Expires:200909082030;Remove:200909082030;747971 FPUS75 KPUB 081920 NOWPUB SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 120 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009 COZ072>080-083-086>088-082030- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...CANON CITY...PENROSE... PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 120 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009 .NOW... LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS THROUGH AT LEAST 3 PM MDT...WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG AND WEST OF I-25. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. $$