STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
100 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016

...HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW IMPACTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN...SOUTHERN ROCKIES... 

WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NORTHEASTWARD TO WISCONSIN

WIND ADVISORIES AND HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH
OF THE SOUTHWEST INCLUDING CALIFORNIA.

BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA...IOWA...AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

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

AT 1200 PM PST...A LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1004 MB...29.65
INCHES...WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA
BARBARA CALIFORNIA. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD INTO THE
PACIFIC OCEAN AND A STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDS EASTWARD FROM THE
LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WITH SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME LIGHT
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM PST SAT JAN
30 THROUGH 000 PM PST SUN JAN 31...

...CALIFORNIA...
SODA SPRINGS 3 ENE                   13.0                    
TUOLUMNE MEADOWS                     11.0                    
LODGEPOLE                            10.5                    
MAMMOTH LAKES 4 W                    10.0                    
SQUAW VALLEY                          8.0                    
NORTHSTAR                             6.0                    

...COLORADO...
COAL BANK PASS                        9.0                    
MOLAS PASS                            9.0                    
BRECKENRIDGE 1 SE                     7.2                    
WOLF CREEK PASS 1 SE                  7.0                    
SILVERTON                             6.3                    

...NEVADA...
MOUNT ROSE SKI AREA                  10.0                    
MOGUL                                 7.0                    
RENO                                  7.0                    
COLD SPRINGS VALLEY                   6.0                    
FALLON                                6.0                    

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

...CALIFORNIA...
LANCASTER 14 WSW                      61                    
ACTON 9 SE                            60                    
MALIBU 4 NE                           59                    


A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORM TO PORTIONS OF THE ROCKIES AND THE PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY.
THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
TONIGHT REACHING THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
SNOW LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY LOWER RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD AND
POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE FOOT ARE
POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE COLORADO ROCKIES WASATCH
AND THE MOGOLLON RIM WITH SOME AREAS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING TWO FEET.
THE DENVER METRO AREA COULD SEE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW AS WELL. THE
SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ON MONDAY WITH
WIDESPREAD SNOW EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE UPPER
MIDWEST MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY.
THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD REACHING THE MIDWEST BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE LOW CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM
FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH TUESDAY.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS
ON TUESDAY A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN THE
POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH FOR SOME AREAS OF THE
MIDWEST WHICH COULD RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 

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.

KREKELER