Storm Summary Number 1 for Rockies to Midwest Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 PM CST Wed Jan 18 2023

...Heavy snow and freezing rain to spread from the Central Plains
through the Great Lakes and Northeast by Friday...

Winter Storm Warnings extend from the Central Plains northeast
into Lake Superior.

Winter Weather Advisories border the Winter Storm Warnings from
the Central Plains into Northern Michigan. A separate area of
Winter Weather Advisories is in effect over the interior Northeast
and New England.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 800 PM CST...Regional radar mosaic imagery detected a band of
moderate to heavy snowfall over the Central-High Plains spreading
into the Upper Midwest, on the northern flank of an occluded low
pressure center analyzed over east-central Kansas. Surface
observations depicted northerly surface winds exceeding 25 mph
coincident with the snowfall over the Central Plains. On the
southeast fringe of the snow shield, shallow convection producing
sleet and freezing rain was noted over portions of northeast
Kansas and southeast Nebraska. Meanwhile in the warm sector of the
storm, a swath of heavy, training stratiform and convective
rainfall extended through the Mississippi Valley into the Ohio
Valley.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 AM
CST Wed Jan 18 through 800 PM CST Wed Jan 18...

...COLORADO...
WOLF CREEK PASS 1 SE                 52.0                    
CRESTED BUTTE                        48.0                    
MONARCH PASS                         15.0                    
MANILA VILLAGE 5 S                   12.5                    
PENNOCK PASS                         10.3                    
DENVER INTL AIRPORT                   8.6                    

...KANSAS...
GOODLAND 1 E                          4.3                    

...NEBRASKA...
CALLAWAY 11 NE                       23.0                    
ANSELMO 9 NW                         22.0                    
PLEASONTON 1 N                       17.0                    
PAXTON                               14.0                    
LYMAN 3 E                            12.0                    
CLARKSON 1 S                          8.5                    

...WYOMING...
BURNS 2 SSW                          12.0                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 700 AM CST Wed Jan 18 through 800 PM CST Wed Jan 18...

...IOWA...
MURRAY 2 W                           0.11                    

...NEBRASKA...
BEATRICE                             0.30                    
FAIRBURY 1 SSE                       0.30                    
LINCOLN 2 E                          0.16                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...NEW MEXICO...
BATTLESHIP ROCK 4 N                  14.5                    
BLUEWATER LAKE ST 9 WSW              12.0                    
ROCIADA 8 SW                         10.0                    


Low pressure will continue to produce heavy snow across the
Central Plains tonight, before spreading into the Upper Midwest
and Great Lakes through Thursday, and across the Northeast
Thursday Night into Friday. Intense snow rates greater than 2"/hr
are possible at times over northeast Nebraska through northern
Michigan. Combined with winds gusting to 35 mph, blowing snow will
result in dangerous travel conditions with near zero visibility at
times. As the system spreads into the Northeast, heavy snow rates
exceeding 1"/hr will create dangerous travel early Friday morning
across New England, with lighter snows continuing through much of
Friday. Freezing rain may also lead to ice accumulations of more
than .1", especially in the Catskills, Poconos, and Berkshires,
creating slippery travel and isolated power outages.

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 900 AM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

Asherman