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HWOPUB  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO  
308 AM MST FRI FEB 13 2026  
 
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WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET-  
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET-  
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-  
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET-  
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-  
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET-  
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET-  
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET-  
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET-  
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW  
10000 FEET-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET-  
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-  
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-  
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-  
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FEET-  
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-  
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FEET-  
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-  
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET-  
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FEET-  
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-  
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FEET-  
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET-  
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FEET/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN  
7500 AND 11000 FEET-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FEET-  
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-  
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW  
7500 FEET-  
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE  
BELOW 7400 FEET-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET-  
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET-  
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-  
308 AM MST FRI FEB 13 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST  
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.  
   
DAY ONE  
TODAY AND TONIGHT  
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT...  
 
RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND  
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING, WITH A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER POSSIBLE.  
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS  
TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING, WITH THE GREAT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW  
ALONG THE HIGHER PEAKS. SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY BE POSSIBLE  
ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
 
MULTIPLE DAYS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY NEXT  
WEEK AS GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES OVER SPREAD THE PLAINS.  
THE DAY OF GREATEST CONCERN AT THIS TIME IS TUESDAY AS STRONG  
WINDS SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.  
 
ADDITIONALLY, WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WILL BE  
POSSIBLE TUESDAY.  
 
BLOWING DUST, POSSIBLY PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES,  
COULD OCCUR ON TUESDAY.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT  
 
WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.  
 
 
 
SIMCOE/HODANISH  
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