STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES AND NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS SNOWSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
400 PM CDT WED OCT 28 2009
 
...SNOW FALLING STEADILY OVER COLORADO...
 
WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT FROM PORTIONS OF UTAH AND NEW MEXICO NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTH
DAKOTA.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM CDT... A 992 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED OVER
NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. A
STATIONARY FRONT WAS DRAPED TO ITS NORTH OVER WESTERN KANSAS INTO
THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES WITH SUB FREEZING AIR GENERALLY
TO ITS NORTH AND WEST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER
COLORADO NORTHWARD TO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LIGHT RAIN WAS
OBSERVED ALONG AND TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT
AND ACROSS NEW MEXICO.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT TUE OCT
27 THROUGH 400 PM CDT WED OCT 28...

...COLORADO...
PINECLIFFE 4 SSE                     24.0                     
NEDERLAND 4 ENE                      22.5                     
EVERGREEN 3 S                        22.0                     
GOLDEN 12 NW                         20.3                     
IDLEDALE 3 NW                        20.1                     
CONIFER 3 W                          20.0                     
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW               18.0                     
BOULDER 7 W                          17.0                     
NATHROP 7 SSW                        16.1                     
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 6 S                             11.0                     
MESA 6S                              11.0                     
VIRGINIA DALE 7.2 SSW                10.6                     
RALSTON BUTTES 1.1 NNW               10.0                     
FORT COLLINS 4 WNW                    6.0                     
DENVER                                5.0                     

...NEBRASKA...
ALLIANCE 7.4 NW                       8.0                     
RUSHVILLE                             8.0                     
WHITECLAY                             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...
SANDIA PARK 4 WNW                     6.0                     
FARMINGTON                            5.0                     
TIJERAS 10 S                          5.0                     
GALLUP 10 S                           4.0                     
MILAN 2.2 N                           2.5                     
SEDILLO                               2.0                     
ALBUQUERQUE 8 E                       1.0                     

...WYOMING...
LANDER 10 SW                         16.0                     
LARAMIE 27 WSW                        9.5                     
WARREN 11.7 W                         7.0                     
LA GRANGE 4.4 ESE                     6.4                     
CHEYENNE 17 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 IS FORECAST TO
MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY MORNING. WITH SUB
FREEZING AIR FORECAST TO BE IN PLACE FROM COLORADO NORTHEASTWARD
INTO THE DAKOTAS... LOCATIONS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW
TRACK CAN EXPECT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES.
HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWELVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS
WITH UP TO A FEW FEET OF SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
COLORADO.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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