THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR WESTERN U.S. WINTER STORM AND COASTAL
RAIN
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
700 AM PST FRI FEB 07 2014

...A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES FROM THE PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT
THE WESTERN U.S. WITH PERIODS OF COASTAL HEAVY RAIN AND INTERIOR
HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INCLUDING NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND THE SIERRA NEVADA...AS WELL AS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES.

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

AT 600 AM PST...AN ARCTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS DRAPING ACROSS
SOUTHERN OREGON...THE GREAT BASIN...AND INTO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
ROCKIES.  UPPER-LEVEL WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUED TO DIRECT WAVES OF
LOW PRESSURE INTO THE WESTERN U.S.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW
IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST MAINLY NORTH OF THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY. 
FARTHER SOUTH... A NEW BATCH OF RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE COASTAL
SECTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM PST WED FEB
05 THROUGH 600 AM PST FRI FEB 07...

...CALIFORNIA...
SODA SPRINGS 1.5 SSW                  6.0                    

...COLORADO...
ROCKWOOD 6.7 N                        7.9                    

...IDAHO...
GARDEN VALLEY 2.7 NW                  4.4                    
BOISE 8.8 NNW                         3.5                    
MONTPELIER 0.6 NNE                    3.0                    

...OREGON...
VERNONIA 6NW                         13.0                    
CORVALLIS                            11.5                    
PHILOMATH                            10.5                    
BENNETT PASS                         10.0                    
CLATSKANIE                           10.0                    
NECANICUM 4 E                        10.0                    
PARKDALE                             10.0                    
SUNSET SUMMIT                        10.0                    
WILSON RIVER SUMMIT                  10.0                    
DETROIT                               9.0                    
HOOD RIVER                            9.0                    
SISTERS 2.0 WNW                       9.0                    
WESTON                                5.0                    
IRRIGON                               4.0                    
PENDLETON 5 S                         4.0                    

...UTAH...
NORTH LOGAN 0.8 ESE                  10.0                    
LOGAN 0.7 SW                          8.5                    

...WYOMING...
TETON VILLAGE 1.6 NE                  4.8                    


AS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO
STREAM INTO THE WESTERN U.S....PERIODS OF INTERIOR SNOW AND
COASTAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT
WEEK.  SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS FORECAST OVER THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF OREGON...INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND
THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.  TOTAL RAINFALL IN PARTS OF THE COASTAL AREAS
OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CAN EXCEED 5
INCHES BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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.

KONG




Last Updated: 1017 AM EST FRI FEB 07 2014