361 AXUS45 KPUB 292357 BRTPUB AREA SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 450 PM MST THU JAN 29 2015 COZ085-301100- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 450 PM MST THU JAN 29 2015 .NOW... A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXIT EASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT, AS A NEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. INCREASING MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE REGION, WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS IN STORE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE STATE, SCATTERED PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN FRIDAY THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THE BORDER COUNTIES ON THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO, INCLUDING PUEBLO AND EL PASO COUNTIES. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MAKE A SOUTHWARD TURN TOWARD MEXICO AND AWAY FROM THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO COOL TO AROUND AVERAGE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THEN DROP TO BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY. THE FORECAST FOR PIKES PEAK, TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE. SKIES WILL BE CLOUDY TONIGHT, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOW TEMPERATURE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 20S, AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST UP TO 10 MPH. $$ COZ083-086-087-301100- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 1100 PM MST WED JAN 28 2015 .NOW... THE FORECAST FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP BEFORE MIDNIGHT, INCREASING TO A CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE IN THE MID TEENS THROUGH THE 20S, AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. SKIES WILL BE CLOUDY TONIGHT, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. LOWS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES WITH EAST WIND UP TO 10 MPH EARLY, BECOMING WESTERLY OVERNIGHT. $$ COZ070-071-301100- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA... ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS...FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 1100 PM MST WED JAN 28 2015 .NOW... THE FORECAST FOR THE THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING, CHANGING TO A CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT, WITH LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BELOW 10 THOUSAND FEET. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TEENS AND 20S, WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP BEFORE MIDNIGHT, INCREASING TO A CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. LOWS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE MID TEENS THROUGH THE 20S, AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. $$ COZ093-098-301100- LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...LAMAR 450 PM MST THU JAN 29 2015 .NOW... A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXIT EASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT, AS A NEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. INCREASING MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE REGION, WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS IN STORE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE STATE, SCATTERED PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN FRIDAY THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THE BORDER COUNTIES ON THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO, INCLUDING PUEBLO AND EL PASO COUNTIES. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MAKE A SOUTHWARD TURN TOWARD MEXICO AND AWAY FROM THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO COOL TO AROUND AVERAGE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THEN DROP TO BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY. $$