STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO GREAT LAKES WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERSPREADING MUCH OF CENTRAL TO
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AS SNOW DEVELOPS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST AND
CENTRAL GREAT LAKES...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND
NEARBY SECTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING...SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA...NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...AS WELL AS IN EAST-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN

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 989
MB...29.20 INCHES...WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL
NEBRASKA-KANSAS BORDER.  COLD AIR FROM CANADA CONTINUED TO SPREAD
SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS WHILE AN
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WAS INTERACTING WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
COLD AIR MASS OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.  AT 2 PM
MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHERLY
WINDS GUSTING TO 60 TO 70 MPH CONTINUED TO IMPACT MUCH OF
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO INCLUDING THE FRONT RANGE.  EVEN A PERIOD OF
THUNDERSNOW WAS REPORTED EARLIER NEAR THE COLORADO-NEBRASKA
BORDER.  FARTHER TO THE NORTHEAST...A BAND OF SNOW HAD FORMED WELL
TO THE NORTH OF A WARM FRONT FROM ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST AND CONTINUED INTO THE GREAT LAKES...WITH A
NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW MOVING INTO EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM MDT TUE MAR
22 THROUGH 200 PM MDT WED MAR 23...

...COLORADO...
CEDAREDGE 10.5 NNW                   19.0                    
NEDERLAND 5.8 E                      18.3                    
NORTHGLENN 5 NE                      18.0                    
THORNTON 2 NE                        17.4                    
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW          17.0                    
LIVERMORE 10.5 WSW                   17.0                    
HIGHLANDS RANCH 1 N                  16.0                    
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                    

...MINNESOTA...
CURRIE 4 N                            5.0                    
BURNSVILLE                            4.5                    

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

...NEBRASKA...
HARRISBURG 5 SE                       8.0                    
HARRISON 9 NE                         8.0                    
VALENTINE 1 W                         5.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEERFIELD RESERVO 2 SSE               9.5                    
DEERFIELD RESERVOIR 2 SSE             9.5                    
BROWNSVILLE 7 SW                      7.0                    
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                    

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

...COLORADO...
FORT CARSON/BUTTS AAF                 78                    
WOLF CREEK PASS                       68                    
SPRINGFIELD                           66                    
COLORADO SPRINGS                      58                    
FT COLLINS-LOVELAND MUNI ARPT         58                    
LA JUNTA MUNI ARPT                    58                    
BUCKLEY ANGB/AURORA                   56                    
DENVER INTL ARPT                      54                    

...NEW MEXICO...
CLINES CORNER                         60                    


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 CONTINUE TO
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES
THROUGH THURSDAY.  AS THE STORM CENTER MOVES FARTHER TO THE EAST
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. 
MEANWHILE...SNOW ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES IS
EXPECTED TO PERSIST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH A BAND OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET JUST TO THE SOUTH.  ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES THROUGH THURSDAY INTO EARLY
ON FRIDAY.  IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES.  ICE ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 0.1 INCHES IN THE
UPPER MIDWEST TO LOCALLY HALF AN INCH IN LOWER MICHIGAN.  OVER
UPSTATE NEW YORK ...ICE COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO A QUARTER OF AN
INCH BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.

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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