STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR EARLY WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
800 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF HEAVY RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE NATION THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND...

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
ARIZONA...SOUTHERN UTAH...SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO...AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO.

ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO
NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO...WESTERN COLORADO...AND SOUTHERN UTAH.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE U.S.
FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. 

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
KANSAS.

A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES IS AVAILABLE AT: WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 800 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED LIGHT TO
MODERATE PRECIPITATION ADVANCING INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHILE
SCATTERED AREAS OF RAIN AND ELEVATION SNOW WERE OBSERVED ACROSS
THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES AND INTO WESTERN TEXAS. MAINLY LIGHT
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED THUS FAR.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 5OO AM MST
THUR NOV 29 THROUGH 500 AM MST FRI NOV 30...

...ARIZONA...

MANNING CAMP                                 1.53
MOUNT LEMMON                                 1.37
WHITE TAIL                                   1.34
MESCAL                                       0.36
SAFFORD                                      0.18
TUCSON                                       0.13

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/BAJA CALIFORNIA
COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TODAY AND SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF RAIN OVER ARIZONA INTO NEW MEXICO WITH
INCREASING SNOWS INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. MIXED
RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY SATURDAY OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES
BY SUNDAY WITH A BROAD AREA OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW FROM THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS...MIDWEST...GREAT
LAKES AND NORTHEASTERN STATES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER ARIZONA...WITH
HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...MIDWEST...GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEASTERN
STATES THIS WEEKEND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 200 PM MST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO