STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHWESTERN U.S. SNOW AND ICE
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
700 AM PST FRI NOV 14 2014

WINTRY PRECIPITATION MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN OREGON AND
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST

ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT OVER
PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN OREGON.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM CENTRAL OREGON EASTWARD INTO
THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND PARTS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
ROCKIES.

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

AN ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS ALREADY SETTLED ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND THE NORTH ROCKIES. MEANWHILE...HIGHER LEVEL WESTERLY
WINDS ARE CARRYING MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC AND OVERRIDING THE
ARCTIC AIR NEAR THE SURFACE.  AT 600 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT LIGHT SNOW
AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WERE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHERN OREGON AND INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION TO THE NORTH OF
A STATIONARY FRONT.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM PST THU NOV
13 THROUGH 600 AM PST FRI NOV 14...

...COLORADO...
CRESTED BUTTE 6.2 N                  11.0                    
KEYSTONE 0.7 SW                       5.8                    
TELLURIDE                             5.0                    
MAYSVILLE                             4.3                    

...IDAHO...
LOWMAN 1 NNE                         14.0                    
GARDEN VALLEY 2.7 NW                  9.0                    
MERIDIAN 2.7 S                        6.2                    
BOISE                                 6.0                    
MCCALL                                5.5                    
ISLAND PARK                           3.0                    

...NEVADA...
CORRAL CANYON SNOTEL                  7.0                    
SEVENTYSIX CREEK SNOTEL               7.0                    
FRY CANYON                            6.0                    
BIG CREEK SUMMIT SNOTEL               5.0                    

...OREGON...
MAUPIN                               12.0                    
ODELL  8 SSW                          8.0                    
SISTERS 2.0 WNW                       8.0                    
PRINEVILLE 2.6 ENE                    7.4                    
HOOD RIVER                            7.0                    
LA GRANDE 1 S                         7.0                    

...WYOMING...
MOOSE .4 S                           11.0                    
THAYNE 4.7 NNE                        8.5                    
JACKSON 12.3 NE                       7.0                    

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

...WYOMING...
ARLINGTON 5 NW                        54                    


AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN WESTERN CANADA IS
FORECAST TO BUILD SOUTHWARD AND WILL BEGIN TO PUSH AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 
WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
TO THE SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES
TOMORROW...REACHING THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES BY SUNDAY.  FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATING FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE
TODAY IN PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN OREGON AND SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO. 
MEANWHILE...OVER A FOOT OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATION OF NORTHWESTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN COLORADO THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 100 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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