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UPDATED- WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE as of 5pm Sunday

Russ Baldwin | Jan 30, 2016 | Comments 0

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO Up-dated Sunday Night

Monday

Snow. High near 36. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Monday Night

Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow after 9pm. Low around 22. Windy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Tuesday

A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11am. Areas of blowing snow before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 29. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
535 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016

TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING…WALSENBURG…TRINIDAD…LA JUNTA…ROCKY FORD… BRANSON…KIM…LAS ANIMAS…LAMAR
535 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY…

* LOCATION…THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR FROM WALSENBURG TO
TRINIDAD…OTERO…EASTERN LAS ANIMAS…BENT…AND PROWERS
COUNTIES.

* CAUSE AND TIMING…A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW. INITIALLY SNOW WILL COME IN WAVES TONIGHT BEFORE THE STEADIER AND HEAVIER SNOW SETS IN LATER MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT WIND DRIVEN SNOW WILL BECOME THE FOCUS OF CONCERN ESPECIALLY
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION…6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE RATON RIDGE.

* WIND…EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH…BECOMING NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACT…TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW…BLOWING SNOW…REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS.

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