THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS SPRING SNOW
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
900 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 900 PM MDT...A 1009 MB SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING IN
SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING...ALONG THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS OF
COLORADO...AND IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. SNOW CHANGES OVER TO
LIGHT RAIN ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING INTO THE PANHANDLE
OF NEBRASKA. FARTHER SOUTHEAST...TWO CLUSTERS OF
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST TEXAS...AND IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...AHEAD OF A
FRONTAL SYSTEM.

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

...COLORADO...
PINECLIFFE 3 SE                      34.5                     
GENESEE                              32.0                     
BLACK HAWK 3 N                       31.0                     
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E                25.1                     
BLACK HAWK 3 N                       25.0                     
EVERGREEN 3 S                        25.0                     
TABERNASH 2 SSE                      21.0                     
ASPEN PARK 5 ESE                     20.0                     
ELDORA                               20.0                     
VIRGINIA DALE                        19.0                     
BAILEY 3 NNE                         18.0                     
BERGEN PARK 2 ENE                    18.0                     
BAKERVILLE                           15.0                     
NEDERLAND 5 NE                       15.0                     
GOLDEN 3 SW                          13.8                     
ROLLINSVILLE 1 NW                    12.5                     
ESTES PARK 4 W                       12.0                     
FRASER 1 NW                          10.0                     
CONIFER 4 WNW                         9.6                     
GLENDEVEY 14 NNW                      9.0                     
NW DENVER                             9.0                     

...NEW MEXICO...
GASCON                               12.0                     
TAOS 2 SSE                            5.6                     
CHAMA                                 5.0                     
ANGEL FIRE                            4.0                     
SANDIA PARK 5 ESE                     4.0                     
SEDILLO 2 NW                          4.0                     
TESQUE 3 NE                           4.0                     
LOS ALAMOS                            3.5                     
SANTA FE                              2.5                     

...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 INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY. THE
HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY
ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...COLORADO...AND
SOUTHERN WYOMING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE
IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.  FURTHER EAST IN THE LOWER TERRAIN OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
LIKELY.

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

SCHULZE




Last Updated: 1040 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009