THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR EARLY WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
200 AM MST SAT DEC 1 2007

...HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA...ARIZONA INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA...

...WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST UNITED
STATES AND ROCKIES THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND INTO THE NORTHEASTERN
STATES THIS WEEKEND. NUMEROUS WINTER STORM WATCHES FROM THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES THROUGH THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES HAVE BEEN
CHANGED TO WARNINGS. THE STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF HEAVY
RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE
NATION.

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

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO.

WINTER STORM AND HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...WESTERN COLORADO...NORTHEASTERN UTAH...THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHERN
WYOMING. WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHERN IOWA...NORTHERN
ILLINOIS...ALL OF WISCONSIN...MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN'S UPPER
PENINSULA AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF MICHIGAN'S LOWER PENINSULA.

ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE WIDESPREAD AND
IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO...NORTHERN
KANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN IOWA
AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOWER
MICHIGAN...EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW YORK...SOUTHERN VERMONT...WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. 

SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE INTER MOUNTAIN REGION OF COLORADO...SOUTHEASTERN
WYOMING...NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

THIS IS LIKELY TO BE A LARGE AND WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM AND
FORECASTS MAY BE UPDATED FREQUENTLY.  TO GET THE LATEST
UPDATES...PLEASE VIEW A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF CURRENT WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AVAILABLE AT: WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 100 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED
PRECIPITATION ADVANCING FROM SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA INTO THE GREAT
BASIN...CENTRAL ROCKIES AND DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
ARIZONA. HEAVY SNOWS ARE FALLING OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. A
MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ARE BEING
REPORTED THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 5OO AM MST
THUR NOV 29 THROUGH 1200 AM MST SAT DEC 1...

...ARIZONA...

MOUNT LEMMON                                 4.73
WHITE TAIL NEAR PALISADES                    3.26
DAN SADDLE                                   3.11
FRAESFIELD MOUNTAIN                          2.44
MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN                            2.20
SANTA CRUZ RIVER AT INA RD                   2.20
MANNING CAMP                                 2.13
AJO DETENTION BASIN                          2.05
PICTURE ROCKS                                2.05
ADOBE DAM                                    2.01
PHOENIX-DEER VALLEY MUNI ARPT                1.66
SCOTTSDALE MUNI ARPT                         1.64
PHOENIX SKY HARBOR                           1.23
TUCSON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE       1.23

...CALIFORNIA...

CARLSBAD/MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR APT               2.66
OCEANSIDE                                    2.62
CAMP PENDLETON MCAF                          2.60
MARCH AFB/RIVERSIDE                          2.12
RAMONA                                       2.11
TWENTYNINE PALMS                             1.66
BARSTOW DAGGETT	                             1.57
SAN DIEGO/MONTGOMERY FIELD                   1.21
FULLERTON MUNI ARPT                          1.16
LOS ALAMITOS AAF                             1.15
BLYTHE AIRPORT                               1.04
SANTA ANA/JOHN WAYNE ARPT                    1.04
SANTA MONICA                                 0.92
PALMDALE                                     0.75 (DAILY RECORD)
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES                         0.50


SEVERAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL CONSOLIDATE INTO A STRONG AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE OVER COLORADO SATURDAY MORNING.  THIS LOW WILL
THEN MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY
MORNING.  HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO INTO SOUTHERN UTAH ON SATURDAY WHILE HEAVY SNOW WILL
SPREAD ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF UTAH...WESTERN COLORADO...AND
SOUTHERN WYOMING.  A LARGE AREA OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES
SATURDAY. SNOW WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST BY
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2-5 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN
UTAH...WITH HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDWEST. PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST MAY ALSO SEE
SNOW...SLEET AND SOME ICE BY SUNDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 8 AM MST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KONG/ECKERT
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Last Updated: 359 AM EST SAT DEC 01 2007