666 FXUS65 KPUB 022024 AFDPUB SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 220 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2001 WEATHER ISSUE IS COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN NEXT FEW PERIODS. AS ADVERTISED MAJORITY OF CWA MUCH COOLER AND CLOUDIER THIS AFTERNOON AS COMPARED TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON THANKS TO PASSAGE OF FRONT EARLIER THIS MORNING. LATEST ETA AND MM5 STILL INDICATING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT SHAPING UP LATER TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING WHILE AVN MUCH LESS FAVORABLE IN THE PRECIPITATION DEPARTMENT. ETA INDICATES THAT UPPER LOW SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH BY 06Z THURSDAY AND THEN MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY 06Z FRIDAY. THIS UPPER SYSTEM IS THEN PROJECTED TO PUSH ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO BY 00Z SATURDAY. LARGE SCALE LIFT WITH THIS SYSTEM HOLDS OFF UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN MAJORITY OF CWFA SHOULD EXPERIENCE FAVORABLE LIFT WITH MAXIMUM LIFT NOTED FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE SCALE LIFT...ETA/MM5 INDICATES UPSLOPE FLOW TONIGHT INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING WITH A MORE NORTHERLY FLOW TAKING SHAPE BY LATE FRIDAY. RATHER IMPRESSIVE NORTHEAST 700 MB WINDS OF 30 KNOTS BY FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD COMBINE WITH IMPRESSIVE LARGE SCALE LIFT TO GENERATE SOME HEAVY SNOW OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST FACING AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WATCH BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES 58/59 AND 65-75. INHERITED EXTENDED FORECAST FOR: (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... ACCEPTED AND WILL CONTINUE. THANKS DEN AND GJT FOR COORDINATION. .PUB...WINTER STORM WATCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ZONES 58/59/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74 AND 75.  666 FXUS65 KPUB 022024 AFDPUB SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 220 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2001 WEATHER ISSUE IS COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN NEXT FEW PERIODS. AS ADVERTISED MAJORITY OF CWA MUCH COOLER AND CLOUDIER THIS AFTERNOON AS COMPARED TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON THANKS TO PASSAGE OF FRONT EARLIER THIS MORNING. LATEST ETA AND MM5 STILL INDICATING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT SHAPING UP LATER TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING WHILE AVN MUCH LESS FAVORABLE IN THE PRECIPITATION DEPARTMENT. ETA INDICATES THAT UPPER LOW SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH BY 06Z THURSDAY AND THEN MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY 06Z FRIDAY. THIS UPPER SYSTEM IS THEN PROJECTED TO PUSH ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO BY 00Z SATURDAY. LARGE SCALE LIFT WITH THIS SYSTEM HOLDS OFF UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN MAJORITY OF CWFA SHOULD EXPERIENCE FAVORABLE LIFT WITH MAXIMUM LIFT NOTED FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE SCALE LIFT...ETA/MM5 INDICATES UPSLOPE FLOW TONIGHT INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING WITH A MORE NORTHERLY FLOW TAKING SHAPE BY LATE FRIDAY. RATHER IMPRESSIVE NORTHEAST 700 MB WINDS OF 30 KNOTS BY FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD COMBINE WITH IMPRESSIVE LARGE SCALE LIFT TO GENERATE SOME HEAVY SNOW OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST FACING AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WATCH BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES 58/59 AND 65-75. INHERITED EXTENDED FORECAST FOR: (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... ACCEPTED AND WILL CONTINUE. THANKS DEN AND GJT FOR COORDINATION. .PUB...WINTER STORM WATCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ZONES 58/59/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74 AND 75.