STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS
EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM MDT SUN OCT 12 2008

...EARLY SEASON HEAVY SNOW EVENT STARTS TO DIMINISH OVER THE
U.S...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS...ALSO EXTENDING INTO THE
NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND NORTHEASTERN PORTION
OF THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 300 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 1000 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO.  NORTH OF THE SURFACE LOW AND THE
ASSOCIATED STATIONARY AND WARM BOUNDARIES...WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW WAS REPORTED FROM SOUTHEAST IDAHO...NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND
NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM MDT FRI OCT
10 THROUGH PRESENT...

...MONTANA...
PONY                                         36.0
COLE CREEK                                   34.0     
ROSCOE 4 SE                                  25.0
RED LODGE 2 S                                22.0
NYE                                          19.0
DEAN 11 SSW                                  16.0
MC LEOD 7 S                                  14.0
CALVERT CREEK                                13.5         
BUTTE 8 S                                    12.5
ROUNDUP 10 SE                                12.0
COLUMBUS 15 NW                               12.0
ROBERTS 5.9 NNW                              12.0
TENDOY 3 S                                   11.0
MELVILLE 7 WNW                               11.0 
BADGER PASS                                   9.0
LAVINA 9.5 SE                                 8.4
BILLINGS 1.0 NW                               8.0  
FISHTAIL                                      8.0
BEAVERHEAD                                    8.0
LIVINGSTON 6.6 ESE                            7.0 
DEER LODGE                                    6.0    
HELENA 3 SSE                                  4.0
BOULDER 0.3 SE                                4.0  

...IDAHO...
RUPERT                                       14.5     
BURLEY 18 SE                                 10.0
CHALLIS                                       9.5
ROGERSON 16 E                                 9.1
MOOSE CREEK                                   9.0
JEROME                                        6.0         
RUPERT                                        6.0
THREE CREEK 9 ESE                             6.0
BENNINGTON                                    4.0
STANLEY 28 NE                                 4.0

...WYOMING...
TOWNSEND CREEK                               20.0
ST. LAWRENCE                                 19.0
MARQUETTE                                    19.0      
BALD MOUNTAIN                                18.0
HOBBS PARK                                   18.0
BONE SPRINGS DIVIDE                          17.0
TIMBER CREEK                                 15.0
SOUTH PASS                                   15.0
LANDER AIRPORT                               14.7
SHELL CREEK                                  14.0
LANDER 5 SW                                  11.5
DAYTON 11.9 WNW                              10.0
THERMOPOLIS 4.0 N                             9.5 
SUNDANCE 7.0 SSE                              6.0  
RIVERTON 1.5 E                                6.0
GILLETTE 16 N                                 5.7   
CASPER 1.6 S                                  5.6  
RECLUSE 17 N                                  5.0
SHERIDAN 12.9 ESE                             4.5
CLEARMONT 5.1 NNE                             4.1  

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEAD 5.5 SSW                                  8.2
HANNA 0.1 ESE                                 7.0  
BELLE FOURCHE 0.9 SSE                         6.2  
NEWELL 2.8 ENE                                5.5  
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW                             4.6
SPEARFISH 0.6 E                               4.6

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD
NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS THROUGHOUT
SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 12 INCHES
ARE LIKELY OVER NORTHWESTERN MONTANA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING...WESTERN
IDAHO...AND MUCH OF MONTANA. THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
MOVE INTO CANADA BY LATE AFTERNOON SUNDAY. ISOLATED ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.         

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM MDT SUN OCT 12 2008. PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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