STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES...WITH A
COASTAL LOW SWINGING UP THE COAST TODAY...

SATELLITE...WATER VAPOR...AND RADAR IMAGERY AT 09Z...4 AM EST...
SHOWED A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
MINNESOTA...WITH WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW INDICATED THROUGHOUT THE
MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION.  MEANWHILE...MOISTURE WAS RAPIDLY
ADVANCING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
WITH FROZEN PRECIPITATION BEGINNING TO BREAK OUT THROUGH CENTRAL
OHIO.  

THE NORTHWARD PROGRESS OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION FROM THE OHIO
VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY.  HEAVY SNOWS ARE
EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES.  A
BROAD AREA OF 4 TO 8 INCHES SNOWS IS EXPECTED...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 CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF
COAST.  THIS WILL PROGRESS UP THE EAST COAST LATER TODAY...DRAWING
WITH IT 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 4 AM EST THURSDAY...

MINNESOTA...

TWO HARBORS..............20.8  INCHES  1100 PM EST WED
BEAVER BAY...............17.0  INCHES  1058 PM EST WED
SILVER BAY...............16.8  INCHES   909 PM EST WED
LAKEWOOD.................14.5  INCHES  1200 AM EST
DULUTH NWS...............13.2  INCHES  1255 AM EST
ROCHESTER AIRPORT.........6.1  INCHES   123 AM EST
MINNEAPOLIS INTL..........5.2  INCHES  1145 PM EST WED

WISCONSIN...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS..........9.0  INCHES  1045 PM EST WED
ROTHSCHILD................8.0  INCHES   800 PM EST WED 
WAUSAU....................7.0  INCHES   825 PM EST WED
LACROSSE..................6.1  INCHES   123 AM EST 
CORNUCOPIA................6.0  INCHES   500 PM EST WED
APPLETON..................6.0  INCHES   725 PM EST WED 
OSHKOSH...................7.0  INCHES   650 PM EST WED 
MADISON...................4.3  INCHES   905 PM EST WED 

IOWA...

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

MICHIGAN...

MENOMINEE.................7.0  INCHES  1029 PM EST WED
MOHAWK....................5.0  INCHES  1029 PM EST WED
TUSTIN....................6.0  INCHES  1130 PM EST WED
PARIS.....................5.0  INCHES  1130 PM EST WED
LUDINGTON.................3.0  INCHES   900 PM EST WED


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

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