STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST LATE
SEASON WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM CDT WED APR 18 2018

...SECOND ROUND OF SNOWFALL IN A WEEK OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST
BEGINS TO WIND DOWN...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES OVER PARTS OF
THE UPPER MIDWEST IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF
LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA

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

AT 900 PM CDT...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1003 MILLIBARS...OR 29.62 INCHES...WAS MOVING EASTWARD TO NEAR THE
OHIO-WEST VIRGINIA BORDER.  BEHIND THIS SURFACE LOW...A COLD
UPPER-LEVEL LOW WAS ROTATING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST WHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND SCATTERED FREEZING
DRIZZLE WERE OBSERVED.  THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE SNOW
WERE DECREASING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.  MEANWHILE...RAIN HAD
CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT TUE APR
17 THROUGH 900 PM CDT WED APR 18...

...IOWA...
STACYVILLE                           12.8                    
LIME SPRINGS                         12.5                    
THOMPSON                             12.0                    
KENSETT                              11.5                    
CHESTER 1 NNW                        11.0                    
RICEVILLE                            11.0                    
SAINT ANSGAR                         11.0                    
CARPENTER 2 N                        10.5                    
DORCHESTER 1 ESE                     10.0                    
MONA 2 SE                            10.0                    
NORTHWOOD                            10.0                    
CLEAR LAKE 1 NNW                      9.5                    
CRESCO                                9.5                    

...MINNESOTA...
LE ROY                               12.0                    
GLENVILLE                            11.0                    
SPRING GROVE 3 SE                    10.5                    
ADAMS                                10.0                    
HARMONY                              10.0                    
LONDON                               10.0                    
AUSTIN 1 SW                           9.3                    
ALBERT LEA                            9.0                    
CALEDONIA                             8.8                    
TAOPI                                 8.5                    
CHERRY GROVE                          8.0                    
MOUND PRAIRIE 1 ENE                   7.9                    
ALDEN                                 7.0                    
GRAND MEADOW                          7.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
VERDEL 6 SSE                          7.8                    
BLOOMFIELD                            5.0                    
CROFTON 4 WNW                         5.0                    
NELIGH                                5.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DIMOCK 10 W                          10.2                    
SCOTLAND                              9.0                    
WAGNER                                9.0                    
VERMILLION 5 ESE                      8.5                    
TEA                                   7.0                    
SIOUX FALLS 3 N                       6.2                    
PICKSTOWN 4 SSW                       6.1                    
OKOBOJO CREEK REC 9 NW                5.0                    
HAYES 6 E                             4.0                    
PIERRE 3 NNE                          4.0                    
VIVIAN 9 NNE                          4.0                    

...WISCONSIN...
DESOTO 1SE                           10.0                    
GENOA 2 NE                            9.5                    
WESTBY 3 SSW                          9.5                    
STODDARD 5NNE                         9.1                    
BARABOO                               9.0                    
READSTOWN                             9.0                    
VIROQUA                               8.3                    
SAUK CITY 1 NE                        8.0                    
SUN PRAIRIE 2 NW                      7.5                    
VALLEY 1 NW                           7.5                    
PARDEEVILLE 3 NW                      7.3                    
ITHACA 5 ESE                          7.0                    
LODI                                  7.0                    
PLAIN                                 7.0                    
PORTAGE 6 W                           7.0                    


THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY IS FORECAST
TO MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT AND THEN OFF THE
EAST COAST THURSDAY MORNING.  THE SNOW OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL LIKEWISE MOVE RAPIDLY
EASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
THURSDAY MORNING.  A COUPLE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST BEFORE ENDING LATER TONIGHT.  AS THE
SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHWESTERN
NEW YORK THROUGH THURSDAY.  LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER
INTO NEW ENGLAND AS THE SYSTEM SKIRTS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
COAST DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY...MOVING INTO THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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