THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES TO UPPER GREAT LAKES
EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
800 AM MST MON NOV 10 2014

...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS FALLING FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...

HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHERN
IDAHO...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.

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

AT 700 AM MST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE
OF 990 MB...29.23 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A COLD
FRONT EXTENDED WESTWARD FROM THE LOW CENTER ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES WHILE A WARM FRONT EXTENDS EATWARD ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST. NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WAS
OVERSPREADING THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND
UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW FALLING FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM MST SUN NOV
09 THROUGH 700 AM MST MON NOV 10...

...MINNESOTA...
ALEXANDRIA 3 N                        3.8                    

...MONTANA...
WHITEFISH 6 N                        14.0                    
RED LODGE                             9.0                    
ABSAROKEE 7 S                         8.5                    
HEART BUTTE 14 SW                     8.0                    
HOEGLAND 7 SSE                        6.0                    
BLACKTAIL 5 ENE                       5.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
HAVANA                                5.0                    
MARMARTH 10 N                         4.5                    
ELLENDALE                             4.0                    
MEDORA 7 WNW                          4.0                    
NEW ENGLAND                           3.5                    
BISMARK                               3.2                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MILBANK                               7.0                    
SISSETON 3 W                          5.1                    
ABERDEEN 1.5 SSW                      5.0                    

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...IDAHO...
DRIGGS                                68                    
CAREY 20 ENE                          54                    
CRATERS OF MOON                       54                    

...MONTANA...
WOLF CREEK 8 SW                       58                    
GRANT 8 WSW                           56                    
DILLON 5 NE                           55                    
TOWNSEND 8 W                          54                    
LEWIS AND CLARK                       52                    
MARYSVILLE 13 S                       52                    

...NEVADA...
WEST WENDOVER 7 NW                    67                    

...WYOMING...
GREYBULL                              66                    


THE SURFACE LOW IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL SLIDE OFF TO THE EAST AND
REACH THE GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY LESS THAN 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF
THIS EVENING. ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT
LAKES...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO
12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
WILL FALL ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN. ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS
AREA...WITH SNOW COMING TO AN END LATE TUESDAY EVENING.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 200 PM MST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KREKELER




Last Updated: 938 AM EST MON NOV 10 2014