THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
700 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016
...HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW IMPACTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA...THE GREAT BASIN...AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
ROCKIES...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES...AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA AS
WELL AS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS
WIND ADVISORIES AND HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...PARTS OF ARIZONA...MUCH OF
NEW MEXICO...TOGETHER WITH HIGH WIND WATCHES OUT INTO WESTERN TEXAS
BLIZZARD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA...IOWA...AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 600 PM PST...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 992 MB...29.30 INCHES...WAS LOCATED AT ABOUT 80 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS...NEVADA...MOVING EASTWARD. A COLD
FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW CENTER SOUTHWARD INTO THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND A STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM THE LOW
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ORGANIZING IN ARIZONA AND INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA AHEAD OF AND NEAR
THE COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WAS BECOMING
LESS INTENSE AS THE COLD FRONT MOVED OFF TO THE EAST.
MEANWHILE... SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
FARTHER EAST...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS REPORTED IN THE COLD AIR
TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW CENTER ACROSS GREAT BASIN INTO CENTRAL
ROCKIES AS WELL AS PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM PST SAT JAN
30 THROUGH 600 PM PST SUN JAN 31...
...CALIFORNIA...
MAMMOTH LAKES 4 W 16.0
SODA SPRINGS 3 ENE 13.0
TUOLUMNE MEADOWS 11.0
LODGEPOLE 10.5
SQUAW VALLEY 8.0
NORTHSTAR 6.0
...COLORADO...
KEBLER PASS 3 N 23.0
CRESTED BUTTE 15.0
RABBIT EARS PASS 7 NNW 13.5
OURAY 12.0
HAHNS PEAK 14 N 10.5
MARBLE 5 NW 10.0
RIDGWAY 9 NW 10.0
COAL BANK PASS 9.0
MOLAS PASS 9.0
BRECKENRIDGE 1 SE 7.2
WOLF CREEK PASS 1 SE 7.0
SILVERTON 6.3
...NEW MEXICO...
SAN MIGUEL 8 SSW 8.0
CANON PLAZA 11 NNW 7.0
CHAMA 5 NW 5.0
...NEVADA...
S MOUNT ROSE SKI AREA 16.0
TUSCARORA 18 NE 12.0
GALENA 11.0
DEETH 3 ENE 10.5
MOUNT ROSE SKI AREA 10.0
GARDEN CITY 4 SW 7.4
MOGUL 7.0
RENO 7.0
COLD SPRINGS VALLEY 6.0
FALLON 6.0
...UTAH...
PROVIDENCE 11.5
LOGAN 11.0
MILLVILLE 10.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM PST SAT JAN
30 THROUGH 600 PM PST SUN JAN 31...
...CALIFORNIA...
KAISER POINT SNOTEL 2.64
TRIMMER SPRINGS 1.75
FANCHER CREEK 1.40
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...ARIZONA...
PATAGONIA 3 SSW 47
WILLCOX 24 ESE 47
...CALIFORNIA...
MILL CREEK 75
CATALINA ISLAND 73
GRASS MOUNTAIN 71
PORTER RANCH RAWS 69
MALIBU CYN. 65
CHEESEBORO 63
SANTA BARBARA ISLAND 63
BEVERLY HILLS 61
LANCASTER 14 WSW 61
ACTON 9 SE 60
MALIBU 4 NE 59
THE DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ROCKIES AND THE PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AS
IT MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. TONIGHT ...REACHING THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY
LOWER... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL
ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE COLORADO ROCKIES...THE WASATCH AND THE MOGOLLON
RIM WITH SOME AREAS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING TWO FEET. THE DENVER METRO
AREA COULD SEE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW AS WELL. THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN
TO MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ON MONDAY WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW EXPECTED TO
SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL
SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY. THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD REACHING THE MIDWEST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE
SURFACE LOW CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TO
THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF
ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY AS THE SURFACE LOW
MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS ON TUESDAY A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
FOR SOME AREAS OF THE MIDWEST WHICH COULD RESULT IN BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 100 AM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 1017 PM EST SUN JAN 31 2016