STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS SNOWSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EST SUN DEC 09 2012

...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST ...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND
WESTERN MINNESOTA. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN WISCONSIN...AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...AND MICHIGAN.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1008
MB...29.77 INCHES...WAS CENTERED ABOUT 90 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF
SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA. A STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM
NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. ATTACHED TO THE
SURFACE LOW IS AN OCCLUSION AND A COLD FRONT DRAPED OVER SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.  NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW FALLING IN EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF IOWA...AND
NORTHERN MICHIGAN. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
IS FALLING IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...PORTIONS OF  ILLINOIS...AND
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MICHIGAN. DUE TO STRONG HIGH PRESSURE TO THE
NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST...A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS
DEVELOPED...AND IS RESULTING IN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH.
THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS PORTIONS
OF EASTERN NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA...NEBRASKA...AND WESTERN IOWA. WIND
GUSTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST TUE DEC
08 THROUGH 300 PM EST WED DEC 09...

...MINNESOTA...
GRANITE FALLS                        15.5                    
SACRED HEART                         15.5                    
WILLMAR                              11.8                    
SWANVILLE 0.6 SSW                    11.4                    
ISANTI                               10.5                    
MONTEVIDEO 0.4 SSW                   10.0                    
SAUK RAPIDS                          10.0                    
MURDOCK                               9.4                    
CHANHASSEN                            9.0                    
SAINT CLOUD                           9.0                    
HASTINGS                              8.5                    
MINNEAPOLIS 3 NNW                     8.5                    
DELLWOOD                              8.4                    
BIRD ISLAND 7.2 SSE                   7.5                    
GILMAN 2 WNW                          7.0                    
FOLEY 2 W                             6.8                    
SARTELL 1.4 SSE                       6.3                    
LONG LAKE 0.2 WSW                     6.2                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
NEW SALEM 13.7 SSE                    8.0                    
ROOSEVELT 8 NNE                       6.0                    
BEULAH 15.0 NNW                       5.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BROOKINGS 1.1 S                      11.0                    
ASTORIA                               8.5                    
DE SMET 0.2 SSE                       8.0                    
WATERTOWN 2.7 E                       8.0                    
MILBANK 0.9 NNW                       7.2                    
ABERDEEN 1.5 SSW                      7.0                    
HURON                                 6.5                    
GANN VALLEY 7.8 WNW                   6.4                    
WESSINGTON SPRINGS                    6.0                    
WOONSOCKET                            6.0                    

...WISCONSIN...
GRANSTBURG 4 N                        7.0                    
OREGON 5.3 W                          3.5                    
ST. CROIX FALLS 7.0 ESE               3.5                    
DRESSER 6.1 ESE                       3.3                    


THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT THROUGH
MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN AND WILL BE JUST WEST OF NEW YORK BY
MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MINNESOTA TO
MICHIGAN...AND INTO EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF IOWA TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL OF 6-12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN
TONIGHT WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF AND MAINLY BE DRIVEN BY LAKE EFFECT BY TOMORROW MORNING AS THE
FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD NEW ENGLAND.

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

FANNING