STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
300 PM CST FRI JAN 19 2007  
  
...WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WILL HEAD
TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
ARIZONA...MUCH OF NEW MEXICO...WESTERN TEXAS INCLUDING THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE...AND OKLAHOMA. HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WESTERN
TEXAS...JUST EAST OF EL PASO.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN EDGES
OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA.

WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO...WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...EASTERN
KANSAS...NEBRASKA...SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...WESTERN MISSOURI...AND
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A NARROW AREA
EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA. 

AT 300 PM CST...A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW WAS LOCATED
OVER THE NORTHERN BAJA PENINSULA OF MEXICO AND WAS SLOWLY MOVING
TO THE EAST. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS. AS PACIFIC MOISTURE BEING STEERED BY THE SUBTROPICAL JET IN
ADVANCE OF THE LOW ENCOUNTERS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS...UNSETTLED
WEATHER WILL ENSUE...USHERING IN ANOTHER WINTRY MIX FOR THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND PLAINS STATES.

RECENT RADAR TRENDS HAVE SHOWN A SWATH OF PRECIPITATION SPANNING
ACROSS SOUTHERN ARIZONA...SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND CENTRAL TEXAS.
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
REACHING THE GROUND HAS BEEN RAIN...HOWEVER...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXISTS THROUGH NEW MEXICO AND THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
FROZEN PRECIPITATION. 

SELECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH 3 PM CST...

...NEW MEXICO...

BAYARD                         4.5
GLENWOOD                       3.0
SILVER CITY                    2.3
RUIDOSO                        2.0

SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE. AS THIS ENERGY MOVES INTO THE PLAINS THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CROSSOVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. UP TO A HALF INCH OF
ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS BY SUNDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY FOR THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 PM CST. FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT...PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. 

TRIMARCO