STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES AND NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS SNOWSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
1000 AM CDT WED OCT 28 2009
 
...WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND
ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS...
 
WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...NORTHEASTWARD INTO
COLORADO...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 AM CDT...A 990 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED OVER
NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS
AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED BANDS OF PRECIPITATION FALLING
NORTH AND WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS
REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ROCKIES AND EASTWARD INTO THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.  ISOLATED AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WERE OBSERVED
ALONG THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT TUE OCT
27 THROUGH 900 AM CDT WED OCT 28...

...COLORADO...
NEDERLAND .47 ESE                    16.5                     
ASPEN SPRINGS                        15.0                     
GOLDEN 12.5 NW                       13.6                     
EMPIRE                               13.0                     
ESTES PARK 1.8 S                     12.1                     
ST MARYS GLACIER                     12.0                     
KITTREDGE 2.5 SSE                    11.0                     
MESA 6S                              11.0                     
VIRGINIA DALE 7.2 SSW                10.6                     
RALSTON BUTTES 1.1 NNW               10.0                     
EVERGREEN 5 W                         9.2                     
ASPEN PARK 5.2 ESE                    9.0                     
PINECLIFFE                            8.5                     
BOULDER 6.8 SE                        5.8                     
FORT COLLINS 3.9 NNW                  5.1                     
DENVER 10.3 WNW                       4.3                     

...NEBRASKA...
ALLIANCE 7.4 NW                       8.0                     
HAY SPRINGS 9.0 ESE                   7.0                     
BUSHNELL 15 S                         5.0                     
CHADRON 3 SW                          5.0                     
HEMINGFORD 10.1 NNE                   4.8                     
GORDON 3 W                            4.0                     
KIMBALL 2 NE                          3.0                     
SCOTTSBLUFF 2.7 WNW                   2.0                     

...NEW MEXICO...
GALLUP 10 S                           4.0                     
MILAN 2.2 N                           2.5                     
SANDIA PARK 5 ESE                     2.5                     
TIJERAS 5.0 E                         2.5                     
SEDILLO                               2.0                     

...WYOMING...
WARREN 11.7 W                         7.0                     
LA GRANGE 4.4 ESE                     6.4                     
CHEYENNE 17.4 WNW                     6.0                     
HORSE CREEK 11 SE                     6.0                     
ELK MOUNTAIN 2.1 S                    5.8                     
CHUGWATER 2.7 NNW                     4.5                     
ROCK RIVER 9.6 WSW                    4.3                     
LARAMIE                               4.0                     
TORRINGTON 29 N                       4.0                     


THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER CURRENTLY OVER NEW MEXICO WILL INTENSIFY
AND BECOME MORE ORGANIZED AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING. COLD AIR WRAPPED AROUND THIS
LOW COMBINED WITH A DEEPENING COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW INITIALLY OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES...AND LATER SPREADING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SNOW WILL
BE ESPECIALLY HEAVY ALONG THE CENTRAL ROCKY FOOTHILLS...WHERE
AMOUNTS OF UP TO A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE.

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

GERHARDT