STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES AND NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS SNOWSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
1000 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 900 PM CDT... A 995 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED OVER
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND WAS MOVING 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
FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TO KANSAS TO SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

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

...COLORADO...
PINECLIFFE 3 SSE                     35.0                     
NEDERLAND 4 ENE                      28.6                     
GOLDEN 12 NW                         28.5                     
EVERGREEN 3 S                        27.5                     
IDAHO SPRINGS 2 E                    27.0                     
BLACK HAWK 8 N                       26.0                     
GENESEE                              25.8                     
NATHROP 7 SSW                        22.4                     
IDLEDALE 3 NW                        20.1                     
CONIFER 3 W                          20.0                     
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW               18.0                     
BOULDER 7 W                          17.0                     
ASPEN SPRINGS                        15.0                     
FORT COLLINS 2 NW                    15.0                     
BOULDER NWS                          14.0                     
EMPIRE                               13.0                     
DENVER INTL AIRPORT                   6.0                     

...NEBRASKA...
CHADRON 15 S                         10.0                     
RUSHVILLE                             9.0                     
ALLIANCE 7.4 NW                       8.0                     
WHITECLAY                             8.0                     
GORDON 6 N                            7.0                     
HAY SPRINGS 9.0 ESE                   7.0                     
BUSHNELL 15 S                         5.0                     
HEMINGFORD 10.1 NNE                   4.8                     
KIMBALL 2 NE                          3.0                     
SCOTTSBLUFF 2.7 WNW                   2.0                     

...NEW MEXICO...
SANDIA PARK 4 WNW                     6.0                     
TRES PIEDRAS                          6.0                     
FARMINGTON                            5.0                     
TIJERAS 10 S                          5.0                     
GALLUP 10 S                           4.0                     
CHAMA                                 3.0                     
MILAN 2.2 N                           2.5                     
SEDILLO                               2.0                     
ALBUQUERQUE 8 E                       1.0                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEAD                                  6.1                     
ARDMORE 1 NNW                         4.0                     
HILL CITY                             3.0                     

...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 TEXAS IS FORECAST TO MOVE
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO