STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR NORTHERN TIER WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT WED APR 4 2007

...SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWS TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKE AND
NEW ENGLAND STATES...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN LOWER
MICHIGAN.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF
UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND MUCH OF
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SMALL PORTIONS
OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
NORTHERN WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEAST NEW
HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS SOUTHWESTERN MAINE.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF VERMONT AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

AT 4 AM CDT...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT
SNOW TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...WAS LOCATED CLOSE TO
THE SHORE OF LAKE HURON WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 998 MB.  THIS
LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE STEADILY EASTWARD THROUGH THURSDAY AND
INCREASE IN INTENSITY...BRINGING A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO THE GREAT
LAKES AND NORTHEASTERN STATES.

THE LATEST NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED AN AREA
LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...INTO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. AN AREA OF LIGHT
RAIN AND SNOW HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWESTERN PART OF NEW ENGLAND.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES AS OF 10 PM CDT...

...MICHIGAN...

WHITE PINE                         10.5
ONTONAGON                           5.0
WAKEFIELD                           5.0
MARQUETTE NWS                       2.5

...NORTH DAKOTA...

HAVANA                              9.0 
HALLIDAY                            8.0 
MEDORA                              6.4 
CARSON                              6.0 
FARGO                               6.0 
GRASSY BUTTE                        5.5 
MANTADOR                            5.5 
TAYLOR                              5.5 
HAZLETON                            5.4 
DUNN CENTER 1 E                     5.2 
FLASHER                             5.2 
BISMARK                             4.0 

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

WAUBAY WILDLIFE REFUGE             11.5 
WEBSTER                             8.5 
HECLA                               8.0 
ROSCOE                              8.0 
CONDE                               6.5 
COLUMBIA 8 N                        6.0 
ROY LAKE STATE PARK                 6.0 
WESTPORT                            6.0 

...MINNESOTA...

ADOLPH                             15.5 
HERMANTOWN                         13.5
TWO HARBORS 7NW                    12.3
DULUTH NWS                         12.1
SOUTH RANGE                        12.0
BRAINERD 2 E                       11.0 
COOK                               10.0 
NORCROSS                           10.0 
LEADER                             10.0 
DULUTH 18 N                         9.7 
TAMARACK                            9.5 
BATTLE LAKE 7 SW                    9.0 
DONNELLY                            8.5 
SILVER BAY                          8.5 
CLOQUET                             8.0 
FINLAND                             7.0 
PILLAGER 6 N                        7.0 
PONSFORD 1 E                        7.0 
WADENA                              7.0 
WENDELL                             7.0 

...WISCONSIN...

MASON                               9.0 
BAYFIELD                            8.0 
SALON SPRINGS                       7.0 
SUPERIOR                            7.0 
BENNETT                             6.8 
SUPERIOR 6 ESE                      6.3 
MAPLE                               6.0 
MOUTH OF THE BRULE                  6.0 
OULU                                6.0 
 
  
...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF 9 PM CDT...

...IOWA...

EDGEWOOD                            2.12 
OELWEIN 1 E                         2.00 

...MISSOURI...

S SHELBINA                          2.65 


THE SURFACE LOW...NEAR LAKE HURON...IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT
PUSHES NORTHEASTWARD INTO EASTERN ONTARIO ON WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 6-12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC ON
WEDNESDAY. AS THIS LOW MOVES NORTHEASTWARD...6-12 INCHES OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND STATES
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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