There were some Virgo showers that developed over the SE plains of Colorado that produces wind gusts greater than 58 mph.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
There were some Virgo showers that developed over the SE plains of Colorado that produces wind gusts greater than 58 mph.
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 27, 4:47 PM MST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pueblo CO 547 PM MDT Thu Apr 27 2023 .UPDATE... Issued at 537 PM MDT Thu Apr 27 2023 Updated forecast to bump up snowfall amounts for the southern I-25 corridor, and to begin the advisories a few hours earlier. \/Hodanish && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday) Issued at 249 PM MDT Thu Apr 27 2023 Key messages: 1) A quick moving, but strong upper shortwave to move across southern Colorado tonight into Friday. 2) Snow, heavy at times, expected over the Palmer Divide, Eastern Mountains and Raton Mesa regions. 3) Strong northerly winds are expected behind a cold front from this evening, through much of the day Friday. Currently...satellite imagery shows mostly clear skies across much of southeastern Colorado this afternoon, with a few bubbly cumulus clouds developing over the Pikes Peak Region. Radar at this time is clear with the exception of a few sprinkles under the cumulus. Temperatures are quite nice, with 60s and even a few low 70s across the Plains, and 60s across the San Luis Valley. Rest of today...jet energy ahead of a strong shortwave trough will settle across Colorado into this evening. Weak instability exists with CAPE values of 150 to 300 j/kg, mainly from the Palmer Divide, southeast across Kiowa County. This may be enough to spark a couple of thunderstorms this afternoon. The main thunderstorm risk this afternoon looks to be gusty outflow winds to near 50 mph. Pea size hail may accompany stronger storms. Tonight...the strong upper shortwave will drop south over western Colorado overnight. A strong cold front associated with this upper feature will drop south across the Plains by 9 PM. Northwesterly flow will turn northeasterly upslope, with gusts 40 to 50 mph expected. Peak winds look to occur after 9 PM and persist through much of the overnight hours. Moisture behind the frontal boundary looks to pool up along the Eastern Mountains, with strong northeasterly upslope flow. This will allow for precipitation to develop behind the front. A couple of regions are of concern for snowfall. One is Teller County into the Palmer Divide. Weak instability across the Palmer Divide, along with gusty north winds could lead to snow squall potential. Near zero visibility is possible along with slushy roadways, which could impact the early morning commute. The second area is south, along the Sangre de Cristo and Wet Mountains, south into the southern I-25 corridor over Raton Pass. This area will see the potential for moderate to heavy snow later tonight into Friday morning. As with the Palmer Divide, the morning commute could be hazardous. For the rest of the Plains, temperatures look to be a key factor in areas that see snow. Currently, overnight lows in the mid 30s are expected, however, heavier precipitation bands could drive snow levels down to under 5 kft. At this time, for areas below 5 kft look to remain all rain through morning. But, if temperatures can cool off a bit more than currently progged, snow could be more widespread across the Plains. Given the northerly flow, areas along the lower Arkansas River Valley will likely see limited amounts of precipitation. This is mainly due to downslope effects off the Palmer Divide. But if winds turn more northeasterly behind the cold front, more precipitation may be possible. Friday...the upper shortwave will quickly shift southeast across New Mexico into the Texas Panhandle by Friday evening. Precipitation will continue, especially for areas along the southern I-25 corridor, through the morning, finally dissipating during the afternoon as the upper system pulls away from the area. Winds look to remain strong across the Plains. Northwesterly winds, gusting in excess of 35 mph will continue well into the afternoon. Temperatures will remain cool, with most areas seeing highs in the 40s to low 50s. As for snow totals, Teller County looks to see amounts in the 4 to 8 inch range, while areas on the Palmer Divide see 2 to 4 inches. For areas over the Sangre de Cristo and Wet Mountains, most areas will see 4 to 8 inches, however, higher amounts over the Wet Mountains and southern Sangre de Cristo Ranges could see upwards of a foot of snow. For lowe elevations of the southern I-25 corridor, 1 to 4 inches are possible. At this time, less than an inch of snow is expected from Colorado Springs, south across Pueblo County. .LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday) Issued at 249 PM MDT Thu Apr 27 2023 Key Messages: 1) Relatively quiet weekend in regards to weather, with warming temperatures and mostly dry conditions. 2) Warm next week, with daily chances of rain showers and thunderstorms. Saturday - Sunday: For the weekend timeframe, a relatively quiet period of weather is expected for southern Colorado. A ridge of high pressure will build across the western US and slowly expand over the region. This ridge will start to increase subsidence across southern Colorado, and given that, mostly dry conditions are expected. With that all said though, a weak and amorphous couple of short waves will drift around the northern periphery of the ridge. These waves are not expected to have strong lift with them, but will have enough modest forcing to increase clouds each afternoon, and to pop isolated showers along the mountains, particularly on Sunday. Looking at temperatures, a warming trend is anticipated for southern Colorado. With the ridge in place, and mostly clear skies, much of the area is expected to warm to around and slightly above average temperature values for this time of year. Monday - Thursday: For the rest of the long term period, and most of next week, an active Spring time pattern is anticipated. Ensemble model guidance are in strong agreement about an omega block developing across the US. This means the aforementioned ridge will become squeezed over southern Colorado between two large low pressure centers. Overall, with the ridge still in place, no widespread precipitation is expected as synoptic descent persist. With that said though, one of the large low pressures will develop across the western US, where it will get "stuck" given the blocking pattern. This will allow for numerous short wave troughs to swing around the southern and eastern periphery of the low and over Colorado throughout next week. These waves will bring daily afternoon chances of isolated to scattered rain showers and thunderstorms to southern Colorado. As for temperatures, another warm set of days is expected for southern Colorado, with much of the area slightly above average values for this time of year. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening) Issued at 249 PM MDT Thu Apr 27 2023 KALS...VFR conditions into this evening with gusty northwest winds at 25 to 30 kts. A boundary will push across the San Luis Valley overnight with winds shifting northeasterly. An area of light snow is likely with this boundary, in the 08-13z time period. Reduced CIGS and VIS are likely, with CIGS lowering to near 2 kft. Improving conditions are expected through Friday morning, returning to VFR by afternoon. KCOS...weak southeasterly winds will shift northwesterly this afternoon with increasing cloud cover at the terminal. A brief rain shower may be possible into this evening. A strong cold front is expected this evening, with northerly winds gusting in excess of 40 kts possible. Rain and snow showers are expected overnight with low CIGS and VIS, especially in the 03-08z time frame. Showers will diminish into Friday morning, with a return to VFR conditions by afternoon. Winds will remain strong out of the north well into the afternoon. KPUB...light winds will become northwesterly this afternoon. A cold front is expected to arrive this evening, with winds shifting strong northeasterly behind it. Gusts will approach 40 to 45 kts. Rain and snow showers will be possible with the front, mainly in the 04- 08z time period. Low CIGS and VIS are expected through morning, with improving conditions into the afternoon hours. Northerly winds will remain strong into the afternoon. Mozley && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Weather Advisory from midnight tonight to 3 PM MDT Friday for COZ072>075-079-080-087-088-094. Winter Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 9 AM MDT Friday for COZ081-082. Winter Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 6 AM MDT Friday for COZ084. && UPDATE...HODANISH SHORT TERM...MOZLEY LONG TERM...SIMCOE AVIATION...MOZLEY
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1132 AM MDT Thu Apr 27 2023 COZ058>089-093>099-281745- Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet- Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet- Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet- Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet- Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet- Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet- Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet- La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Southern San Luis Valley- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet- Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet- Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet- Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 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- 1132 AM MDT Thu Apr 27 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms may develop later this afternoon and evening, especially after frontal passage, which may cause strong and gusty winds, along with pea to dime size hail. Thundersnow will also be possible over the higher terrain. Snow squalls will be possible late tonight along the Palmer Divide and portions of the northern I-25 corridor. There could also be brief periods of heavy snow and potential high impacts to travel with slick road conditions. Potential near white out conditions could be possible over portions of the southern I-25 corridor, and may cause high impacts to travel, especially given the timing of occurrence during the morning commute. Periods of moderate to heavy snow are expected over the higher terrain west of I-25 overnight. The heaviest snow is expected across Teller County, the Sangre de Cristo and Wet Mountain Ranges through morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Accumulating snow with local travel impacts will continue across the southeast mountains and far southern I-25 corridor Friday morning, before diminishing by the afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms are possible over and near the higher terrain on Sunday, with the chances for afternoon and evening thunderstorms across southern Colorado increasing next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be likely over portions of the region. 88/88
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
758 PM MDT THU APR 27 2023
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0753 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 S CHERAW 38.05N 103.52W
04/27/2023 M64 MPH OTERO CO ASOS
ASOS STATION KLHX LA JUNTA AIRPORT.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
923 PM MDT THU APR 27 2023
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0910 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ESE HOEHNE 37.27N 104.33W
04/27/2023 M59 MPH LAS ANIMAS CO AWOS
AWOS STATION KTAD TRINIDAD AIRPORT.
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Measurement was taken from La Junta Airport.
Measurement came from Perry-Stokes Airport near Trinidad, CO.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1098425, 1098426.