STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005

...WINTER STORM OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN
U.S. ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...

THIS MORNING'S WEATHER MAP SHOWS A AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS INTO TEXAS.  NATIONAL RADAR VIEWS SHOW A BROAD
REGION OF SNOW OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE LOWER
OHIO VALLEY WITH RAIN INTO THE GULF STATES.

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY AND SPREAD EASTWARD TODAY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. 
A BROAD AREA OF 4 TO 8 INCHES SNOWS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THESE
REGIONS.

A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
WESTERN GULF COAST TODAY AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES EAST...THEN
LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD AND UP THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. ON THURSDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL DRAW UPON DEEP GULF MOISURE THAT WILL SUPPORT AN
INCREASING AREA OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE EASTERN
U.S.. MOST OF THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE REGIONS
ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPLACHIANS. 
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

SNOW SHOULD BREAKOUT OVER THE NORTHERN APPLACHIANS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...FOR SNOW...ARE CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...UPPER MIDWEST
STATES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.

WINTER STORM WATCHES...FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPLACHIANS...AND FOR SNOW OVER THE
NORTHERN APPLAHACHIANS.

...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MORNING...

MINNESOTA...

WEST UNION................6.5  INCHES   800 AM CST
WINSTED...................6.5  INCHES   645 AM CST
GLENCOE...................6.0  INCHES   800 AM CST
BLUE EARTH................5.5  INCHES   400 AM CST
KIESTER...................5.5  INCHES   645 AM CST
DODGE CENTER..............5.0  INCHES   800 AM CST
SAUK RAPIDS...............5.0  INCHES   800 AM CST

IOWA...

STRAWBERRY POINT..........5.0  INCHES   800 AM CST
CHARLES CITY..............4.0  INCHES   500 AM CST
OSAGE.....................4.0  INCHES   500 AM CST

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL 
PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 PM EST.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA.

ECKERT