THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR ROCKIES TO UPPER MIDWEST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 PM CST SUN JAN 21 2018

...DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BRINGING SNOW AND STRENGTHENING WINDS
INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
FROM NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS...THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NEW MEXICO AND PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

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

AT 800 PM CST...THE CENTER OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WITH A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 1000 MB OR 29.53 INCHES WAS MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.  AS THE STORM CONTINUED
TO DEVELOP AND ARCTIC AIR REMAINED IN PLACE TO THE NORTH AND
WEST...AN AREA OF SNOW WITH WIND GUSTS INCREASING TO OVER 40 MPH
WAS BRINGING NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS.  THE SNOW WAS SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD FARTHER INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS.  MEANWHILE...ORGANIZED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT MOVING TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 PM CST FRI JAN
19 THROUGH 800 PM CST SUN JAN 21...

...COLORADO...
WOLF CREEK PASS                      18.0                    
DOUGLAS PASS                         16.0                    
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW               12.0                    
MOLAS PASS                           11.0                    
EVERGREEN 5 NW                       10.8                    
RICO                                 10.5                    
TELLURIDE 2 SSW                      10.0                    
BOULDER 3.5 S                         5.5                    
GRAND JUNCTION 4.1 ENE                4.5                    
DENVER 3 SE                           4.0                    

...KANSAS...
ST. FRANCIS                           7.5                    

...NEBRASKA...
IMPERIAL                              6.5                    
BENKELMAN                             6.0                    
CHADRON 11 SE                         5.0                    
GRANT 8 SW                            5.0                    
NORTH PLATTE 3 ENE                    4.0                    
OSHKOSH 10 NE                         1.0                    

...NEW MEXICO...
LLANO LARGO 5 SSE                     5.0                    
AMALIA 11 ENE                         4.0                    
CANJILON 7 E                          4.0                    
CHAMA 5 NW                            4.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
EDGEMONT 6 NNW                       11.0                    
WHITE RIVER 3 SSE                     9.0                    
HOT SPRINGS                           8.5                    
FOLSOM 4 SE                           8.0                    
SCENIC 8 NE                           8.0                    
KENNEBEC                              3.2                    
RAPID CITY 4 S                        3.0                    

...WYOMING...
GLENDO                               12.0                    
LUSK 10 N                            12.0                    
ENCAMPMENT 10 WSW                     9.6                    
BURGESS JUNCTION 17 SE                8.0                    
VEDAUWOO 3 S                          8.0                    
WHEATLAND                             7.5                    
CHEYENNE                              7.0                    
TORRINGTON 9 S                        7.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
600 PM CST FRI JAN 19 THROUGH 800 PM CST SUN JAN 21...

...KANSAS...
ST FRANCIS 1 E                        0.38                    
GOODLAND 1 N                          0.10                    

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

...NEW MEXICO...
CARLSBAD 4 SW                         51                    

...TEXAS...
PINE SPRINGS 2 N                      79                    
FORT DAVIS 10 NNW                     63                    
ODONNELL 1 N                          59                    
WELCH                                 58                    
MIDLAND 8 SW                          57                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...ARIZONA...
FOREST LAKES 1 E                     11.0                    
HEBER-OVERGAARD                       6.5                    
FLAGSTAFF                             5.6                    
MCNARY 4 NW                           4.7                    
SOUTH RIM                             4.0                    
PRESCOTT                              3.0                    

...IDAHO...
PRESTON 20 NE                         9.1                    
ISLAND PARK 8 NW                      8.4                    

...MONTANA...
COOKE CITY                           12.0                    
NYE 14 W                             10.0                    
WILSALL 13 ENE                        8.0                    

...NEVADA...
ELY                                  18.8                    
RUTH                                 14.0                    
HEAVENLY VALLEY                      12.0                    
PIOCHE                                8.0                    

...UTAH...
MANILA 17 ESE                        17.5                    
SUMMIT PARK                          14.0                    
SANDY                                12.0                    
SALT LAKE CITY                       11.0                    


THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND TRACK NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE LOWER GREAT LAKES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  AS THE
STORM CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREAS.  ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO LOCALLY 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SWATH
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...AND INTO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN THROUGH
TUESDAY.  ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW...FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATING FROM ONE TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. 
THE BETTER CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN SPREAD INTO NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND BEGINNING MONDAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A
QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE AS HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO CHANGE OVER TO
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 300 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KONG




Last Updated: 1011 PM EST SUN JAN 21 2018