THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR WESTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
700 PM PST SAT DEC 07 2013

...SNOW AND RAIN CONTINUES TO SPREAD FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH
THE WESTERN PART OF THE NATION...  

WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE STILL IN EFFECT FROM PARTS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND
CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THEY ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES...AS WELL AS FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

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

AT 600 PM PST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1005
MB...29.65 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST UTAH AND MOVING
TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM
THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES AND OUT INTO THE
PACIFIC OCEAN. A SECONDARY FRONTAL SYSTEM WAS DRAPED OVER THIS
MAIN BOUNDARY AND EXTENDED FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...THROUGH THE
GREAT BASIN...AND ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SOME LIGHT AND
SCATTERED SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS PARTS OF THE
SOUTHWEST...INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...AND THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. A FEW
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS HAD ALSO BEGUN TO SPILL INTO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...JUST AHEAD OF THE SECONDARY
FRONTAL SYSTEM... SOME LIGHT RAIN WAS ALSO BEING REPORTED.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM PST FRI DEC
06 THROUGH 600 PM PST SAT DEC 07...

...ARIZONA...
COLORADO CITY                         5.0                    

...CALIFORNIA...
KIRKWOOD SKI RESORT PEAK             32.0                    
BLUE LAKES                           25.0                    
KIRKWOOD SKI RESORT BASE             24.0                    
KINGVALE 1 WSW                       23.0                    
DONNER PEAK 1 SW                     22.0                    
SUGARBOWL SKI RESORT PEAK            22.0                    
NORTHSTAR SKI AREA                   18.0                    
SIERRA AT TAHOE SKI RESORT           18.0                    
SUGARBOWL SKI RESORT BASE            18.0                    
TWIN BRIDGES 2 ESE                   18.0                    
PROSSER CREEK RESERVOIR 4 W          17.0                    
ALPINE MEADOWS 6 SE                  15.0                    
SQUAW VALLEY SKI AREA                15.0                    
TAHOMA                               15.0                    
CARSON PASS                          13.0                    

...COLORADO...
ARAPAHOE PARK 1.4 WSW                 3.0                    

...IDAHO...
KUNA                                  6.5                    
NAMPA                                 5.0                    
BOISE 17 N                            4.0                    
MERIDIAN 3 W                          4.0                    
CALDWELL                              3.5                    

...NEVADA...
INCLINE VILLAGE 1 NE                 17.0                    
MOUNT ROSE SKI AREA                  16.0                    
NEW WASHOE CITY 5.2 SW               10.3                    
CARSON CITY 3 WNW                     9.5                    
INDIAN HILLS                          6.5                    
RENO 3.4 WSW                          6.0                    
SUN VALLEY 0.9 N                      6.0                    
SPARKS 1.7 E                          4.5                    
VIRGINIA CITY 5 E                     4.5                    

...UTAH...
PARAGONAH                            17.0                    
DUCK CREEK VILLAGE                   16.0                    
NEW HARMONY                          10.0                    
PROVO CANYON                         10.0                    
KANAB                                 8.0                    
SNOWBASIN MID BOWL                    7.0                    
LAYTON                                5.5                    
BRIGHTON CREST                        5.0                    
THATCHER 1.7 ESE                      4.5                    
ALTA - COLLINS                        4.0                    
NEPHI                                 4.0                    
NORTHEAST OGDEN BENCH                 3.7                    
SUNCREST                              3.5                    

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

...CALIFORNIA...
INDIAN WELLS CANYON                   99                    
SQUAW SPRINGS RAWS                    81                    
BIG BEAR CITY 13 ESE                  77                    
BURNS CANYON                          77                    
INYOKERN                              76                    
BICYCLE LAKE AIRFIELD                 75                    
VOLCAN MOUNTAIN                       70                    
JAWBONE CANYON RAWS                   68                    
BLUE MAX                              66                    
JULIAN 2 NNE                          65                    
FORT IRWIN                            64                    
HARRISON PARK                         60                    
RIDGECREST                            58                    

...COLORADO...
POWDERHORN SKI AREA 1 N               60                    
SILVERTON 2 SE                        58                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...OREGON...
SISKIYOU SUMMIT 2 WSW                13.0                    
MODOC POINT 7 WNW                    12.0                    
BUTTE FALLS                          10.0                    
EUGENE SW                            10.0                    
OAKRIDGE 4.6 NE                      10.0                    
DUFUR 9 WSW                           9.0                    
ELMIRA                                9.0                    
HEPPNER 6 NNW                         9.0                    
PHILOMATH                             9.0                    
VENETA 2 N                            9.0                    
ASHLAND 0.8 S                         8.0                    
CRESWELL                              8.0                    


THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TONIGHT...AND
SHOULD REACH THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IN THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION AND
CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND PLAINS OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS... MOST OF
THE SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BY
SUNDAY IN THE GREAT BASIN AND BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 4
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TO THE
ROCKIES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE
HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF UTAH AND COLORADO. TOMORROW MORNING...AS THE
SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S...SNOW SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND WIDESPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF
THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES...BUT TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 4 INCHES. FARTHER SOUTH...SOME
FREEZING RAIN COULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. BY SUNDAY MORNING...A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD EASTWARD
ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE OHIO
VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC REGIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH
HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO HALF AN INCH OR MORE FOR THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA. FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE
NORTHEAST...SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE LESS THAN ABOUT 4 INCHES.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 100 AM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

MONARSKI




Last Updated: 908 PM EST SAT DEC 07 2013