STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS TO GREAT LAKES WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT FRI APR 03 2009
 
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WITH POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
 
...WINTER STORM WARNINGS COVER MUCH OF COLORADO AND WYOMING WITH
BLIZZARD WARNINGS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WINTER STORM WATCHES
EXTEND INTO THE MIDWEST STATES...
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 PM CDT...A 989 MB LOW WAS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WITH A
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE
LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD AND INTENSIFY OVER KANSAS
ON SATURDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL
U.S.. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN EXPANDING AREA OF HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS FROM COLORADO AND WYOMING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS. WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THAT WILL
CAUSE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 100 PM CDT FRI APR
03 THROUGH 1000 PM CDT SAT APR 04...

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
HEREFORD 12 SW                        2.5                     
NISLAND                               1.5                     
SPEARFISH                             1.5                     
UNION CENTER 1 SE                     1.0                     


A SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO
WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY ON SATURDAY OVER THE
SUNFLOWER STATE...THEN CONTINUE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARD THE
GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY. A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG
WINDS...WILL CAUSE TREMENDOUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO THE
NORTH OF THE LOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ECKERT