UCCSAlert: UCCS is CLOSED for Tuesday, November 17, 2015 due to weather impacts. ALL classes & activities are CANCELLED. Campus will re-open for normal operations on Wednesday, November 18, 2015.

• Dining and Food Services will be operating dining operations to serve residents according to schedule for Roaring Forks and the Lodge
• Police and dispatch operations remain available should you need their services
• Shuttles will NOT be operational during the closure

UCCSAlert: UCCS DELAYED start for Tuesday, November 17, 2015. Office hours, classes, activities prior to 12:00pm cancelled. CAMPUS WILL OPEN AT NOON.

• Shuttles will run beginning one hour before the 12:00pm start
• University Center will be open by roughly 11:30am, but NOT all services available until 12:00pm
• Dining and Food Services will be operating dining operations to serve residents according to schedule for Roaring Forks and the Lodge
• All other campus services will be available with the opening of campus at 12:00pm

National Weather Service Pueblo has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for our location from 5:00pm today through 11:00am on Tuesday.

There are many more winter weather highlights issued for areas adjacent to our Colorado Springs and campus communities, as demonstrated in the image below.  If you have travel plans this evening, or on Tuesday, please stay up to date with the latest forecast information at www.weather.gov/pub

Additional information from the Winter Weather Advisory for our UCCS campus:

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING COLORADO
  SPRINGS.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A POTENT PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
  REGION LATER TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. THE SNOW WILL
  BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO TOMORROW MORNING. THE
  SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WIND...BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING AND INTO OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR
  VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

 

Winter weather highlights, including a Winter Storm Watch and Blizzard Watch have been issued for Monday evening into Tuesday morning for portions of our county (El Paso). However, right now, UCCS is NOT included in these areas.

Stay tuned to the latest forecast details at www.weather.gov/pub