STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO GREAT LAKES WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016

...WINTER STORM WELL UNDER WAY FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TO THE
HIGH PLAINS...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
TO NEARBY SECTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING...SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA...AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE EFFECT
FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL PLAINS
INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES.

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

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 990
MB...29.23 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...WITH A
SECONDARY CENTER OVER NORTHERN KANSAS.  COLD AIR FROM CANADA
CONTINUED TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD WHILE AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH FROM THE
PACIFIC WAS INTERACTING WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD AIR MASS
OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.  AT 8 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT AND
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WAS ROTATING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW
REPORTED IN THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO.  LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
CONTINUED TO EXTEND NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM MDT TUE MAR
22 THROUGH 800 AM MDT WED MAR 23...

...COLORADO...
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E                20.0                    
GOLD HILL 3 S                        20.0                    
CEDAREDGE 10.5 NNW                   19.0                    
NEDERLAND 5.8 E                      18.3                    
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW          17.0                    
LIVERMORE 10.5 WSW                   17.0                    
GENESEE                              15.3                    
GOLDEN 4.8 NW                        15.3                    
KITTREDGE 2.5 SSE                    14.5                    
BELLVUE 5.0 W                        14.0                    
PINECLIFFE 3 SE                      13.5                    
ALLENSPARK 2.2 ESE                   13.2                    
GLENWOOD SPRINGS 2.1 NW              13.0                    
LOVELAND 3 WNW                       12.5                    
BROOMFIELD 1.1 NE                    11.0                    
FORT COLLINS 3 W                     11.0                    
NE BROOMFIELD                        11.0                    
VIRGINIA DALE 7 E                    11.0                    
ASPEN SPRINGS                        10.0                    
BROOMFIELD                           10.0                    
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 0.7 ESE             8.6                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
N LAKE METIGOSHE STATE                7.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEERFIELD RESERVOIR 2 SSE             9.5                    
PIEDMONT 1 NW                         6.0                    
LEAD 2 SE                             5.7                    
RAPID CITY 6.9 W                      5.5                    
HERMOSA                               4.5                    

...WYOMING...
LUSK                                 12.0                    
MANVILLE 13 SSW                      12.0                    
LANDER 5.7 SW                        10.3                    
CHEYENNE 3.0 NNW                      8.0                    
STORY 2.1 W                           8.0                    
SPRING VLY 15.9 SSE                   7.5                    
LANDER 7.3 WNW                        6.2                    
GILLETTE 0.6 NE                       6.0                    
LARAMIE 1.3 SE                        5.8                    
CASPER 4.7 SSW                        5.0                    
DOWNTOWN GILLETTE                     5.0                    


AS THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS
AND INTERACTS WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD AIR MASS FROM
CANADA...THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THURSDAY.
 HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THE
INTENSIFYING LOW ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING
BEFORE THE STORM CENTER MOVES QUICKLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TONIGHT.  MEANWHILE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE
UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING WITH A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET JUST TO THE SOUTH. 
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY A FOOT CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
NEBRASKA INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES
THROUGH THURSDAY INTO EARLY ON FRIDAY.  IN ADDITION...FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. 
ICE ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 0.1 INCHES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST
TO LOCALLY HALF AN INCH IN LOWER MICHIGAN.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 300 PM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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