Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 753 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 COZ058>089-093>099-100200- 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- 753 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...LOCAL PEA SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN ON MONDAY AND ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. $$ 50/50
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 506 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2009 NMZ003-009-010-015-091400- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...ESPANOLA... SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...SOCORRO 506 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2009 .NOW... EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH STRONGEST WINDS OVER SUMMITS AND HILLTOPS...AND THROUGH GAPS AND PASSES. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS ACROSS INTERSTATE 40 FROM THE LAGUNA RESERVATION TO EDGEWOOD...OR FROM MILE POST 125 TO MILE POST 185... AND ACROSS INTERSTATE 25 FROM ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE STATE PARK TO SANTA FE...OR FROM MILE POST 100 TO MILE POST 285. ALSO...EXPECT GUSTY WINDS ACROSS HIGHWAYS 84 AND 285...STATE ROAD 30...STATE ROADS 14 AND 337...HIGHWAY 60...AND HIGHWAY 380. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED LOCALLY IN BLOWING DUST. $$
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 506 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2009 NMZ005-007-091400- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...LAS VEGAS/RATON 506 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2009 .NOW... SPRINKLES WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS COLFAX AND UNION COUNTIES WILL DROP LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH RAINFALL...WITH ONLY SPRINKLES ELSEWHERE. $$ SHY