STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

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

BLIZZARD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING...ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...AND INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA. 
NUMEROUS WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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

AT 900 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 992 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER
LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  A LARGE BAND OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING WEST AND NORTH OF THE SURFACE
LOW...STRETCHING FROM NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH NEBRASKA AND THE DAKOTAS...AND EASTWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA
INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN.  BEHIND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSHING
THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS...BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES AND 20 TO 30
MPH WINDS...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH WERE REPORTED.       
   
 
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 800 AM CST SUN DEC 14...

...COLORADO...
SILVERTON                           13.0

...MICHIGAN...
NEWBERRY 1 N                         2.5
IRONWOOD                             2.2
MUNISING                             2.2
ONTONAGON 8 WSW                      2.0

...MINNESOTA...
HEWITT                               4.0
MOOSE LAKE                           3.0
DONNELLY                             3.0
FLOODWOOD                            2.5
DULUTH 18 N                          2.3
CHISHOLM                             2.0
HILLMAN 8 S                          2.0
NISSWA                               2.0

...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

...NEBRASKA...
ELSMERE 9 ENE                        3.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
WILLISTON                           13.2
BISMARCK                            11.7
LINTON 5 NW                         10.0
MINOT                                6.0
WEST FARGO 3.8 SSE                   5.5
WATFORD CITY                         5.1
JAMESTOWN                            5.0
LANSFORD                             4.1
SHERWOOD 0.1 ENE                     2.8

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SISSETON 10.4 ENE                    6.0
DEADWOOD 2 NE                        5.4
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW                    5.3
BROOKINGS 1.4 SW                     3.0
HOT SPRINGS 3.7 WSW                  2.5
BISON 4.5 SE                         2.4

...WISCONSIN...
HAYWARD 3 W                          2.3
GRANTSBURG 5 N                       1.0

...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

...SELECTED WIND GUSTS IN MPH FROM 300 AM CST SAT DEC 13 THROUGH
900 AM CST SUN DEC 14...

...COLORADO...
WOLF CREEK PASS                      63
TELLURIDE RGNL ARPT                  47

...NEBRASKA...
BROKEN BOW MUNI ARPT                 53
LEXINGTON                            44
KEARNEY MUNI ARPT                    44

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY REGIONAL                  52
MOBRIDGE                             46
YANKTON/CHAN GURNEY MUNI ARPT        46


THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD OVER
MINNESOTA AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY MONDAY MORNING.  HEAVY
SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY
SUNDAY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA...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 300 PM CST SUNDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

GERHARDT