STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES TO UPPER GREAT LAKES
EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
200 AM MST MON NOV 10 2014

...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL HAS BEGUN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES AND THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND WILL MOVE INTO THE
UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES BY MONDAY...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MOST PLACES FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHERN
IDAHO...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

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

AT 100 AM MST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE
OF 991 MB...29.26 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST NEBRASKA. A
COLD FRONT EXTENDED WESTWARD FROM THE LOW CENTER ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES WHILE A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED TO THE EAST
OF THE LOW STRETCHED FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...THROUGH THE
UPPER MIDWEST...AND INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WAS
SPREADING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND
INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MAINLY
LIGHT SNOW FALLING FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES. EMBEDDED AREAS OF MODERATE SNOW WERE ALSO BEING
REPORTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE HIGHEST
TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM MST SUN NOV
09 THROUGH 100 AM MST MON NOV 10...

...MONTANA...
HEART BUTTE 14 SW                     8.0                    
BLACKTAIL 5 ENE                       5.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
MARMARTH 10 N                         4.5                    
MEDORA 7 WNW                          4.0                    
NEW ENGLAND                           3.5                    
BOWMAN                                2.5                    
GLEN ULLIN NW                         2.2                    
BISMARCK NW                           1.4                    

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

...IDAHO...
DRIGGS                                68                    
CAREY 20 ENE                          54                    
CRATERS OF MOON                       54                    

...MONTANA...
WOLF CREEK 8 SW                       58                    
GRANT 8 WSW                           56                    
DILLON 5 NE                           55                    
TOWNSEND 8 W                          54                    
LEWIS AND CLARK                       52                    
MARYSVILLE 13 S                       52                    


THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS WHILE THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES
SOUTHEASTWARD...USHERING THE COLD AIR FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS AND EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND
EVENTUALLY THE NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC BY THE END OF THE WEEK. AS
FOR THE SNOW...THE HEAVIEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND
NORTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY
ON MONDAY...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY
MONDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY LESS THAN 6
INCHES IS EXPECTED...EXCEPT IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN OF CENTRAL
WYOMING AND NORTHERN COLORADO WHERE AS MUCH AS A FOOT COULD
FALL...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. EAST OF THIS...ACROSS THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND UPPER GREAT LAKES...HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO START BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY ON TUESDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12
INCHES...EXCEPT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AND THE
UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN WHERE VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL COULD RESULT
IN TOTALS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AS HIGH
AS 2 FEET.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 800 AM MST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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