3/2/08 - Winter is Back

[jaz]

COZ039-040-022100-
/O.EXT.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD.. .LONGMONT...
AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER
550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE GREATER DENVER METRO AREA EARLY
THIS MORNING...AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30
MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY
CLOSE ROADS IN RURAL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY In OPEN AREAS.

[jaz]

COZ045>047-049-022100-
/O.EXT.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.080302T1600Z-080303T0300Z/
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...
HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH. ..
PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIKELY BY MID-
MORNING ACROSS WELD...MORGAN...EASTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN ARAPAHO
COUNTIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND
GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS LATER TODAY.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY in OPEN AREAS.

[jaz]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1111 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON...

.NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL COMBINE WITH
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES AT OR
BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. FOR THE
REST OF THE AREA VISIBILITIES WILL BE HIGHER AND PRECIPITATION
WILL INITIALLY START AS RAIN BEFORE GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW.

COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-NEZ079-080-030000-
/O.UPG.KGLD.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.BZ.W.0001.080302T1811Z-080303T0300Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCH****-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY...
SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
1111 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 /1211 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH
NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW
ONE QUARTER MILE A BIT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE
EARLY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW
WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH TRAVEL BECOMING
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. MONITOR LOCAL FORECASTS BEFORE DECIDING
TO VENTURE OUTSIDE. If YOU MUST TRAVEL AND YOU BECOME STRANDED...
STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.

$$

DDT

[jaz]

And it was 75, sunny, and calm here yesterday

[srainhoutx]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0317
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0136 PM CST SUN MAR 02 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...ECENTRAL/SERN CO...SWRN NEB...WRN KS AND NERN NM

CONCERNING...BLIZZARD

VALID 021936Z - 030030Z

HEAVY SNOW /HRLY RATES FROM 1-2 INCHES/ ACCOMPANIED AT TIMES WITH
STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD/NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ACROSS SERN/ECENTRAL CO...SWRN NEB...WRN KS AND NERN NM
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

SFC ANALYSIS AND REGIONAL VWP/PROFILER DATA SHOWS A STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT/LOW LEVEL BARRIER JET WAS IN PLACE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS IN
RESPONSE TO DEEPENING UPPER LOW OVER THE FOUR CORNERS. AT MID
LEVELS...STRENGTHENING FRONTOGENETIC FORCING WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT A WELL ORGANIZED BAND /50-100 MILES WIDE/ OF HEAVY SNOW.
WITHIN THIS BAND...STRONG NLY WINDS FROM 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER
40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD/NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A 2-3 HR
PERIOD IN ANY ONE LOCATION OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL RATES...OVER 2 INCH/HR...ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER SERN
CO/NERN NM ALONG THE UPSLOPE REGION OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MTNS/RATON MESA. IN THIS REGION...A PROLONGED HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENT
IS EXPECTED GIVEN THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER SYSTEM ALONG WITH
STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW/UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. THE FRONTOGENETICALLY
FORCED HEAVY SNOW BAND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SEWD AROUND 30 KTS AND
REACH AN AXIS FROM NEAR LEXINGTON NEB TO COLBY KS TO NEAR
SPRINGFIELD COLO BY 00Z.

..CROSBIE.. 03/02/2008

[jaz]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
326 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

.NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL COMBINE WITH
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES AT OR
BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. FOR THE
REST OF THE AREA VISIBILITIES WILL BE HIGHER AND PRECIPITATION
WILL INITIALLY START AS RAIN BEFORE GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW.


COZ090-091-KSZ001-002-013-NEZ079-080-030300-
/O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCH****-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
326 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 /426 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING.

WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH
NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TO PRODUCE
VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE A BIT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED....MAINLY ON GRASSY
AREAS.

SNOW WILL BEGIN TO END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL COME TO AN END EARLY THIS EVENING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW
WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH TRAVEL BECOMING
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. MONITOR LOCAL FORECASTS BEFORE DECIDING
TO VENTURE OUTSIDE. If YOU MUST TRAVEL AND YOU BECOME STRANDED...
STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.

$$

JRM

[jaz]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008


COZ045>047-049-030300-
/O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...
HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH. ..
PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS NOT
RECOMMENDED.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY in OPEN AREAS.

[jaz]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008



COZ045>047-049-030300-
/O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...
HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH. ..
PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS NOT
RECOMMENDED.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY in OPEN AREAS.

[jaz]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
708 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008

...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING...

.NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO BETWEEN
15 AND 25 MPH THIS EVENING AS SNOWFALL DIMINISHES. EXPECT SOME
AREAS OF VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN 3 MILES TO CONTINUE GENERALLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WITH A VISIBILITIES IMPROVING AS SNOWFALL
COMES TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT.

COZ090-091-KSZ001-002-013-NEZ079-080-030315-
/O.CAN.KGLD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCH****-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
708 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 /808 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING.

ALTHOUGH FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED THROUGH THE EVENING...THE
HEAVIER SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED to
BETTER THAN 6 MILES.

[jaz]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
752 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF THE AREA...

.A QUICK HITTING STORM THAT BROUGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE
DENVER AREA ON SUNDAY WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND
INTO WESTERN KANSAS SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WAS ENDING ACROSS AREAS
JUST SOUTH OF DENVER THAT HAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE DENVER AREA RANGED FROM 2 TO 5
INCHES...WITH AROUND 7 INCHES IN SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT
COUNTIES. IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER SNOW AMOUNTS
RANGED FROM 6 TO 16 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST REPORTS AROUND
CONIFER AND EVERGREEN.


COZ031-033-034-037-045>047-049-030400-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...
GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...
LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER. ..KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
752 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY.

ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST of THE NIGHT.

[ROLLTIDE]

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Txz091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041715-

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth Tx
935 Am Cst Tue Mar 4 2008

...snow Totals From Monday And Monday Night...

The Following Are Official Observations...

Location Total (inches)
======== ==============
Dublin 3.0
Paris 3.0
Farmersville 1.5
Dfw Airport 1.0
Frisco 1.0
Dallas 0.4
Nws Fort Worth Office 0.1
Alliance Airport T


The Following Are Unofficial Observations...

Location Total (inches)
======== ==============
Pottsboro 5.0
Paris 4.0
Sherman 2.0
Trophy Club 1.5


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