STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES...WITH
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...

SATELLITE...WATER VAPOR...AND RADAR IMAGERY AT 03Z SHOWED A CLOSED
UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER NEARLY STATIONARY OVER MINNESOTA...WITH
WIDESPREAD SNOWS INDICATED THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES
REGION.  THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WERE LOCATED IN LEFT EXIT REGION OF A
VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK OVER WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN...AS
WELL AS IN THE NORTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW
OVER NORTH DAKOTA.   

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE GREAT LAKES.  A BROAD
AREA OF 4 TO 8 INCHES SNOWS IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST THE OF GREAT
LAKES REGION...WITH AREAS OF A FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR IN THE ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA...LAKE HURON IN THE THUMB
OF MICHIGAN...AND LAKE ERIE INTO NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND
NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 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...SLEET...AND SNOW 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. 

WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES...FOR SNOW...ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST...GREAT
LAKES...AND WESTERN MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES.

ICE STORM WARNINGS...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES...AND WINTER STORM
WATCHES...FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
APPALACHIANS AND EASTERN MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES.

...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

MINNESOTA...

TWO HARBORS..............16.5  INCHES   400 PM EST
LAKEWOOD.................13.0  INCHES   500 PM EST
SILVER BAY...............12.3  INCHES   300 PM EST
DULUTH NWS...............10.1  INCHES   700 PM EST
BEAVER BAY................9.0  INCHES   200 PM EST
CHANHASSEN................8.0  INCHES   330 PM EST
AUSTIN....................8.0  INCHES   825 PM EST
ROCHESTER.................5.5  INCHES   825 PM EST

WISCONSIN...

ROTHSCHILD................8.0  INCHES   800 PM EST
WAUSAU....................7.0  INCHES   825 PM EST
CORNUCOPIA................6.0  INCHES   500 PM EST
APPLETON..................6.0  INCHES   725 PM EST
OSHKOSH...................7.0  INCHES   650 PM EST
WISCONSIN RAPIDS..........5.0  INCHES   300 PM EST
MADISON...................4.3  INCHES   905 PM EST

IOWA...

OSSIAN....................8.0  INCHES   825 PM EST
NASHUA....................7.5  INCHES   825 PM EST
CHICKASAW.................7.1  INCHES   825 PM EST
CEDAR RAPIDS..............4.5  INCHES   600 PM EST

MICHIGAN...

LUDINGTON.................3.0  INCHES   900 PM EST
OCEANA COUNTY.............3.0  INCHES   900 PM EST
MECOSTA COUNTY............3.0  INCHES   900 PM EST


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

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