STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES AND FRONT RANGE
LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ONGOING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND
FRONT RANGE...      

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE MAJORITY OF COLORADO AS WELL AS SOUTHERN WYOMING...WESTERN
NEBRASKA...AND FOR THE WASATCH IN UTAH.

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

AT 200 PM MDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 995
MB...29.38 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN UTAH/SOUTHERN
COLORADO BORDER. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE SURFACE LOW SOUTH
ACROSS NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. A STATIONARY
BOUNDARY EXTENDS EASTWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TO ANOTHER
SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 996 MB...29.41
INCHES...OVER THE COLORADO/NEW MEIXCO BORDER EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE
COLORADO FRONT RANGE. GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING
AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES IN COLORADO AND
WYOMING...WITH OCCASIONAL REPORTS OF HEAVY SNOW. A MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS IN NEBRASKA AND
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LIGHT SNOW WAS ALSO REPORTED ACROSS THE
WASATCH RANGE IN UTAH.      

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 200 PM MDT SAT MAY
10 THROUGH 200 PM MDT SUN MAY 11...

...COLORADO...
RABBIT EARS PASS 7 WNW               18.0                    
FOUR CORNERS 8 NE                    16.0                    
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E                12.6                    
RED FEATHER LAKES                    12.5                    
LIVERMORE                            12.0                    
PINGREE PARK 3 WNW                    9.0                    
BRECKENRIDGE 2 SSE                    7.2                    
BLACK HAWK 3 N                        6.2                    
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW           5.5                    
ESTES PARK 1 SSE                      4.1                    
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW                4.0                    

...WYOMING...
ENCAMPMENT 10 E                      24.0                    
SAND LAKE                            18.2                    
CENTENNIAL 6 SW                      15.5                    
WEBBER SPRINGS                       15.0                    
WARREN AFB 20.6 WSW                  14.5                    
ENCAMPMENT                           14.0                    
MEDICINE BOW                         14.0                    
BROOKLYN LAKE                         9.5                    
DIVIDE PEAK                           9.5                    
NORTH FRENCH CREEK                    9.5                    
ROCK RIVER 9.6 WSW                    9.4                    
OLD BATTLE                            8.0                    
ELK MOUNTAIN 0.3 SW                   7.0                    
CROW CREEK                            6.0                    
CHEYENNE 2.2 NNE                      4.5                    
LARAMIE 0.8 NNE                       4.5                    


SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THROUGH THE DAY AFTERNOON AS
COLDER AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...FRONT
RANGE...AND WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. SNOW IS FORECAST TO PERSIST
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY
TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ROCKIES IN COLORADO AND WYOMING.
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS MAY EXCEED 2
FEET. ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST IN THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND
WESTERN NEBRASKA. ACROSS THE WASATCH RANGE...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.      

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 PM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KREKELER