STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR ROCKIES TO GREAT LAKES WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST THU FEB 16 2005

...WINTER STORM PUSHES FROM CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...

AT 3 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AREAS OF
SNOWFALL EXTENDING ON A DIAGONAL FROM NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...TO THE
UPPER PENINSULA AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LOWER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN.

AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE CURRENTLY OVER
THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ALONG A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY TONIGHT AND INTO
SOUTHEASTERN CANADA BY FRIDAY MORNING.  AS THIS OCCURS THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FROM NORTHEASTERN IOWA INTO THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LOWER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.  ADDITIONALLY ... A NARROW STRIP OF
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED JUST NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY FROM PORTIONS
OF NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL MICHIGAN.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE UP FOR THE FOX VALLEY AND THE DOOR PENINSULA
OF WISCONSIN.  ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE POSTED FOR THE THE COUNTIES
SOUTHWEST OF SAGINAW BAY IN MICHIGAN AND THE NORTHERN TIP OF THE
THUMB OF MICHIGAN. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA ... SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ... MOST
OF WISCONSIN ... AND MOST OF MICHIGAN. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS
POSTED FOR THE COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF MICHIGAN'S
THUMB.  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND ADVISORIES FOR WIND ... SNOW
... AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA ... SOUTHERN IOWA ...NORTHERN ILLINOIS ... SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN ... AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WITH THIS STORM WILL BE THE COMBINATION OF
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS THAT WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES TO FALL WELL BELOW ZERO. ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL CAUSE
DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE
AFFECTED AREAS.

ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 4 TO
8 INCH RANGE FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH WISCONSIN AND
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.


...SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 300 PM CST THURSDAY...

UTAH...

TONY GROVE LAKE...........................15.0
PICKEL KEG SNOTEL.........................15.0
MANTUA RES................................14.0
PARRISH CREEK SNOTEL......................14.0
LIBERTY...................................13.0
MONTE CRISTO PASS.........................12.0
WELLSVILLE................................10.0
TEMPLE FORK...............................10.0
SALT LAKE CITY INTL........................9.5
MANTUA.....................................9.0
LOGAN......................................9.0
EDEN.......................................8.0


COLORADO...

GOTHIC.....................................6.5
MEREDITH...................................5.0
ERIE.......................................4.0


WYOMING...

CARBON....................................16.0
WHEATLAND.................................11.0
CHUGWATER.................................10.0
GOSHEN....................................10.0
RAWLINS....................................8.0
VETAL......................................7.5


SOUTH DAKOTA...

SPEARFISH..................................7.0
GALENA.....................................6.5
LEAD.......................................5.0
EDGEMONT...................................4.0
YANKTON....................................4.0
WRIGHT.....................................3.0
OELRICHS...................................3.0
PARKSTON...................................3.0
TYNDALL....................................3.0


NEBRASKA...

ELLSWORTH.................................13.0
HYANNIS...................................12.0
WHITMAN...................................10.0
MULLEN....................................10.0
BROWNLEE...................................9.0


WISCONSIN...

MANITOWOC..................................8.5
BRUSSELS...................................7.0
APPLETON...................................6.5
COLOMA.....................................6.5
HOLLAND....................................6.0
KIELER.....................................6.0
GREEN BAY..................................5.8
LA CROSSE..................................5.0

ILLINOIS...

GALENA.....................................3.6
MC CONNELL.................................2.0
STOCKTON...................................2.0

IOWA...

MANCHESTER.................................6.0
DUBUQUE....................................5.0
LIME SPRINGS...............................4.5

MINNESOTA...

KIESTER....................................7.0
ROCHESTER .................................6.0
ST CHARLES.................................5.8
AUSTIN.....................................5.5
HOLLANDALE.................................4.0


MICHIGAN...

WHITE LAKE.................................4.0
PONTIAC....................................3.8
AUBURN.....................................3.8
GOODRICH...................................3.5
LAPEER.....................................3.5
ORTONVILLE.................................3.5
FLINT......................................3.0
IONIA......................................2.9
ZILWAUKEE..................................2.8
OWOSSO.....................................2.6
PORTLAND...................................2.5
LANSING....................................2.4


THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR DETAILS ON THIS SYSTEM...INCLUDING
WATCHES...ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS.

ZIEGENFELDER