Weather for Pueblo, Colorado
Lat: 38.27N, Lon: 104.61W
Wx Zone: COZ086
Colorado Drought MonitorThe Colorado Drought monitor is a subset of the United States Monitor, issued every Thursday morning, based on drought conditions the previous Tuesday. The map below shows the current drought level around the state, and the percent of Colorado land area in each drought level compared to the previous week. Read an explanation of the drought intensities and what they mean. |
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Colorado Hydrologic Information StatementNote that if drought conditions are not being experienced, or in the case of river flooding or heavy rain, this statement may be used to indicate river flows or flood potential. 000 FGUS75 KPUB 090130 ESFPUB COC003-009-011-015-021-023-025-027-041-043-055-061-065-071- 079-089-099-101-105-109-119-160700- PROBABILISTIC HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 PM MST WED DEC 08 2010 ...ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE ENABLES THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO PROVIDE LONG RANGE PROBABILISTIC RIVER OUTLOOKS... IN THE TABLE BELOW...THE PERCENT COLUMNS INDICATE THE CHANCE THE RIVER COULD RISE ABOVE THE LISTED STAGE LEVELS IN THE NEXT 120 DAYS. EXAMPLE: THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT LEADVILLE HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 7 FEET. IN THE NEXT 120 DAYS THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE 2.0 FEET. CHANCE OF EXCEEDING STAGES AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS VALID 11/24/2010 - 3/23/2011 LOCATION FS(FT) 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% ARKANSAS RIVER LEADVILLE 7 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 SALIDA 8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.2 WELLSVILLE 9 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.9 PARKDALE 9 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.2 CANON CITY 9 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 PORTLAND 9 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 PUEBLO 8 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.5 4.0 AVONDALE 7 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.9 3.0 NEPESTA 16.5 12.3 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 FOWLER 8 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.4 ROCKY FORD 10 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.7 LA JUNTA 10 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.9 7.3 7.6 8.3 LAMAR 11 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.1 6.4 FOUNTAIN CREEK COLORADO SPRINGS 8 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.8 FOUNTAIN 8 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.7 PINON 7 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.1 PUEBLO 10 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.8 ST CHARLES RIVER VINELAND 12 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.8 4.3 4.8 4.9 5.4 PURGATOIRE RIVER MADRID 7 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 TRINIDAD LAKE 10 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.4 TRINIDAD 11 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.4 LAS ANIMAS 9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.7 4.1 4.6 5.2 5.8 TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY 0 TO 2 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO DURING NOVEMBER. THE PRIMARY OBSERVATION SITES AT PUEBLO AND ALAMOSA WERE 0.3 AND 0.1 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE... RESPECTIVELY. THE PRIMARY SITE AT COLORADO SPRINGS WAS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. PRECIPITATION IN OCTOBER WAS GENERALLY BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO. THE PRIMARY SITES AT PUEBLO...COLORADO SPRINGS AND ALAMOSA WERE 0.38...0.45 AND 0.46 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE... RESPECTIVELY. AS OF DECEMBER 1...MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK WAS RUNNING BELOW AVERAGE OVERALL. THE ARKANSAS BASIN WAS MEASURING 76 PERCENT OF AVERAGE SNOWPACK OVERALL AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN WAS RUNNING 56 PERCENT OF AVERAGE OVERALL. MOST PARTS OF BOTH BASINS WERE RUNNING BELOW AVERAGE. HOWEVER...THE ARKANSAS BASIN NORTH OF MONARCH PASS WAS RUNNING ABOVE AVERAGE. STREAMFLOW WAS GENERALLY NEAR OR BELOW AVERAGE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. SOIL MOISTURE WAS GENERALLY BELOW AVERAGE. OVERALL RESERVOIR STORAGE LEVELS WERE RUNNING A LITTLE BELOW AVERAGE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. ACROSS THE ARKANSAS BASIN...STORAGE LEVELS WERE AT 93 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. ACROSS THE UPPER RIO GRANDE...STORAGE LEVELS WERE AT 76 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. THE OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER...JANUARY AND FEBRUARY...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...INDICATES THAT PRECIPITATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEAR OR BELOW AVERAGE AND TEMPERATURES WILL MOST LIKELY BE ABOVE AVERAGE. THIS LONG RANGE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK CONTAINS FORECAST VALUES THAT ARE CALCULATED USING MULTIPLE SEASON SCENARIOS FROM 30 OR MORE YEARS OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA INCLUDING CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE RIVER...SOIL MOISTURE...SNOW COVER...AND 30 TO 90 DAY LONG RANGE OUTLOOKS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION. BY PROVIDING THE COMPLETE RANGE OF PROBABILITIES...THE LEVEL OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH LONG RANGE PLANNING DECISIONS CAN BE DETERMINED. THESE PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS ARE PART OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE. VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/PUEBLO FOR MORE HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION INCLUDING GRAPHS OF PROBABILISTIC RIVER OUTLOOKS. YOU CAN LINK TO THE HYDROLOGY PAGE BY CLICKING ON THE LIGHT BLUE RIVERS AND LAKES TAB NEAR THE TOP OF THE PAGE. $$ LW |