THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM MDT MON APR 08 2013
...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN PLAINS....
HIGH WIND ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
WESTERN U.S.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES SPREADING EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND WESTWARD
ACROSS UTAH. WINTER STORM WATCHES AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS.
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS NORTHWEST COLORADO
AND ALONG THE FRONT RANGE IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. BLIZZARD
WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST UTAH.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 PM MDT...A SURFACE LOW IN SOUTHERN UTAH WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 988 MB...29.16 INCHES...IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE
GREAT BASIN. AN EAST-WEST ORIENTED COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED
THROUGH SOUTHERN WYOMING AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA IS SURGING
SOUTHWARD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATE WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. WIDESPREAD RAIN
SHOWERS ARE AFFECTING MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST U.S. IN WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO WYOMING...WINDS ARE
PICKING UP WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH BEING OBSERVED.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM MDT SUN APR
07 THROUGH 200 PM MDT MON APR 08...
...MINNESOTA...
LONG LOST LAKE 5.5
...MONTANA...
MARTINSDALE 13 SSW 12.0
DUPUYER 15 SW 9.0
ROUNDUP 4 SSE 9.0
KINSEY 2 W 8.8
SAINT PHILLIP 10 SW 8.0
KLEIN 1 S 7.4
CRAIG 8 NE 6.0
BAKER 13 NNE 5.0
BROADVIEW 2 NW 5.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
BEACH 8.5
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...ARIZONA...
PETRIFIED FOREST 67
GLOBE 1 ENE 60
SEDONA 58
SHOW LOW 58
...CALIFORNIA...
LUCERNE VALLEY 20 ESE 87
BORREGO SPRINGS 83
THOUSAND PALMS 5 NE 80
MOJAVE 75
SAN FRANSISCO 5 W 75
OCOTILLO WELLS 73
PIUTES 10 NE 72
INDIAN WELLS CANYON 71
LANCASTER 9 NNW 70
JAWBONE CANYON 65
THE SURFACE LOW IN SOUTHERN UTAH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST
SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT
IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTHWARD INTO THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING. A SURFACE LOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS
EVENING AND UPSLOPE SNOWFALL SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE FRONT RANGE OF
THE CENTRAL ROCKIES OVERNIGHT. THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK EASTWARD
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOMORROW AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS. SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS
EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO...WITH UP TO 20 INCHES IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. FURTHER NORTH AND
EAST...A SWATH FROM EASTERN WYOMING THROUGH NORTHWEST NEBRASKA AND
INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 8 TO 18 INCHES OF
SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 PM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KREKELER
Last Updated: 501 PM EDT MON APR 08 2013