STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO GREAT LAKES WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST THU FEB 16 2005

...WINTER STORM IN CENTRAL ROCKIES PREPARES TO PUSH INTO THE
PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

AT 3 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AREAS OF
SNOWFALL FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...THROUGH THE CENTRAL GREAT
PLAINS...AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THE SURFACE WEATHER MAP SHOWED
A WAVY FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS...CENTRAL ROCKIES AND GREAT
BASIN.SEVERAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WERE ALONG THE FRONT.  ONE
OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA...A SECOND LOW IN CENTRAL COLORADO AND A
THIRD NORTH OF FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA. THE COLORADO LOW IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...BECOME THE DOMINANT LOW ALONG
THE FRONT...AND THEN LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES LATER IN
THE DAY. AS THIS HAPPENS...A VERY COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL SURGE
SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL U.S..

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
UTAH...WYOMING...SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHERN
NEBRASKA...NORTHERN IOWA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...MOST OF
WISCONSIN...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND MOST OF MICHIGAN. WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES AND ADVISORIES FOR WIND...SNOW...AND FREEZING
RAIN ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
UTAH...COLORADO...WYOMING...SOUTHERN NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
KANSAS...SOUTHERN IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN...AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.

THIS SYSTEM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS
OF WYOMING AND UTAH.

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WITH THIS STORM WILL BE THE COMBINATION OF
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS THAT WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES TO FALL WELL BELOW ZERO. ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL CAUSE
DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE
AFFECTED AREAS.

ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE
4 TO 8 INCH RANGE ACROSS WYOMING INTO THE PLAINS...THEN AMOUNTS
WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY INTO THE GREAT LAKES WHERE 6 TO 12 INCH
TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE.


...SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 300 AM CST THURSDAY...

UTAH...

TONY GROVE LAKE...........................14.0
LIBERTY...................................13.0
MONTE CRISTO PASS.........................12.0
WELLSVILLE................................10.0
TEMPLE FORK...............................10.0
MANTUA.....................................9.0
LOGAN......................................9.0
EDEN.......................................8.0


COLORADO...

GOTHIC.....................................6.5
MEREDITH...................................5.0
ERIE.......................................4.0


WYOMING...

CARBON....................................16.0
WHEATLAND.................................11.0
CHUGWATER.................................10.0
GOSHEN....................................10.0
RAWLINS....................................8.0
VETAL......................................7.5


SOUTH DAKOTA...

SPEARFISH..................................7.0
GALENA.....................................6.5
LEAD.......................................5.0
EDGEMONT...................................4.0
YANKTON....................................4.0
WRIGHT.....................................3.0
OELRICHS...................................3.0
PARKSTON...................................3.0
TYNDALL....................................3.0


NEBRASKA...

ELLSWORTH.................................10.0
WHITMAN....................................8.0
CHADRON....................................8.0
MULLEN.....................................7.0
HYANNIS....................................6.0

WISCONSIN...

MIDDLETON..................................4.7
MADISON....................................4.6
LAKE MILLS.................................4.2
SUN PRAIRIE................................4.0
COTTAGE GROVE..............................4.0
WAUKESHA...................................4.0

ILLINOIS...

GALENA.....................................2.4
MC CONNELL.................................2.0
STOCKTON...................................2.0


THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR DETAILS ON THIS SYSTEM...INCLUDING
WATCHES...ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS.

TRIMARCO