STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS SPRING SNOW
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
300 PM MDT SAT APR 18 2009
 
...HEAVY WET SNOW WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM MDT...A 1012 MB SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED ALONG THE
COLORADO AND KANSAS BORDER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A BAND OF RAIN FALLING NORTH OF
THE LOW...STRETCHING ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE REMAINING LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW IS MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE COLORADO
ROCKIES. IN ADDITION...TWO CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE FIRING AHEAD OF THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM...ONE IN THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...AND THE
OTHER IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM MDT THU APR
16 THROUGH 300 PM MDT SAT APR 18...

...COLORADO...
PINECLIFFE 3 SE                      52.0                     
ROLLINSVILLE 3 S                     51.0                     
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E                47.8                     
NEDERLAND 4 ENE                      37.0                     
BLACK HAWK 3 N                       36.0                     
GENESEE                              33.0                     
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW               32.0                     
S EVERGREEN                          31.0                     
GOLDEN 3 SW                          30.6                     
TABERNASH 2 SSE                      28.0                     
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW          27.5                     
VIRGINIA DALE 7 E                    27.0                     
BERGEN PARK 2 ENE                    24.0                     
GUNNINSON 21 E                       21.0                     
ASPEN PARK 5 ESE                     20.0                     
CASTLE ROCK 3 NE                     20.0                     
ELDORA                               20.0                     
BAILEY 3 NNE                         18.0                     
LIVERMORE 12 SW                      17.0                     
CRESTONE 1 SSE                       16.0                     
LA VETA 15.2 NW                      15.5                     
IDAHO SPRINGS 4.7 SSE                15.3                     
BAKERVILLE                           15.0                     
WOODLAND PARK 1 WSW                  15.0                     
NW DENVER                             9.0                     

...NEW MEXICO...
GASCON                               12.0                     
TAOS 1.6 SSE                          6.2                     
CHAMA                                 5.0                     
SANDIA PARK 5 ESE                     4.5                     
ANGEL FIRE                            4.0                     
LOS ALAMOS                            4.0                     
SEDILLO 2 NW                          4.0                     
TESQUE 3 NE                           4.0                     
SANTA FE                              2.5                     

...WYOMING...
ROCK RIVER 9.6 WSW                   18.0                     
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                     
CHEYENNE                             12.3                     
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                     
LARAMIE 1.3 SE                       10.4                     


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY EASTWARD INTO THE
EASTERN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY BY SUNDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
WILL STOP FALLING IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY
EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH JUST SOME LINGERING LIGHT SNOW FALLING
IN THAT AREA ON SUNDAY.  THIS LATE SPRING STORM HAS BROUGHT A
WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW TO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...WITH SOME
LOCATIONS REPORTING OVER 4 FEET OF SNOW.  WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE
STORM AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS NO LONGER LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
ROCKIES. FURTHER EAST IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE AND LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ON
SUNDAY.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

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