THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR WESTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
100 PM PST SAT DEC 07 2013

...SNOW AND RAIN CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
AND INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MAKES ITS WAY
THROUGH THE REGION...  

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA EASTWARD INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND
CENTRAL ROCKIES.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.

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

AT 1200 PM PST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1005
MB...29.68 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN NEVADA AND MOVING
TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM
THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
OUT INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION WAS
FALLING ACROSS PARTS OF CALIFORNIA...ARIZONA...AND THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST/GREAT BASIN STATES. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
WAS IN THE FORM OF SNOW...EXCEPT FOR JUST AHEAD OF THE SURFACE
BOUNDARY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA WHERE RAIN WAS
FALLING. A FEW POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW WAS ALSO STARTING TO BREAK
OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND PLAINS STATES...AS WELL AS SOME
VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM PST FRI DEC
06 THROUGH 000 PM PST SAT DEC 07...

...CALIFORNIA...
KINGVALE 1 WSW                       23.0                    
NORTHSTAR SKI AREA                   18.0                    
PROSSER CREEK RESERVOIR 4 W          17.0                    
ALPINE MEADOWS 6 SE                  15.0                    
SQUAW VALLEY SKI AREA                15.0                    
TAHOMA                               15.0                    
VOLCANO 6 NE                         12.5                    
FISH CAMP                            12.0                    
MAMMOTH LAKES                        12.0                    
TWAIN HARTE 2 W                      12.0                    
PACIFIC HOUSE                        11.0                    
TRUCKEE                              10.5                    
HAPPY CAMP                           10.0                    

...IDAHO...
KUNA                                  6.5                    
NAMPA                                 5.0                    
BOISE 17 N                            4.0                    
MERIDIAN 3 W                          4.0                    
CALDWELL                              3.5                    

...NEVADA...
INCLINE VILLAGE 1 NE                 17.0                    
MOUNT ROSE SKI AREA                  16.0                    
CARSON CITY 3 WNW                     9.5                    
INDIAN HILLS                          6.5                    
RENO 4 SSW                            4.8                    
SPARKS 1.7 E                          4.5                    
VIRGINIA CITY 5 E                     4.5                    

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

...CALIFORNIA...
INDIAN WELLS CANYON                   82                    
INYOKERN                              76                    
JULIAN 2 NNE                          65                    
FORT IRWIN                            64                    

...COLORADO...
POWDERHORN SKI AREA 1 N               60                    
SILVERTON 2 SE                        58                    

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

...OREGON...
MODOC POINT 7 WNW                    12.0                    
EUGENE SW                            10.0                    
DUFUR 9 WSW                           9.0                    
ELMIRA                                9.0                    
HEPPNER 6 NNW                         9.0                    
PHILOMATH                             9.0                    
VENETA 2 N                            9.0                    
CRESWELL                              8.0                    
LA PINE 4 WSW                         8.0                    
PLEASANT HILL                         8.0                    
COBURG 0.3 W                          7.5                    
CHILOQUIN 3 W                         7.0                    


THE STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS THE
SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN IN A MORE EASTERLY DIRECTION BY
TONIGHT...AND SHOULD REACH THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY SUNDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS
THE REGION AND INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND PLAINS THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS... MOST OF THE SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS BY SUNDAY IN THE GREAT BASIN AND BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TO THE ROCKIES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 10
INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF UTAH AND COLORADO.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL
U.S...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND
WIDESPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 4
INCHES. FARTHER SOUTH...SOME FREEZING RAIN COULD DEVELOP ACROSS
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BUT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. BY
SUNDAY MORNING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
BEGIN TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH
ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE OHIO AND MID-ATLANTIC REGIONS THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO HALF AN INCH OR MORE FOR THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA. FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC
TO THE NORTHEAST...SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE LESS THAN ABOUT 4
INCHES.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 700 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

MONARSKI




Last Updated: 400 PM EST SAT DEC 07 2013