STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIDE-SPREAD LIFE-THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING OVER
THE NORTHERN PLAINS...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN MONTANA ACROSS ALL OF
NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND INTO WESTERN
MINNESOTA.  SURROUNDING THIS AREA NUMEROUS WINTER STORM WARNINGS
AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 300 AM CST...A 986 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SNOW OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...WINDS WERE BLOWING AT 20 TO
30 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH IN A FEW SPOTS.
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL AS ARCTIC AIR IS PUSHING SOUTHWARD
FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.  A BROAD REGION
OF BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES ARE OCCURRING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FROM
MONTANA...THROUGH PORTIONS OF WYOMING...NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA. 
TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL REMAIN BELOW
ZERO FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

THE COMBINATION OF EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND
SNOW WILL PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP TO MINUS 20 TO 40 DEGREES...WHILE BLOWING SNOW
REDUCES VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN SOME AREAS. VENTURING OUTSIDE
WILL BECOME VERY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT
RECOMMENDED.



...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST SAT DEC
13 THROUGH 300 AM CST SUN DEC 14...

...MONTANA...
NOXON 4 NW                          14.0
ALBERTON 4 ENE                      10.5
LIBBY 2 W                            8.0
CHINOOK                              8.0
CHESTER                              8.0
NEIHART 7 S                          8.0
CHOTEAU 20 W                         6.0

...WYOMING...
AFTON 8 NE                          13.0
LANDER 19 SSW                       10.0
ATLANTIC CITY 7 NW                  10.0
DUBOIS 25 NW                        10.0
JACKSON 8 WNW                        8.0
KEMMERER 36 N                        8.0
BONDURANT 14 E                       8.0
MORAN JUNCTION 25 NE                 8.0
PINDALE 12 NNE                       7.0
GUNSIGHT PASS                        7.0

...COLORADO...
SILVERTON                           13.0

...NORTH DAKOTA...
BISMARCK                             6.9
LANSFORD                             2.0
MINOT                                2.0

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEADWOOD 2 NE                        5.4

...MINNESOTA...
CHISHOLM                             2.0
DONNELLY                             1.0


...SELECTED WIND GUSTS IN MPH FROM 900 PM CST SAT DEC 13 THROUGH
200 AM CST SUN DEC 14...

...COLORADO...
WOLF CREEK PASS                      71
TELLURIDE RGNL ARPT                  55

...WYOMING...
BUFFALO/JOHNSON CO. ARPT             60

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY REGIONAL                  60

...NEW MEXICO...
FORT STANTON                         69


THE STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NEBRASKA WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY MONDAY MORNING.
HEAVY SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY FROM
CENTRAL TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL
TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA...NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. LIFE-THREATENING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
PERSIST INTO MONDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUPPORT SEVERE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

THE NEXT SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST SUNDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ORAVEC/KONG