610 WWUS45 KPUB 041019 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...SLOW MOVING SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO MOUNTAIN AREAS... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TODAY BEFORE SHIFTING EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LATER TONIGHT. PERIODS OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY...COMBINED WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND CONTINUED UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO ALL OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS THROUGH TODAY. A BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTIVITY MAY BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE NOW OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO IS RAPIDLY GETTING PULLED NORTHWESTWARD AND SHOULD BRING AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL BY MID MORNING TO THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND EL PASO COUNTY. AS A RESULT...THE ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS FOR THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED...WITH THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BEING UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...BE PREPARED FOR POOR VISIBILITIES IN PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW. DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY RESULT OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOWFALL. 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>061-041300- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LAGARITA MOUNTAINS-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY- 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR TODAY... SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES AGAIN THIS MORNING. EXPECT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE BY THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ068-069-041300- UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES- INCLUDING...SALIDA 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TODAY... SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS...SNOWFALL MAY ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ065>067-070-041300- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-WET MOUNTAINS- 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY... EXPECT SNOW TO BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME LOCALLY INTENSE AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ071-072-031300- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TODAY... EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO SPREAD INTO EL PASO COUNTY THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES NEAR TO A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING SHOULD ALLOW THE SNOW TO MELT SOME AS IT ACCUMULATES. THEREFORE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY CONFINED TO THE GRASSY SURFACES. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. TAKE CARE WHEN DRIVING. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES AND ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLUSHY. ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ KT  610 WWUS45 KPUB 041019 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...SLOW MOVING SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO MOUNTAIN AREAS... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TODAY BEFORE SHIFTING EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LATER TONIGHT. PERIODS OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY...COMBINED WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND CONTINUED UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO ALL OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS THROUGH TODAY. A BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTIVITY MAY BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE NOW OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO IS RAPIDLY GETTING PULLED NORTHWESTWARD AND SHOULD BRING AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL BY MID MORNING TO THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND EL PASO COUNTY. AS A RESULT...THE ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS FOR THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED...WITH THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BEING UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...BE PREPARED FOR POOR VISIBILITIES IN PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW. DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY RESULT OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOWFALL. 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>061-041300- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LAGARITA MOUNTAINS-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY- 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR TODAY... SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES AGAIN THIS MORNING. EXPECT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE BY THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ068-069-041300- UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES- INCLUDING...SALIDA 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TODAY... SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS...SNOWFALL MAY ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ065>067-070-041300- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-WET MOUNTAINS- 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY... EXPECT SNOW TO BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME LOCALLY INTENSE AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ071-072-031300- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 415 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TODAY... EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO SPREAD INTO EL PASO COUNTY THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES NEAR TO A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING SHOULD ALLOW THE SNOW TO MELT SOME AS IT ACCUMULATES. THEREFORE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY CONFINED TO THE GRASSY SURFACES. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. TAKE CARE WHEN DRIVING. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES AND ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLUSHY. ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ KT