STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO HIGH PLAINS
LATE-SEASON SNOW
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2016

...SNOW EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT FROM
SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA... 

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO NORTH TO WYOMING AND EAST TO PORTIONS OF
NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA.

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

AT 800 PM MDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1001
MB...29.56 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD. NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW...NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT LIGHT SNOW
WAS FALLING FROM PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO NORTH INTO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW REPORTED AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE COLORADO ROCKIES. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM MDT THU APR
28 THROUGH 800 PM MDT FRI APR 29...

...COLORADO...
WESTCLIFFE 6.2 W                     15.0                    
MATHESON 9 S                         14.0                    
COTOPAXI 4.8 SSE                     13.7                    
COKEDALE                             13.0                    
COLORADO SPRINGS 6 SSW               12.0                    
TRUCKTON                             12.0                    
MAYSVILLE                            11.4                    
ROSITA 1 WSW                         11.3                    
SPANISH PEAKS 5 NNE                  11.0                    
AGUILAR                              10.5                    
GARDNER 5.2 ENE                      10.0                    
TEXAS CREEK 7 ESE                     9.7                    
BLACK FOREST                          9.0                    
PERRY PARK 3 ESE                      8.0                    
DENVER INTL AIRPORT                   1.0                    

...NEW MEXICO...
ARROYO SECO 8 NE                      5.0                    
TRES RITOS 4 NNW                      5.0                    
AMALIA 11 ENE                         4.0                    
CANON PLAZA 11 NNW                    4.0                    
CAPULIN 3 N                           4.0                    
LLANO LARGO 5 SSE                     4.0                    
RED RIVER 11 ENE                      4.0                    
TERERRO 6 WNW                         4.0                    

...WYOMING...
DIXON 14 E                           10.0                    
ELK MOUNTAIN 21 SSE                   6.0                    
ENCAMPMENT 11 SSE                     5.0                    
SAVERY 28 E                           5.0                    
ARLINGTON 10 SSW                      4.8                    
CENTENNIAL 7 NW                       4.8                    

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

...COLORADO...
SWAMP ANGEL 2 SW                      72                    
SILVERTON 2 SE                        66                    
MOUNT ABRAMS                          54                    


THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL FROM PORTIONS OF COLORADO AND WYOMING EAST INTO
PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
HEAVIEST ADDITIONAL SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL FROM SOUTHEASTERN
PORTIONS OF WYOMING TO THE WESTERN HALF OF NEBRASKA...WHERE 6 TO
12 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED. ACROSS THE COLORADO
ROCKIES...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...WITH AN ADDITIONAL FOOT POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE PLAINS -- BUT SNOW SHOWERS COULD
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR THE ROCKIES. 

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

RYAN