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