65 mph near Colorado City, 68 mph near the Air Force Academy and an impressive 99 mph wind gust observed near Colorado Springs.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Another round of strong winds impacted portions of southeastern Colorado. Some of the highest reported wind gusts with this event included 59 mph near Wetmore, 62 mph near Walsenburg, 65 mph near Colorado City, 68 mph near the Air Force Academy and an impressive 99 mph wind gust observed near Colorado Springs.
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 Jan 10, 5:53 PM MST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pueblo CO 553 PM MST Tue Jan 10 2017 .UPDATE... Issued at 553 PM MST Tue Jan 10 2017 Starting to see wind gusts to 80+ mph in the Cheyenne Mtn area with a public report relayed through media of similar gusts in the Broadmoor area. So have bumped up timing of the high wind warning to the current time. Damaging wind gusts should start out fairly spotty at first...with mtn wave parameters becoming more favorable through the evening. Thus should see high winds become more widespread along and west of the I-25 corridor through the night. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday) Issued at 355 PM MST Tue Jan 10 2017 ...More High Winds and Heavy Mountain Snows... Southern Colorado remains on the storm track. Afternoon satellite loops show yet another moist Pacific storm system head across the Sierra and the Great Basin toward Colorado. It will move in here tonight, bringing another ramp up in wind and snow along the Continental Divide and another round of high winds to the eastern slopes of the mountains and the adjacent plains. After a brief lull lasting into early evening, we should see snowfall begin to ramp up again overnight, with the main period of heavy, blowing snow during the day on Wednesday. In fact, the ramp up in wind and snow will likely hold off over the southwest mountains until after daylight Wednesday. The central mountains should get started later tonight. For the eastern slopes and plains, another period of high winds is in store. Another Pacific jet stream will track over the area tonight and Wednesday. Soundings indicate an inversion will set up near mountain top level later this evening and overnight...with at least a brief period of reverse shear indicated in thermodynamic profiles. This wind profile will help set up a mountain wave along the lee of the mountains that will force strong winds aloft down to the surface along and west of the I-25 corridor overnight. The setup is similar to Monday but not exactly the same. The inversion looks pretty similar but the reverse shear does not look as good. This will have implications on how the winds play out tonight. In general, this event doesn't look as widespread or nearly as long- lived as the Monday event. Additionally, the overall peak gust potential doesn't look as great. So, while this event has the potential to be bad enough, it will likely not have the same impact as on Monday. The mountain wave will break down pretty early Wednesday. The warning that is in effect for the eastern slopes and I-25 corridor until noon may be able to come down early. However, it will continue windy and spread east across the plains through the day due to deep mixing from aloft. So, while no highlights later in the day, still windy...with gusts to 50 or even 60 mph possible at times. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Tuesday) Issued at 355 PM MST Tue Jan 10 2017 Active meteorological pattern/period during the longer term with several issues to be concerned about, including but not limited to pops, snow amounts, mixed/freezing precipitation potential(especially over far southeastern sections), gusty winds at times and temperatures. Recent longer term computer simulations, PV analysis and forecast model soundings suggest that snow and blowing snow will be ongoing over portions of the Continental Divide Wednesday night which matches well with WFO Pueblos recently issued Winter Storm Warning. Additional rounds of snow and blowing snow over portions of the central mountains are then anticipated from later Thursday into Thursday night. Elsewhere across the forecast district from Wednesday night into Thursday night expect drier conditions in combination with gusty winds at times. Latest computer simulations indicate that a relatively slow moving upper closed low located just southwest of San Diego at 00Z Saturday which moves to south of Tucson, Arizona by 00Z Sunday and then into northeastern New Mexico by 03Z Monday before shifting into western Kansas by later Monday. Meteorological focus is the amount of impact that this potential longer duration storm system will provide to the forecast district. At this time, it appears that the most widespread precipitation potential with this system should be noted from Friday night into Monday morning with beneficial precipiation anticipated(including the potential for heavy snow at times...primarily over southern and eastern sections) as well as mixed precipitation potential(including freezing drizzle/ice- pellets/freezing rain...etc.) over portions of the far southeastern Colorado plains. As always, WFO Pueblo will closely monitor the track and strength of this potential incoming system and issue winter weather highlights as warranted. The highest potential for gusty winds over the forecast district during the longer term should be noted Wednesday night, Thursday night into Friday and then again from Sunday night into next Tuesday. Finally, warmest conditions during the longer term should be noted from Wednesday night into Thursday with coolest readings anticipated from Friday into at least the upcoming weekend. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening) Issued at 355 PM MST Tue Jan 10 2017 ALS... VFR conditions will be present throughout the forecast period, but the main concern is the wind. Gusty winds will be present and there will be LLWS around 09Z lasting through 17Z as the max WS magnitude peaks around 35 KTS. COS... VFR conditions throughout the forecast period. Strong and somewhat variable winds will be the biggest factor, especially through 07Z. After around 07Z, winds will be predominantly from the west with very strong gusts. LLWS is a factor around 07Z through 14Z. PUB... VFR conditions throughout the forecast period. Moderate winds will be changing frequently for the beginning of the forecast period becoming westerly after 09Z. Around 09Z is when the gusts become a factor. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Storm Warning from 9 PM this evening to midnight MST Wednesday night for COZ058>061. High Wind Warning until noon MST Wednesday for COZ072>075- 078>088. Winter Storm Warning from 6 AM Wednesday to midnight MST Wednesday night for COZ066-068. && UPDATE...KT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 COZ058>089-093>099-120100- 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 9000FT- 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 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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 VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- 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- 551 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK...THE RAMPART RANGE...THE WET MOUNTAINS... THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR...ESPECIALLY AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-25 IN SOUTHERN COLORADO. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. FLYING DEBRIS IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...TREES AND POWER LINES WEAKENED FROM STRONG WINDS MONDAY MAY BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO DAMAGE OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE. GUSTY WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY BEFORE WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE WINTER STORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT. 31/40
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
442 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 9 NNW WALSENBURG 37.75N 104.84W
01/10/2017 M62 MPH HUERFANO CO MESONET
MESONET STATION 9 NNW WALSENBURG /CO030/.
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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
444 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0437 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.83N 104.83W
01/10/2017 M58 MPH EL PASO CO ASOS
ASOS STATION US AIR FORCE ACADEMY /AFF/.
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IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
507 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0506 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 SE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.97N 104.81W
01/10/2017 M58 MPH EL PASO CO ASOS
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IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
526 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 SSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.74N 104.86W
01/10/2017 M65 MPH EL PASO CO MESONET
MESONET STATION 6 SSW COLORADO SPRINGS
/AU923/.
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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
544 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0538 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 SSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.75N 104.85W
01/10/2017 M76 MPH EL PASO CO AWOS
AWOS STATION CHEYENNE MTN AIR STN /CWN/.
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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
546 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 SSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.75N 104.85W
01/10/2017 M87 MPH EL PASO CO AWOS
AWOS STATION CHEYENNE MTN AIR STN /CWN/.
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IRIS SYSTEMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, January 2017
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: 674095, 674096, 674097, 674098, 674099, 674100, 674101, 674102.