NWS Pueblo, CO Point Click Grid Forecast Information

National Weather Service forecast offices are creating digital forecasts for their specific defined service areas. These digital forecasts are mosaicked into a national forecast database. The forecast grid box resolution is 2.5km x 2.5km for specific latitudes and longitudes. Below are things to considered when you click a latitiude/longitude "point" forecast:

The Colorado 14ers Mountain Locations and Forecasts has 14er flags located all the Colorado 14,000+ feet elevation mountains. See Image Below For example, there is a flag for the Pikes Peak Summit.

If you left click the Colorado 14ers Mountain Locations and Forecasts map, then a 7-day "point" forecast web page loads for that particular latitude/longitude grid box. VERY IMPORTANT AND NOTE, the forecast is for the grid box, and not necessarily for the mountain summit. See Image Below In the 7-day forecast GIS map, there is a 'green' box. The 'green' box is the forecast grid box. The mountain summit is within the forecast grid box, and there is about a 3,000-4,000 foot elevation change witin the forecast grid box. The forecast grid box mid-point elevation is 13,750 feet.

Here is a Google Earth 3 dimensional look at how the forecast grid box is tied to ground level, and shows the various terrain within the grid box.

Just remember, the "point" forecast is for a grid box that includes the mountain summit, and the "point" forecast is not necessarily specifically tied to the mountain summit elevation.