THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM CDT FRI OCT 04 2013
...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF
WYOMING...NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA ...INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS...THE NORTHERN
HIGH PLAINS...INTO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 PM CDT...AN OCCLUDED SURFACE CYCLONE WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE
OF 1000 MB...29.54 IN...WAS CENTERED IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
A DYNAMIC COLD FRONT...WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE
WEATHER...WAS EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CYCLONE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WHILE A WARM
FRONT WAS EXTENDING TO THE EAST OF THE CYCLONE ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES AND INTO NEW ENGLAND. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THAT AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW...REMAINED ANCHORED TO THE NORTH
AND WEST OF THE CYCLONE CENTER ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS CONTINUED TO BE LOCATED IN
THE WESTERN PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WERE
EXPERIENCED SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF OVER 70 MPH
WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE 20 INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED!
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM CDT THU OCT
03 THROUGH 900 PM 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
...NORTH DAKOTA...
REEDER 9.0
NEW SALEM 8.0
BOWMAN 6.0
FLASHER 3.5
...NEBRASKA...
CRAWFORD 13.0
AGATE 18 SE 10.0
CHADRON 10.0
GORDON 4.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEAD 37.0
SPEARFISH DOWNTOWN 5 W 22.0
DOWNTOWN PIEDMONT 1 NNW 20.0
RAPID CITY DOWNTOWN 20.0
BELLE FOURCHE DOWNTOWN 13.0
KELDRON 7 SE 10.0
SHAMBO RANCH 3 W 6.0
WHITEWOOD 4 NNW 5.4
...WYOMING...
MUDDY GAP 18.0
RAWLINS 14.1
RAWLINS 34 NE 14.0
LANDER 5.7 SW 13.8
BOSLER 12 ENE 12.0
CASPER 2.6 E 12.0
DOUGLAS 24 S 12.0
HULETT 4 N 11.0
BILL 10.0
UPTON 5 N 10.0
ROCK RIVER 9.6 WSW 8.8
GILLETTE 13.9 NNW 8.5
SHIRLEY BASIN 8.0
SARATOGA 5.0
CHEYENNE 1 S 4.2
LARAMIE 4.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ELLSWORTH AFB 71
USTA 71
RAPID CITY DOWNTOWN 68
BRIDGER 2 SW 64
PENNINGTON 59
RAPID CITY AIRPORT 54
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE INTENSE
OVERNIGHT AS IT MOVES EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE UPPER MIDWEST. UP
TO 2 FEET OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY SATURDAY
MORNING...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. THE STORM
IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN ON SATURDAY...AND THE ASSOCIATED
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 1100 PM EDT FRI OCT 04 2013