STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR ROCKIES TO GREAT LAKES WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST THU FEB 16 2005

...WINTER STORM PUSHES FROM CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST...

AT 9 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AREAS OF
SNOWFALL EXTENDING FROM EASTERN COLORADO...THROUGH THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ALONG A
STRONG STATIONARY FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY.  AS THIS OCCURS THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
WILL OCCUR FROM IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA NORTHEASTWARD INTO
WISCONSIN.  FARTHER SOUTH INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AND
ILLINOIS AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES
ALOFT WILL REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING WHILE THE TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AT THE SURFACE.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
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 WYOMING...SOUTHERN NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
KANSAS...SOUTHERN IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN...AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.

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 EARLY FRIDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 6 TO
12 INCH RANGE FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH WISCONSIN AND
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.


...SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 900 AM CST THURSDAY...

UTAH...

TONY GROVE LAKE...........................15.0
LIBERTY...................................13.0
MONTE CRISTO PASS.........................12.0
WELLSVILLE................................10.0
TEMPLE FORK...............................10.0
SALT LAKE CITY INTL........................9.5
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
SHEBOYGAN..................................4.0
SUN PRAIRIE................................4.0
COTTAGE GROVE..............................4.0
WAUKESHA...................................4.0
HOLLAND....................................3.0
LA CROSSE..................................2.2

ILLINOIS...

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

IOWA...

CASCADE....................................2.0
EDGEWOOD...................................1.8
ELMA.......................................1.6
DUBUQUE....................................1.0

MINNESOTA...

AUSTIN.....................................3.0
ALBERT LEA.................................3.0
SPRING VALLEY..............................2.3
GRAND MEADOW...............................2.2
ROCHESTER AIRPORT..........................1.7

MICHIGAN...

PONTIAC....................................3.8
AUBURN.....................................3.8
GOODRICH...................................3.5
LAPEER.....................................3.5
ORTONVILLE.................................3.5
OWOSSO.....................................2.6

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR DETAILS ON THIS SYSTEM...INCLUDING
WATCHES...ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS.

LADER