THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR EARLY WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007

...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFFECTING THE UPPER
MIDWEST...AND MOVING EAST. 

ALL FLOOD ADVISORIES IN THE SOUTHWEST HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED AT
THIS TIME.

A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION
OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AVALANCHES.

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHEASTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN COLORADO.  

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL REGIONS AROUND THE
NATION...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF UTAH...WESTERN COLORADO...NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHERN WYOMING.  A SECOND
REGION INCLUDES NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA...MUCH OF MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...WISCONSIN...NORTHERN
ILLINOIS...EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA AND MUCH OF MICHIGAN (EXCEPT
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE LOWER PENINSULA).  WINTER STORM
WARNINGS ARE ALSO POSTED FOR A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND
VERMONT.

SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHERN
MINNESOTA...NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...NORTHERN
OHIO...MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN AND SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK...MUCH OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT.

ICE STORM WARNINGS NOW ONLY COVER A SMALL PORTION OF EASTERN IOWA
AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA...EASTERN NEW YORK...VERMONT...WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
MAINE.

THIS IS ALREADY A LARGE AND WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM AND FORECASTS
CONTINUE TO 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 820PM CST SATURDAY EVENING...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS
SHOWED DIMINISHING CLUSTERS OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS
OF ARIZONA...UTAH...WESTERN COLORADO...NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND
WYOMING.  SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND NORTH
DAKOTA...CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...AND HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE UPPER LOWER AND UPPER
PENINSULAS OF MICHIGAN.  FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE REPORTED IN
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA..AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN...SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA...AND
NORTHERN OHIO...WHERE IT WAS MIXED WITH SNOW.  

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 6OO AM CST
THUR NOV 29 THROUGH 900 PM CST SAT DEC 1...

...ARIZONA...

MOUNT LEMMON                                 4.80
FRAESFIELD MOUNTAIN                          4.29
MUNDS PART				     4.20
PHOENIX DEER VALLEY			     3.78
FLAGSTAFF				     3.71
WHITE TAIL NEAR PALISADES                    3.59
DAN SADDLE                                   3.30
SCOTTSDALE MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN P               3.04
GRAND CANYON PARK			     2.69
KINGMAN					     2.41
PHOENIX SKUNK CREEK @I-17		     2.36
TUCSON ESTATES         		             2.05
SCOTTSDALE MUNI ARPT                         2.03
FLAGSTAFF PULLIAM AIRPORT                    1.98
PRESCOTT LOVE FIELD			     1.73 
PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT                   1.27
TUCSON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE       1.23

...CALIFORNIA...

CAMP PENDLETON MCAF                          2.86
CARLSBAD/MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR APT               2.74
OCEANSIDE                                    2.71
RAMONA                                       2.60
MARCH AFB/RIVERSIDE                          2.31
TANBARK                                      1.94
TWENTYNINE PALMS                             1.91 
CLAREMONT                                    1.68 
NEEDLES					     1.65
SAN DIEGO/MONTGOMERY FIELD                   1.60
BARSTOW/DAGGETT				     1.57
SANTA ANA/JOHN WAYNE ARPT                    1.17
LOS ALAMITOS AAF                             1.15
BLYTHE					     1.06
PALMDALE                                     0.75 (DAILY RECORD)
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES                         0.56

...NEVADA...

BUNKERVILLE				     1.88
MESQUITE 2NE				     1.82
LAS VEGAS INTL AIRPT			     1.27 

...UTAH...

ST. GEORGE 		                     3.02
CEDAR POINT				     2.23 
BLANDING                                     1.70
CEDAR CITY				     1.62
BRYCE CANYON				     1.21 

...COLORADO...

VALLECITO DAM				     3.30
DURANGO 7.1 N                                2.73
CORTEZ					     1.75
LEADVILLE				     1.07 (MELTED SNOW)        

...NEW MEXICO...

JEMEZ SPRINGS 5W			     2.45
CLOUDCROFT 1.8 SW                            2.25
SUNSPOT 0.07 N                               2.10 
SILVER CITY 3.4 N                            2.05 
RUIDOSO 3.9 NNW                              2.00 
VIRDEN 30.1 N                                1.60 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 6OO AM CST
THUR NOV 29 THROUGH 900 PM CST SAT DEC 1...

...UTAH...

BRIAN HEAD				     20.0
ALTA UDOT 8799 FT			     15.0
SNOWBIRD				     13.0
SUNDANCE				     12.5
BOUNTIFUL				     10.5
UPPER MILL CREEK			      9.0
SALT LAKE CITY INTL AIRPORT		      6.0
SOUTH OGDEN				      6.0

...COLORADO...

LANDS END				     24.0
COALBANK PASS				     22.0
MOLAS PASS				     20.0
SKYWAY					     20.0
GOTHIC					     17.5
RED MOUNTAIN PASS			     17.0
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 23 MI NE		     12.0
SOUTH FORK 4.1 SW                            11.3 
FAIR PLAY 2.7 WNW                             8.5 

...WYOMING...

WEBBER SPRINGS SNOTEL			     18.0
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER SNOTEL		     17.0
SNOWY MOUNTAIN LODGE			     16 TO 20
RAWLINS					      8.0 
EVANSTON 1S				      6.0


...NORTH DAKOTA...

VERONA					      6.0
FARGO					      5.0
MONTPELIER				      4.5
GRAND FORKS				      4.4
BISMARCK				      2.8

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

ABERDEEN				      8.5
HURON					      5.6
SIOUX FALLS				      3.7
MITCHELL				      2.5

...MINNESOTA...

PARK RAPIDS				      8.0
MOORHEAD				      7.3
FOREST LAKE				      6.5
SPRING VALLEY 3SW			      6.0
ST PAUL					      5.5
CHANHASSEN				      5.4
MANKATO					      5.0

...WISCONSIN...

NELLSVILLE 4NNE				      7.0
HILLSBORO				      6.5
MADISON				   	      5.8
AL CROSSE				      4.8
MILWAUKEE				      4.2

...ILLINOIS...

ROCKFORD				      1.0
CHICAGO O'HARE				      0.6

...OHIO...

TOLEDO					      1.5

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 6OO AM
CST THUR NOV 29 THROUGH 900 PM CST SAT DEC 1...

...ILLINOIS...

GALESBURG				      .33
PEORIA					      .25
BLOOMINGTON				      .25


LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND TO CENTRAL MICHIGAN BY LATE
SUNDAY. AS THIS LOW MOVES NORTHEAST INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN CANADA
BY EARLY MONDAY...A NEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHOULD REDEVELOP OFF
THE NEW YORK...NEW ENGLAND COAST AND DEEPEN RAPIDLY OVER THE GULF
OF MAINE BY LATE MONDAY.  

SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN NEAR AND TO
THE EAST OF THE LOW CENTER ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN...AND THE LOWER HALF OF MICHIGAN.  

SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY EARLY SUNDAY FROM THE DAKOTAS THROUGH
MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN BUT WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS
NORTHERN MICHIGAN.  

SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK BY SUNDAY MORNING. 
SNOW OR MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST FROM PENNSYLVANIA NORTHEASTWARD INTO NEW
ENGLAND ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BY MONDAY...A DEVELOPING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST BRINGS THE POSSIBILITY
OF HEAVY SNOW TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND MAINE.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 AM CST SUNDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

KOCIN




Last Updated: 955 PM EST SAT DEC 01 2007