757 WWUS45 KPUB 031015 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SPRING SNOW STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS... .AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER SOUTHERN UTAH AND NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL OVERRIDE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND THE ADJACENT HIGHER TERRAIN INCLUDING THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AND THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY FROM PARKDALE TO NORTH OF BUENA VISTA THROUGH TODAY. 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 TAKE CARE WHEN DRIVING. ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. COZ068-069-071-072-031300- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY-UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS AND SALIDA 415 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR TODAY REMAINS IN EFFECT... OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR AT TIMES UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. MOST OF THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ON GRASSY SURFACES...HOWEVER ROADWAYS WILL MAY BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED IN SPOTS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$ COZ058-059-065>067-070-031300- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY-NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-WET MOUNTAINS- 415 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR TODAY REMAINS IN EFFECT... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AS ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BE SNOWPACKED AND ICY. $$  757 WWUS45 KPUB 031015 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SPRING SNOW STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS... .AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER SOUTHERN UTAH AND NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL OVERRIDE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND THE ADJACENT HIGHER TERRAIN INCLUDING THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AND THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY FROM PARKDALE TO NORTH OF BUENA VISTA THROUGH TODAY. 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 TAKE CARE WHEN DRIVING. ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. COZ068-069-071-072-031300- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY-UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS AND SALIDA 415 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR TODAY REMAINS IN EFFECT... OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR AT TIMES UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. MOST OF THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ON GRASSY SURFACES...HOWEVER ROADWAYS WILL MAY BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED IN SPOTS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$ COZ058-059-065>067-070-031300- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY-NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-WET MOUNTAINS- 415 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR TODAY REMAINS IN EFFECT... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AS ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BE SNOWPACKED AND ICY. $$