240 WWUS45 KPUB 022130 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...SPRING STORM SYSTEM FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND STRENGTHEN...OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SPIN OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF UPSLOPE FLOW AND THE SPRING STORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...SHOULD PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT PLAINS. SNOW LEVEL IS FORECAST TO LOWERING TO 6000 FEET TONIGHT...AND COULD LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE WEATHER SYSTEM'S STRENGTH AND DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT...AND AVAILABILITY OF MOISTURE...WHICH WOULD AFFECT THE AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW. ANY CHANGE IN THE STORMS PATH WILL INCREASE OR DECREASE THE HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WATCH AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CHECK ON ALTERNATE TIMETABLES OR ROUTES. DIAL 1/877/315/7623 FOR COLORADO ROAD CONDITIONS. THE WEB SITE FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/PUB COZ058-059-065>075-030330- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-PUEBLO AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES/PUEBLO AND VICINITY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN/WALSENBURG AND VICINITY-UPPER PURGATOIRE RIVER BASIN/TRINIDAD AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES-WET MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...SALIDA...TRINIDAD AND WALSENBURG 330 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... LOOK FOR RAIN AND SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY BE HEAVY...BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT COULD CHANGE IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN THE STORM TRACK. $$ METZE  240 WWUS45 KPUB 022130 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...SPRING STORM SYSTEM FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND STRENGTHEN...OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SPIN OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF UPSLOPE FLOW AND THE SPRING STORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...SHOULD PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT PLAINS. SNOW LEVEL IS FORECAST TO LOWERING TO 6000 FEET TONIGHT...AND COULD LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE WEATHER SYSTEM'S STRENGTH AND DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT...AND AVAILABILITY OF MOISTURE...WHICH WOULD AFFECT THE AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW. ANY CHANGE IN THE STORMS PATH WILL INCREASE OR DECREASE THE HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WATCH AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CHECK ON ALTERNATE TIMETABLES OR ROUTES. DIAL 1/877/315/7623 FOR COLORADO ROAD CONDITIONS. THE WEB SITE FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/PUB COZ058-059-065>075-030330- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-PUEBLO AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES/PUEBLO AND VICINITY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN/WALSENBURG AND VICINITY-UPPER PURGATOIRE RIVER BASIN/TRINIDAD AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES-WET MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...SALIDA...TRINIDAD AND WALSENBURG 330 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... LOOK FOR RAIN AND SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY BE HEAVY...BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT COULD CHANGE IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN THE STORM TRACK. $$ METZE