THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM CDT SAT OCT 05 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 WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA...AND NORTHERN
NEBRASKA.

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

AT 900 AM CDT...AN OCCLUDED SYSTEM ATTACHED TO A SURFACE LOW WITH
A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1003 MB...29.62 IN...WAS CENTERED IN CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA. A COLD FRONT...ATTACHED TO THE OCCLUDED FRONT... WAS
EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. MEANWHILE...A WARM
FRONT WAS EXTENDING TO THE EAST OF THE OCCLUDED FRONT 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...TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE
SURFACE LOW IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH
DAKOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS WERE OBSERVED IN THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
CONTINUE. WIND GUSTS OF OVER 50 MPH WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
MORE 20 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.                                
       

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM CDT THU OCT
03 THROUGH 900 AM CDT SAT OCT 05...

...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                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
REEDER                                9.0                    
NEW LEIPZIG                           8.0                    
NEW SALEM                             8.0                    
RHAME                                 7.0                    
BOWMAN                                6.0                    
REGENT 4 E                            6.0                    
FLASHER                               3.5                    
BISMARK 2 NNW                         3.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
CRAWFORD                             13.0                    
AGATE 18 SE                          10.0                    
CHADRON                              10.0                    
GORDON                                4.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEAD                                 43.5                    
RAPID CITY DOWNTOWN                  31.0                    
SPEARFISH                            26.0                    
WHITEWOOD 4 NNW                      25.0                    
BISON 8 SE                           24.0                    
MARTIN                               24.0                    
SUNDANCE                             24.0                    
DOWNTOWN PIEDMONT 1 NNW              20.0                    
RAPID CITY 1 E                       18.3                    
WRIGHT                               15.0                    

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...COLORADO...
LIMON                                 60                    

...NEBRASKA...
HARRISON                              70                    
CHADRON ST PARK 3 NNE                 67                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ELLSWORTH AFB                         71                    
USTA                                  71                    
RAPID CITY DOWNTOWN                   68                    
RAPID CITY 1 E                        67                    
BRIDGER 2 SW                          64                    
PENNINGTON                            59                    
WASTA 3 WNW                           59                    
RAPID CITY AIRPORT                    54                    

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

...MONTANA...
PONY 5 SW                            32.0                    
MCALLISTER 10 WNW                    24.0                    
MELVILLE 4 W                         21.3                    
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                    

...WYOMING...
CASPER 22 SSE                        34.0                    
BARNUM 13 W                          27.0                    
BUFFALO 13 WSW                       24.0                    
CASPER 7 S                           24.0                    
LANDER 19 SSW                        20.0                    
MUDDY GAP                            18.0                    
CASPER AIRPORT                       15.0                    
POWDER RIVER SCHOOL                  15.0                    
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                    


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE UPPER MIDWEST. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
SOUTH DAKOTA. BY SATURDAY EVENING THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO COME TO
AN END.             

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




Last Updated: 1014 AM EDT SAT OCT 05 2013