STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM CDT FRI OCT 04 2013

...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS...       

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF
WYOMING...NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
COLORADO...MONTANA...NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA...THE PANHANDLE
OF NEBRASKA...AND THE MAJORITY OF WYOMING.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO...NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.

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

AT 900 AM CDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1002
MB...29.59 IN...WAS CENTERED IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A COLD
FRONT WAS TRAILING THE SURFACE LOW TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF
IT...EXTENDING FROM KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A STATIONARY
FRONT WAS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST OF THE LOW AND WAS DRAPED
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO NEW ENGLAND. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW AN AREA OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW...ACROSS NORTHERN
COLORADO...THE EASTERN HALF OF WYOMING...PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH
DAKOTA. IN ADDITION...MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WAS
BEING OBSERVED FOR THE MAJORITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH
IOWA...MISSOURI...AND EXTREME PORTIONS OF KANSAS.                 
           

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM CDT FRI OCT
04 THROUGH 1000 AM CDT FRI OCT 04...

...COLORADO...
COLLBRAN 4 S                         12.5                    
MESA 6 S                             11.0                    
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 2 E                10.9                    
YAMPA                                 8.0                    
OAK CREEK                             7.3                    
CARBONDALE 7 NNE                      6.0                    
MEEKER 2 WSW                          6.0                    
VAIL 2 W                              6.0                    
RIDGWAY 2 NW                          5.0                    
WOLCOTT 2 N                           4.5                    
FOUR CORNERS 8 NE                     3.5                    
VIMMSTON 22 S                         3.5                    

...MONTANA...
PONY 5 SW                            32.0                    
MCALLISTER 10 WNW                    24.0                    
MELVILLE 0.3 W                       18.0                    
RED LODGE 1.9 S                      18.0                    
BIG SKY 21 S                         17.0                    
JACKSON 14 SSW                       16.0                    
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 18 W           14.0                    
LIVINGSTON 6.6 ESE                   13.3                    
GRANT 18 W                           12.0                    
ABSAROKEE 0.1 ENE                    11.0                    
BIG TIMBER 8.2 SSE                   10.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEAD 5 SSW                           19.5                    
DOWNTOWN SPEARFISH 8 W               11.0                    
RAPID CITY 6.9 W                      8.1                    
WHITEWOOD 4 NNW                       5.4                    

...WYOMING...
RAWLINS                              14.1                    
LANDER 5.7 SW                        13.8                    
CASPER 2.6 E                         12.0                    
HULETT 4 N                           11.0                    
ROCK RIVER 9.6 WSW                    8.8                    
GILLETTE 13.9 NNW                     8.5                    
SHIRLEY BASIN                         8.0                    
SARATOGA                              5.0                    
LARAMIE                               4.0                    
CHEYENNE                              3.3                    


THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE
GREAT LAKES AND CONSEQUENTLY THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD. UP TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
OVER THE PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY MORNING...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS. AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY
DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

FANNING