STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS SNOWSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM EST SUN DEC 09 2012

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

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT PORTIONS OF EXTREME
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...NORTHEASTERN IOWA...
EASTERN WISCONSIN...AND MICHIGAN.

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

AT 900 PM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1009
MB...29.79 INCHES...WAS CENTERED ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
MINNEAPOLIS. THIS SURFACE LOW WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY DOMINANT IS NOW
WEAKENING AND ANOTHER LOW TO ITS EAST IS BECOMING DOMINANT.  THAT
SURFACE LOW IS LOCATED 40 MILES DUE WEST OF CHICAGO. A COLD FRONT
EXTENDS FROM THIS LOW ALL THE WAY INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND A
WARM FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING IN MOST OF
MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MICHIGAN. THERE
IS ALSO SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BEING REPORTED IN WESTERN
IOWA.  FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN A LINE FROM OHIO TO SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD
FRONT...AND SOME AREAS HAVE REPORTED GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST TUE DEC
08 THROUGH 900 PM EST WED DEC 09...

...MICHIGAN...
GRAYLING 10 S                         4.0                    
EAST JORDAN                           3.5                    
FIFE LAKE                             3.0                    
HARRISON                              3.0                    
SCOTTVILLE 6 NNW                      2.0                    
INDIAN RIVER                          1.2                    

...MINNESOTA...
SACRED HEART                         17.3                    
GRANITE FALLS                        15.5                    
HAM LAKE                             15.2                    
SILVER CREEK 4 SSE                   14.0                    
ISANTI                               13.5                    
KINGSTON                             13.0                    
PRINCETON 8 ESE                      13.0                    
RED WING 3 W                         13.0                    
REDWOOD FALLS 3 NW                   13.0                    
HASTINGS                             12.5                    
WILLMAR                              11.8                    
SWANVILLE 0.6 SSW                    11.4                    
SHOREVIEW                            11.0                    
SAINT CLOUD                          10.8                    
MONTEVIDEO 0.4 SSW                   10.0                    
SAUK RAPIDS                          10.0                    
MINNEAPOLIS 1 W                       9.5                    
MURDOCK                               9.4                    
DULUTH 3 NW                           7.8                    

...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                    
MADISON                              11.0                    
ASTORIA                               8.5                    
DE SMET 0.2 SSE                       8.0                    
FLANDREAU 1 NW                        8.0                    
WATERTOWN 2.7 E                       8.0                    
MILBANK 0.9 NNW                       7.2                    
HURON                                 7.1                    
ABERDEEN 1.5 SSW                      7.0                    
GANN VALLEY 7.8 WNW                   6.4                    
WESSINGTON SPRINGS                    6.0                    
WOONSOCKET                            6.0                    

...WISCONSIN...
EAST FARMINGTON 3 E                  14.0                    
OSCEOLA                              13.5                    
MENOMONIE                            12.1                    
GRANSTBURG 4 N                        7.0                    
MONDOVI                               7.0                    
LA CROSSE NWS                         6.5                    
STEVENS POINT                         4.0                    
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 THE
GREAT LAKES 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. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL UP
TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
REGION. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AND MAINLY BE DRIVEN BY LAKE
EFFECT TOMORROW MORNING AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD NEW
ENGLAND.

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

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