Snow increased in coverage and intensity across parts of southern Colorado during this period, while high winds also increased across the southeast mountains and into the I-25 corridor. Over parts of the far southern I-25 corridor, winds were gusting as high as 67 mph.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Snow increased in coverage and intensity across parts of southern Colorado during this period, while high winds also increased across the southeast mountains and into the I-25 corridor. Over parts of the far southern I-25 corridor, winds were gusting as high as 67 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 Mar 10, 3:11 PM MST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pueblo CO 311 PM MST Fri Mar 10 2023 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday) Issued at 249 PM MST Fri Mar 10 2023 Key messages: 1) Snow increases in coverage and intensity across the Continental Divide tonight and continues through the day Saturday. 2) Strong wind potential over the Eastern Mtns tonight, especially for the southern Sangre de Cristo Mtns into the S I-25 corridor. 3) Cooler with showers developing across the SE Plains Saturday. Current water vapor imagery and upper air analysis is indicating moderate to strong westerly flow across the region as as a broad upper trough is translating across the West Coast attm. Water vapor imagery is also indicating abundant available moisture streaming across the West Coast through the Great Basin and into western Colorado at this time, with GOES data indicating PWATS running 150 to 250 percent of normal within this plume. Regional radars are indicating precipitation spreading across western Colorado and into the Central and Southwest Mtns, with a few echoes spreading across the Upper Arkansas River valley attm. Further east, seeing bouts of wave clouds spreading across the southeast Plains, with pockets of breezy westerly winds across high mountain valleys and southeast mountains, with some breezy southerly winds across the far southeast plains. Despite the bouts of clouds, temperatures have warmed into the mid 50s to mid 60s across the plains this afternoon. For Tonight and Saturday...westerly flow continues to increase across the region through Saturday morning, as the West Coast trough continues to translate across the Great Basin and Rockies. With said embedded moisture within the orographic flow, will continue to see snow increasing in coverage and intensity across the ContDvd tonight, which looks to continue through the day Saturday. Current grids indicate 10 to 20 inches of snow across the Western Mosquito and Eastern Sawatch ranges and Eastern San Juan Mtns, with locally higher amounts on west facing slopes. This snow, combined with gusty westerly winds of 30-60 mph, will create dangerous travel conditions across the higher mountain passes through the day Saturday, with current Winter Storm Warnings still looking good. Other winter weather advisories for the for lower elevations of Lake County, the La Garita Mtns, the lower elevations west of the ContDvd and the higher elevations of the Sangre de Cristo Mtns will also remain in place. Further east, breezy to windy conditions to persist over and near the higher terrain tonight, with a few models still indicting a small window of downslope winds across the lee slopes of southern Sangre de Cristo Mtns. However, with models differing on this marginal set up for downslope winds, will not be issuing a high wind warning, through later shifts will continue to monitor. The passing wave will spread scattered showers, across the high mtn valleys through the eastern mts and immediate adjacent plains later tonight and through the day Saturday, with showers spreading south and west across the plains along the passing systems cold front Saturday morning and afternoon. The timing of this front continues to be faster and with the front likely moving across the Palmer Dvd late Saturday morning, and with that said, I have cooled high temperatures areawide. Still, with temperatures in the 40s and 50s, showers across the plains to be mainly rain, with some light snow accumulations possible across the higher terrain of the Pikes Peak region and southeast mts. .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Friday) Issued at 249 PM MST Fri Mar 10 2023 Key Messages: 1) Active weather expected through the weekend with rain and snow chances for the plains and a Winter Storm Warning in effect for much of the Continental Divide. 2) Warmer and dry for Monday and Tuesday. 3) Our next potential weather system arrives mid-week. Saturday Night through Sunday.. The upper low transitions across the northern plains Saturday night into Sunday morning, bringing us continued light to moderate snowfall across the Continental Divide, and rain changing over to snow across the plains. Much of Sunday's precipitation on the plains will be upslope enhanced, with day time high temperatures on Sunday looking much cooler than Saturday as well. Both the NAM and the Canadian suggest a reinforcing shot of precip for Sunday night into early Monday morning, with the passage of shortwave energy embedded in weak ridging aloft. Overall accumulations for Sunday and into Monday look to be light, with generally 3 to 5 inches of new snow for the central mountains, the La Garitas, and the San Juans wrapping up Sunday evening, 2 to 4 inches for the Sangres Sunday afternoon to Monday morning, and 3 inches or less for the Wet Mountains, Teller county, and the Palmer Divide. If this trend with the extra push of shortwave energy and associated snowfall over our eastern mountains continues, may need to extend the Winter Weather Advisory we have in place for the Sangres until midnight or even into the early morning hours of Monday. Monday and Tuesday.. We remain under weak riding and northwesterly flow aloft for Monday, with light snow continuing in our central mountains and clearing sky conditions for our plains. Daytime highs will likely remain in the 50s on our plains with light diurnally driven winds. By Tuesday our flow becomes more zonal, allowing for dry, westerly, downsloping winds. This pattern will keep precipitation chances minimal, even in the high country. It will also allow many of us to warm into the 60s for daytime highs. We could see some spotty critical fire weather conditions on Tuesday afternoon as well, especially across our gap flow prone areas, though at this time winds look to be very marginal. Wednesday Onwards.. By midweek our next potential storm arrives, though at this time there is much uncertainty associated with it. Ensembles are in agreement that some sort of trough will push through the region from Wednesday into Thursday, though there are still considerable differences in the shape of the trough, along with timing and location differences as well. At this point, CMCE members show the highest amplitude, and deterministic runs of the Canadian even try to close the low off over the four corners region. The GEFS shows a much weaker and faster wave, and the EPS is somewhat in the middle of both. For now, it appears evident that a system will bring active weather to the region, though at this point impacts are still unknown. Behind the system, we likely stay cooler than average for our Friday. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday evening) Issued at 249 PM MST Fri Mar 10 2023 VFR conditions expected at COS and PUB through tonight with bouts of mtn wave clouds spreading across the region. Breezy westerly winds to mix down across the terminals through the late afternoon. Gusty westerly winds to continue overnight across the higher terrain west of the terminals, with potential for llws at COS, with expected southeast winds through the evening into the overnight. Breezy west to northwest winds are expected to develop at COS and PUB early Saturday morning, ahead of a cold front across eastern Colorado, which could bring MVFR conditions with rain and snow showers. Mainly VFR conditions expected at ALS through this taf period, with gusty southwest winds continuing through the late afternoon. Strong westerly flow aloft will bring showers to the higher terrain west and east of the terminal, with the potential for a few isolated showers drifting across the terminal, leading to possible brief MVFR cigs and vis. Gusty southwest winds to develop once again Saturday morning. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Storm Warning until 11 PM MST Saturday for COZ058-060-061. Winter Weather Advisory until 11 PM MST Saturday for COZ059. Winter Weather Advisory until 11 PM MST Saturday for COZ064-067. Winter Weather Advisory until 6 AM MDT Sunday for COZ066. Winter Storm Warning until 6 AM MDT Sunday for COZ068. Winter Weather Advisory until 6 AM MDT Sunday for COZ073-075. && SHORT TERM...MW LONG TERM...EHR AVIATION...MW
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1029 AM MST Fri Mar 10 2023 COZ058>089-093>099-111730- 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- 1029 AM MST Fri Mar 10 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Snow increases in coverage and intensity across the Continental Divide today into tonight. Light to moderate, occasionally heavy, snow is expected with lighter snow intensity over the southeast mountains tonight. Spotty critical fire weather conditions are likely across the far southern I-25 corridor this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Snow is expected along the mountains through much of Sunday, with the heaviest snow Saturday and along the central and western mountains. Up to around 1 foot of snow is anticipated along the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, with 1-3 feet of snow expected along the central and western mountains. This snow, coupled with strong winds will make travel difficult to dangerous across higher elevation roads given snow covered roads and reduced visibilities. There is potential for another storm system in the latter half of next week, bringing with it more mountain snow and chances for impactful precipitation to lower elevations. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be likely over portions of the region. RODRIGUEZ/EHR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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