STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS SPRING SNOW
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
300 PM 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...SOUTHEASTERN
WYOMING...AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM MDT...A 1006 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 CHANGES 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 EASTERN TEXAS...AHEAD OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM MDT THU APR
16 THROUGH 300 PM MDT FRI APR 17...

...COLORADO...
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E                25.1                     
PINECLIFFE 3 SE                      20.2                     
ELDORA                               20.0                     
VIRGINIA DALE                        19.0                     
BLACK HAWK 3 N                       18.0                     
EVERGREEN 1 S                        17.0                     
BAKERVILLE                           15.0                     
NEDERLAND 5 NE                       15.0                     
GOLDEN 3 SW                          13.8                     
ROLLINSVILLE 1 NW                    12.5                     
ESTES PARK 4 W                       12.0                     
BLACK HAWK 3 N                       11.0                     
FRASER 1 NW                          10.0                     
CONIFER 4 WNW                         9.6                     
GLENDEVEY                             9.0                     
BAILEY 3 NNE                          8.5                     
BERGEN PARK 3 NE                      8.0                     
PINE 3.6 NNW                          3.7                     
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
EVENING ON FRIDAY. THE HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT 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 900 PM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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