STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO HIGH PLAINS
LATE-SEASON SNOW
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2016

...LATE-SEASON SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE
HIGH PLAINS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF
COLORADO DOWN INTO THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO AND INTO PARTS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES...INTO PARTS OF WYOMING...PARTS OF THE COLORADO HIGH
PLAINS AS WELL AS PARTS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA.

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

AT 200 PM MDT...A 998 MB...29.47 INCHES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS MOVING EASTWARD ALONG THE OKLAHOMA-TEXAS BORDER.
MEANWHILE...AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WAS
TRANSPORTING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. AS COLD AIR
REMAINED IN PLACE NEAR THE SURFACE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND
NEARBY HIGH PLAINS...SNOW HAD BEGUN TO FALL OVER MUCH OF THE
EASTERN HALF OF COLORADO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY...WAS EXPANDING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
COLORADO AND WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN
NEBRASKA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM MDT THU APR
28 THROUGH 200 PM MDT FRI APR 29...

...COLORADO...
WESTCLIFFE 6.2 W                     15.0                    
COTOPAXI 4.8 SSE                     13.7                    
COKEDALE                             13.0                    
COLORADO SPRINGS 6 SSW               12.0                    
SPANISH PEAKS 4 S                    11.5                    
MAYSVILLE                            11.4                    
ROSITA 1 WSW                         11.3                    
AGUILAR                              10.5                    
GARDNER 5.2 ENE                      10.0                    
TEXAS CREEK 7 ESE                     9.7                    
TRINIDAD 1 N                          7.5                    
WESTCLIFFE 6 W                        7.2                    
PETERSON AFB 4 NW                     6.4                    
MONUMENT 6 E                          6.2                    
BEULAH 1 SSE                          5.0                    
BLACK FOREST 4 SSW                    5.0                    
E FRANKTOWN                           5.0                    
WALSENBURG                            5.0                    

...NEW MEXICO...
CAPULIN 3 N                           4.0                    

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

...COLORADO...
SWAMP ANGEL 2 SW                      72                    
MOUNT ABRAMS                          54                    


AS THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVES TOWARD THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
INTERACTS WITH THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE
OKLAHOMA-TEXAS BORDER...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND NORTHEASTWARD
FROM EASTERN COLORADO INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN
WYOMING TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY
TAPERING OFF SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO
AND WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
POSSIBLE. IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO...AN
ADDITIONAL FOOT OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. IN THE
WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...ANOTHER UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO
MOVE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST ON SUNDAY AND BRING A NEW ROUND
OF SNOW FARTHER TO THE SOUTH FROM SOUTHERN COLORADO INTO NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 PM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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