STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST SNOWSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012

...HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION WITH LIGHTER SNOW
BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF...

MOST OF THE WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED ACROSS THE REGION.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN
WISCONSIN. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR A FEW
COUNTIES IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.

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

AT 900 AM EST... A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 998
MB...29.47 INCHES...WAS CENTERED ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST
OF BUFFALO NEW YORK. AN OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD TO
LAKE ONTARIO. FROM LAKE ONTARIO...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS TO THE
SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND INTO THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM LAKE ONTARIO
SOUTHWARD BANKED UP AGAINST THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND INTO WEST VIRGINIA. FROM THERE...THE WARM FRONT
EXTENDS EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTHEASTWARD JUST
INLAND ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
THAT THE HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST... A SWATH OF LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAIN... WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIER
RAIN... WAS FALLING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FROM WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA INTO EASTERN TEXAS. ADDITIONALLY... SOME LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT ACROSS MUCH
OF NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS FALLING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MAINE AS WELL.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...MICHIGAN...
MARQUETTE 16 NW                       6.5                    
NEGAUNEE 3 NE                         5.2                    
BAY MILLS                             4.5                    
DAGGET 4.8 N                          4.5                    
TROUT LAKE                            4.5                    
GRAYLING 10 S                         4.0                    
FIFE LAKE                             3.0                    
HARRISON                              3.0                    
SCOTTVILLE 6 NNW                      2.0                    
INDIAN RIVER                          1.2                    

...MINNESOTA...
SACRED HEART                         17.3                    
LINO LAKES 3 N                       16.0                    
HUGO                                 15.8                    
GRANITE FALLS                        15.5                    
HAM LAKE                             15.2                    
CAMBRIDGE 1 ESE                      14.9                    
MAPLEWOOD 2 N                        14.7                    
FALCON HEIGHTS                       14.0                    
SILVER CREEK 4 SSE                   14.0                    
STILLWATER 1.4 NE                    13.8                    
FRIDLEY 2 SSE                        13.6                    
ROSEVILLE 5 NW                       13.6                    
ANNANDALE                            13.0                    
BRANDON                              11.0                    
READS LANDING 1 W                    10.2                    
MINNEAPOLIS 1 W                       9.5                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
NEW SALEM 13.7 SSE                    8.0                    
ROOSEVELT 8 NNE                       6.0                    
BEULAH 15.0 NNW                       5.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BROOKINGS 1.1 S                      11.0                    
MADISON                              11.0                    
ASTORIA                               8.5                    
ABERDEEN 1.5 SSW                      8.0                    
DE SMET 0.2 SSE                       8.0                    
FLANDREAU 1 NW                        8.0                    
WATERTOWN 2.7 E                       8.0                    
MILBANK 0.9 NNW                       7.2                    
HURON                                 7.1                    
GANN VALLEY 7.8 WNW                   6.4                    
WESSINGTON SPRINGS                    6.0                    
WOONSOCKET                            6.0                    

...WISCONSIN...
EAST FARMINGTON 3 E                  14.0                    
MENOMONIE                            13.8                    
OSCEOLA                              13.5                    
EAU CLAIRE                           13.0                    
RIVER FALLS 1.2 SSW                  12.5                    
BOYCEVILLE 3.3 N                     11.0                    
ARCADIA                               8.0                    
WARRENS                               8.0                    
WINONA                                7.7                    
GRANSTBURG 4 N                        7.0                    
HOLMEN 2 NW                           7.0                    
MONDOVI                               7.0                    
LA CROSSE 4 NNW                       6.6                    
OSSEO                                 6.5                    
GALESVILLE 2 WSW                      6.0                    


THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS NORTHEAST TRACK
THROUGH EASTERN CANADA. HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE REGION
WILL BE MAINLY LAKE EFFECT DRIVEN AND IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF
THIS AFTERNOON. IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END ACROSS THE REGION BY
LATER THIS EVENING.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

KREKELER