STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS SPRING SNOW
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
900 AM MDT FRI APR 17 2009
 
...LATE SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO BRING WET SNOW ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL TO WESTERN COLORADO...CENTRAL WYOMING...THE
NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF UTAH...AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 800 AM MDT...A 1007 MB SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED NEAR THE NEW
MEXICO-COLORADO BORDER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS
FALLING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO AND THE
SOUTHEASTERN PART OF WYOMING. SNOW CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT RAIN FROM
WEST TO EAST THROUGH A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO.
SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW WERE ALSO FOUND IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
FARTHER SOUTHEAST...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WAS
MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS AHEAD OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM MDT THU APR
16 THROUGH 900 AM MDT FRI APR 17...

...COLORADO...
VIRGINIA DALE                        19.0                     
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 2 E                16.2                     
PINECLIFFE                           14.0                     
BLACK HAWK 8 N                       12.8                     
ELDORA                               12.0                     
ESTES PARK 4 W                       12.0                     
BLACK HAWK 3 N                       11.0                     
BLACK HAWK                            9.6                     
GLENDEVEY                             9.0                     
EVERGREEN                             8.7                     
BAILEY 3 NNE                          8.5                     
EVERGREEN 6 WSW                       7.5                     
PINE 3.6 NNW                          3.7                     
GOLDEN 2 SW                           3.6                     
BERGEN PARK 3 NE                      3.0                     
FAIRPLAY                              2.0                     

...WYOMING...
AFTON 17 E                           17.0                     
JACKSON 9.9 NNW                      17.0                     
LANDER 3.5 SW                        15.0                     
CROWHEART 14 W                       14.0                     
DUBOIS 6 WSW                         14.0                     
KEMMERER 36 N                        14.0                     
MEETEETSE 30 SW                      13.5                     
THAYNE 17.2 E                        12.0                     
RIVERTON 2 W                         11.5                     
BONDURANT 19 SW                      11.0                     
SOUTH ENTRANCE 8 W                   11.0                     
WAPITI 19 WSW                        11.0                     


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL
SLOWLY PROGRESS EASTWARD TOWARDS THE HIGH PLAINS DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY. THE HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING.  RAIN MIXING IN WITH SNOW WILL
CAUSE SNOWFALL TOTALS TO VARY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
HOWEVER...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS
OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 PM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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