THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM CDT SAT OCT 05 2013

...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS... 
     

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF
WYOMING...NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA ...INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

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

AT 300 AM CDT...AN OCCLUDED SURFACE CYCLONE WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE
OF 1000 MB...29.54 IN...WAS CENTERED IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.  A
DYNAMIC COLD FRONT...WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...WAS
EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CYCLONE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WHILE A WARM FRONT WAS
EXTENDING TO THE EAST OF THE CYCLONE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND
INTO NEW ENGLAND. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THAT AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW...REMAINED ANCHORED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF
THE CYCLONE CENTER ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS WERE OBSERVED IN THE WESTERN
PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE.  WIND
GUSTS OF OVER 70 MPH WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE 20 INCHES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM CDT THU OCT
03 THROUGH 300 AM CDT SAT OCT 05...

...COLORADO...
COLLBRAN 4 S                         12.5                    
MESA 6 S                             11.0                    
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 2 E                10.9                    
YAMPA                                 8.0                    
OAK CREEK                             7.3                    
CARBONDALE 7 NNE                      6.0                    
MEEKER 2 WSW                          6.0                    
VAIL 2 W                              6.0                    
RIDGWAY 2 NW                          5.0                    
WOLCOTT 2 N                           4.5                    
FOUR CORNERS 8 NE                     3.5                    
VIMMSTON 22 S                         3.5                    

...MONTANA...
PONY 5 SW                            32.0                    
MCALLISTER 10 WNW                    24.0                    
MELVILLE 4 W                         21.3                    
MELVILLE 0.3 W                       18.0                    
RED LODGE 1.9 S                      18.0                    
BIG SKY 21 S                         17.0                    
JACKSON 14 SSW                       16.0                    
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 18 W           14.0                    
LIVINGSTON 6.6 ESE                   13.3                    
GRANT 18 W                           12.0                    
ABSAROKEE 0.1 ENE                    11.0                    
BIG TIMBER 8.2 SSE                   10.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
REEDER                                9.0                    
NEW LEIPZIG                           8.0                    
NEW SALEM                             8.0                    
BOWMAN                                6.0                    
FLASHER                               3.5                    

...NEBRASKA...
CRAWFORD                             13.0                    
AGATE 18 SE                          10.0                    
CHADRON                              10.0                    
GORDON                                4.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEAD                                 43.5                    
SPEARFISH                            26.0                    
SUNDANCE                             24.0                    
DOWNTOWN PIEDMONT 1 NNW              20.0                    
RAPID CITY DOWNTOWN                  20.0                    
RAPID CITY 1 E                       18.3                    
BELLE FOURCHE DOWNTOWN               13.0                    
KELDRON 7 SE                         10.0                    
SHAMBO RANCH 3 W                      6.0                    
WHITEWOOD 4 NNW                       5.4                    

...WYOMING...
CASPER 22 SSE                        34.0                    
BARNUM 13 W                          27.0                    
BUFFALO 13 WSW                       24.0                    
CASPER 7 S                           24.0                    
LANDER 19 SSW                        20.0                    
MUDDY GAP                            18.0                    
CASPER AIRPORT                       15.0                    
POWDER RIVER SCHOOL                  15.0                    
RAWLINS                              14.1                    
RAWLINS 34 NE                        14.0                    
LANDER 5.7 SW                        13.8                    
LANDER AIRPORT                       12.3                    
BOSLER 12 ENE                        12.0                    
CASPER 2.6 E                         12.0                    
DOUGLAS 24 S                         12.0                    
LARAMIE                               4.0                    

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

...COLORADO...
LIMON                                 60                    

...NEBRASKA...
HARRISON                              70                    
CHADRON ST PARK 3 NNE                 67                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ELLSWORTH AFB                         71                    
USTA                                  71                    
RAPID CITY DOWNTOWN                   68                    
RAPID CITY 1 E                        67                    
BRIDGER 2 SW                          64                    
PENNINGTON                            59                    
WASTA 3 WNW                           59                    
RAPID CITY AIRPORT                    54                    


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE INTENSE
OVERNIGHT AS IT MOVES EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE UPPER MIDWEST.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE FEET ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WITH A BROADER AREA OF 6 TO 12
INCHES EXPECTED FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING.  THE
STORM IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN ON SATURDAY...AND THE
ASSOCIATED SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KREKELER




Last Updated: 434 AM EDT SAT OCT 05 2013