STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MIDWEST CLIPPER SNOWS
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST WED DEC 5 2007

...CLIPPER SYSTEM PRODUCING SNOW FROM THE MIDWEST TO OHIO
VALLEY...

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR AN AREA EXTENDING FROM WISCONSIN
SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC
STATES.

AT 300 AM CST...A 1000 MB LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED IN CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THAT LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS THROUGH INDIANA AND OHIO. THE ENTIRE AREA OF SNOW WAS
MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 100 AM DEC 4 UP TO
200 AM DEC 5 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED...

...NORTH DAKOTA...

CAVALIER			6 TO 9
PEMBINA				6 TO 8
RAMSEY				6 TO 7
WALSH				6 TO 8
STEELE				     7
CASS				     6

...MINNESOTA...

RUSH CITY			   6.0
CHANHASSEN			   5.3
MARSHALL			   8.0
KITTSTON			   6.0
ROSEAU				   6.0
RED LAKE			   6.0
OTTERTAIL			   6.0
CLEARWATER			   6.0
POLK				5 TO 7
LITTLE FALLS			   5.0
NEW BRIGHTON			   5.0
DULUTH				   4.5
ST PAUL		                   4.0
ST CLOUD			   3.1
MINNEAPOLIS			   2.2

...WISCONSIN...

MILWAUKEE			   4.2
NEILLSVILLE 4NNE		   5.5
CHANHASSEN			   5.3
EAU CLAIRE			   5.1
ETTRICK 2W			   5.0
SAUK CENTRE			   5.0
HAUGEN 2 N			   4.0
CAMERON 3 N			   4.0
LA CROSSE			   3.9
OSSEO				   3.5
NEILLSVILLE			   3.3
MONDOVI				   3.1
KENDALL				   3.0
LUBLIN				   3.0
KENOSHA				   1.6

...ILLINOIS...

BELVIDERE 3N			   3.0
STOCKTON			   2.5
ROCKFORD			   2.4
ROMEOVILLE			   1.5
BATAVIA				   1.5
WHEATON				   1.3

...INDIANA...

ROLLING PRARIE			   3.6
NORTH WESTER 2N			   3.2
ANGOLA				   3.0
STEUBEN				   3.0
LA PORTE			   2.4
HUNTINGTON			   2.3
ROCHESTER			   2.0
BUCHANAN			   2.0
GOSHEN 2 NW			   2.0

THE LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOWFALL WILL DROP
SOUTHEASTWARD AND BE LOCATED NEAR THE OHIO RIVER WEDNESDAY
MORNING. A BAND OF SNOW WILL TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTH AND
EAST OF THE LOW. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE
FOUND ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FROM INDIANA AND OHIO INTO SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

WHILE THIS IS NOT A MAJOR SNOWSTORM...CLIPPERS SUCH AS THIS ARE
KNOWN TO PRODUCE NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND THIS HAS SO FAR
BEEN THE CASE IN NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL DEVELOP
TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...WEST VIRGINIA...MARYLAND AND
VIRGINIA AND END TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC COAST.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KONG/ECKERT