STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

...WINTER STORM TREKKING TOWARDS THE EASTERN U.S. ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...

THE 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WITH A TROF EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO TEXAS.  DATA FROM DOPPLER 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 OVER THE WESTERN GULF COAST
WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES EAST...THEN LIFT 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...THUNDERSTORMS...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. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY
PRODUCED DANGEROUS HAIL OVER TEXAS THAT WAS ALMOST ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER. 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. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.

...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

MINNESOTA...

TWO HARBORS..............10.0  INCHES   920 AM EST
BEAVER BAY................9.0  INCHES   200 PM EST
DULUTH....................9.0  INCHES  1000 AM EST
DULUTH NWS................8.2  INCHES   300 PM EST 
WEST UNION................6.5  INCHES   900 AM EST
WINSTED...................6.5  INCHES   745 AM EST
PROCTOR...................6.0  INCHES  1230 PM EST 
GLENCOE...................6.0  INCHES   900 AM EST
BLUE EARTH................5.5  INCHES   500 AM EST
KIESTER...................5.5  INCHES   745 AM EST
HINCKLEY..................5.2  INCHES   130 PM EST
ASKOV.....................5.0  INCHES  1115 AM EST   
DODGE CENTER..............5.0  INCHES   900 AM EST
SAUK RAPIDS...............5.0  INCHES   900 AM EST
WEBSTER...................5.0  INCHES   100 PM EST
WORTHINGTON...............4.0  INCHES   814 AM EST

WISCONSIN...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS..........5.0  INCHES   300 PM EST
NELSON....................4.0  INCHES   214 PM EST
LA CROSSE.................2.5  INCHES   214 PM EST

IOWA...

DECORAH...................6.2  INCHES   214 PM EST
STRAWBERRY POINT..........5.0  INCHES   900 AM EST
CHARLES CITY..............4.0  INCHES   600 AM EST
OSAGE.....................4.0  INCHES   600 AM EST
STORM LAKE................3.0  INCHES   831 AM EST

INDIANA...

TERRE HAUTE...............0.9  INCHES  1020 AM EST*
* SNOW CHANGING TO SLEET


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL 
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 PM EST.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA.

SZATANEK



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