763 FXUS65 KPUB 032018 AFDPUB SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 218 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AS QUITE BUSY WITH CURRENT SYSTEM. MAIN CONCERNS SHORT TERM WILL BE WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS...SUCH AS WHERE AND HOW MUCH. MAJORITY OF CWFA CURRENTLY ENMESHED WITH LOW CLOUDS...COOL TEMPERATURES...LOWER ELEVATION RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW. LATEST ETA INDICATES THAT FILLING UPPER LOW FINALLY ENTERS THE THE FOUR-CORNERS REGION AROUND 00Z SATURDAY AND THEN LIFTS ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING INTO NORTH- CENTRAL COLORADO BY 00Z SUNDAY. LARGE SCALE ASCENT NOTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING MAJORITY OF CWFA WITH SOME SUBSIDENCE TAKING HOLD LATER SATURDAY. 700 MB UPSLOPE FLOW STILL CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS EARLIER MODELS HAD...THEN UPSLOPE FLOW SHUTS DOWN SATURDAY. WILL PAINT MAJORITY OF CWFA WITH CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ZONES 58/58/60 AND 61. WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT FOR ZONES 68 AND 69. WILL ISSUE SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR ZONES 65/66/67/70/71 AND 72...WITH MAIN ACCUMULATING SNOW LEVEL AROUND 7000 FEET. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT SHOULD BE AROUND 1-4F HIGHER AS COMPARED TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHILE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY SHOULD CLIMB SOME 4F TO 7F AS COMPARED TO THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE EXTENDED (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...MRF DEPICTS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN U.S. EXPECT WARMING TREND TO CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS EACH DAY. THANKS NWS GJT AND NWS BOU FOR COORDINATION. .PUB...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT/FRIDAY..ZONES 58/59/60/61. WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT.........ZONES 68/69. SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT................ZONES 65/66/67/70/71/72.  763 FXUS65 KPUB 032018 AFDPUB SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 218 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AS QUITE BUSY WITH CURRENT SYSTEM. MAIN CONCERNS SHORT TERM WILL BE WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS...SUCH AS WHERE AND HOW MUCH. MAJORITY OF CWFA CURRENTLY ENMESHED WITH LOW CLOUDS...COOL TEMPERATURES...LOWER ELEVATION RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW. LATEST ETA INDICATES THAT FILLING UPPER LOW FINALLY ENTERS THE THE FOUR-CORNERS REGION AROUND 00Z SATURDAY AND THEN LIFTS ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING INTO NORTH- CENTRAL COLORADO BY 00Z SUNDAY. LARGE SCALE ASCENT NOTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING MAJORITY OF CWFA WITH SOME SUBSIDENCE TAKING HOLD LATER SATURDAY. 700 MB UPSLOPE FLOW STILL CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS EARLIER MODELS HAD...THEN UPSLOPE FLOW SHUTS DOWN SATURDAY. WILL PAINT MAJORITY OF CWFA WITH CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ZONES 58/58/60 AND 61. WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT FOR ZONES 68 AND 69. WILL ISSUE SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR ZONES 65/66/67/70/71 AND 72...WITH MAIN ACCUMULATING SNOW LEVEL AROUND 7000 FEET. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT SHOULD BE AROUND 1-4F HIGHER AS COMPARED TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHILE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY SHOULD CLIMB SOME 4F TO 7F AS COMPARED TO THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE EXTENDED (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...MRF DEPICTS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN U.S. EXPECT WARMING TREND TO CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS EACH DAY. THANKS NWS GJT AND NWS BOU FOR COORDINATION. .PUB...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT/FRIDAY..ZONES 58/59/60/61. WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT.........ZONES 68/69. SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT................ZONES 65/66/67/70/71/72.