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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT-May 16 2020
Severe to Extreme Drought Conditions Expand across South Central and Southeast Colorado Snow packs in the Arkansas and Rio Grande basins were near normal over the past winter. However, that snow was not enough to relieve the on- going drought which developed through the late summer and early fall of 2019, due to […]
National Weather Service Seeking Severe Weather Spotters!
Spotter Training Available Across Southern Colorado through May The effects of severe weather are felt every year by many Americans. To obtain critical weather information, NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) established SKYWARN with partner organizations. SKYWARN is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters across the country. These volunteers learn to […]
2019 Climate Year in Review across Southern Colorado
January of 2019 started out cold and unsettled, as a passing weather system ushered in some of the coldest air of the season across the area on New Year’s Day. The rest of January can be characterized by periodic weather disturbances moving through persistent moderate west to northwest flow aloft across the Rockies. This […]
Fall Weather Summary from NWS for Southern Colorado
October of 2019 was the polar opposite of September, with several unseasonably strong and cold systems moving across Colorado bringing early season record cold temperatures as well as the season’s first snowfall for many locales. For the month of October as a whole, well below normal temperatures were experienced across all of Colorado. Precipitation […]
Recap and Forecast, Southeast Colorado Climate Info
Summer of 2019 Climate Review June was a roller coaster month for weather across Colorado, with a few warm and dry spells followed by unseasona-bly cold and strong weather systems that brought rain, mountain snow and severe storms across the area. Accumu-lating snowfall was recorded across the high peaks on June 22nd, the first […]
Southeast Colorado June, 2019 Climate Review, Precipitation Totals
June of 2019 continued to be a roller coaster month for weather across the state, with a few warm and dry spells followed by unseasonably cold and strong weather systems bringing rain, mountain snow and severe storms across the area. Accumulating snowfall was even recorded across the higher peaks on the first full […]
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT from NWS for May
NWS Pueblo Co – Sat May 11 2019 -/- Abnormally Dry Conditions Remain Across Portions of South Central and Southeast Colorado SYNOPSIS Abundant precipitation across the state of Colorado over the past several months, especially for areas over and near the higher terrain from January through March, has brought significant improvement in the drought that […]
NWS-Pueblo-/-Drought Information Statement-/-April 26, 2019
Improvement Continues In Drought Conditions across South Central and Southeast Colorado… SYNOPSIS: Abundant precipitation across the state of Colorado over the past several months, especially for areas over and near the higher terrain throughout February and March, has brought marked improvement in the drought that has plagued Colorado throughout much of the 2018 […]
Improvement in Drought Conditions across South Central and Southeast Colorado
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT – Pueblo – Mar 21, 2019 SYNOPSIS Abundant and much needed precipitation across Colorado`s High Country over the past few months has allowed the US Drought Monitor to indicate marked improvement in the drought that has plagued much of Colorado over the past year. Abundant precipitation through the first half of March, […]
National Weather Service Seeking Severe Weather Spotters!
Spotter Training Available Across Southern Colorado March through May The effects of severe weather are felt every year by many Americans. To obtain critical weather information, NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) established SKYWARN with partner organizations. SKYWARN is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters across the country. These volunteers learn […]
Winter Storm Watch for S.E. Colorado for Saturday
Winter Storm Watch URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 505 AM MST Fri Feb 22 2019 Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County- Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County- Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County- Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- 505 AM MST Fri Feb […]
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT – Slow Improvement In Drought Conditions Continue
National Weather Service National Weather Service Pueblo, CO SYNOPSIS…Updated Abundant and beneficial snow across much of Colorado`s Mountains over the past few months has prompted the US Drought Monitor to improve the Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions that has plagued southwest Colorado over the past year. With that said, the latest Drought Monitor, issued […]
Extreme Drought Spreads Across Southeastern Colorado
NWS Pueblo SYNOPSIS…Updated May 24, 2018 Spring weather systems throughout the month of May have produced beneficial precipitation across the State of Colorado. However, the bulk of the precipitation has been focused across northern portions of the state, with the precipitation received across Southern Colorado more spotty, and not enough to overcome […]
Drought Expands Throughout S.E. Colorado
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT – National Weather Service Severe to Extreme Drought continues to expand across Southern Colorado… SYNOPSIS The month of March came in like a “Lamb” across Colorado, with a warm, dry and windy weather pattern persisting through most of the month, especially across Southeastern Colorado. A few weather systems moved across […]
Extreme Drought expands into Southern Colorado
SYNOPSIS…UPDATED A weather pattern change early in February brought some much needed precipitation to portions of Southern Colorado, especially the Southwest Mountains. This precipitation, however, did little to change the substantial precipitation deficits that have been accumulated throughout the 2018 Water Year across South Central and Southeast Colorado. With that said, the latest US […]
