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#141 Postby TexasStooge » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:19 am
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0319
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0531 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...NEB/NRN KS/NE CO/SE WY/SRN SD
CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW
VALID 192331Z - 200530Z
CORRECTED FOR SECOND PARAGRAPH
...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP/CONTINUE ACROSS CNTRL NEB
THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH HRLY SNOW RATES AT LEAST 1-2 INCHES PER
HOUR /PSBLY HIGHER IN CONVECTIVE BURSTS/. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP
WITHIN A FEW HOURS ACROSS NE COLORADO...
LATEST SATELLITE/RADAR LOOPS INDICATE PRECIPITATION IS INCREASING
ACROSS THE PLAINS WITHIN STRONGLY DIFFLUENT UPPER FLOW PATTERN.
TSTMS HAVE BEEN ONGOING IN KS THIS AFTN AND ARE SPREADING NWD INTO
NEB WITH TSSN OBSERVED WITHIN THE LAST HOUR OR TWO AT MCCOOK NEB.
18Z SOUNDING AT LAMONT OK SEEMS TO HAVE SAMPLED THE ELEVATED
INSTABILITY WELL...SO ISOLD LTG STRIKES WILL CONTINUE AND
CONVECTIVELY ENHANCE SNOW RATES THROUGH THE EVENING. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS ACROSS SCNTRL NEB SUGGEST STEEP ELEVATED LAPSE RATES NEAR
8 C/KG AND MUCAPE RANGING FROM 100-300 J/KG.
LARGE SCALE LIFT INCREASES DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS
AFTER 00Z AS MAIN VORT MAX NOW OVER NW MEXICO APPROACHES. IN
ADDITION TO THE STRONG LARGE SCALE FORCING...LOW LEVEL THETAE
ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS MID LEVEL FRONTAL SFC WILL RESULT
IN A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY PCPN. HEAVIEST SNOWS OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS WILL FALL FROM SCNTRL SD THROUGH CNTRL/SERN PORTIONS OF NEB.
NCEP SREF GUIDANCE SUGGESTS AT LEAST 1 INCH/HOUR SNOW RATES ALONG
THIS AXIS...WHICH WILL PERSIST WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT. SHALLOW WARM
INVERSION NOW IN PLACE ACROSS SW NEB/NE CO IS RESULTING IN FZRA AT
AKO AND IML. STRONG WAA MAY MAINTAIN THIS FOR A TIME...THUS REDUCING
OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SW NEB. ONCE COLUMN COOLS
SUFFICIENTLY...HEAVY SNOW WILL BE MAIN PTYPE ACROSS NE CO.
IMPRESSIVE DENVER CYCLONE DEVELOPING WITH VERY STRONG INFLOW NOTED
SE OF DEN. SFC WINDS WILL BECOME MORE NELY WITH TIME THIS
EVENING...WHICH WILL FAVORABLY ENHANCE UPSLOPE SNOWS INVOF OF THE
PALMER DIVIDE. THANKS TO WFO LBF FOR COORD.
..TAYLOR.. 03/19/2006
ATTN...WFO...FSD...OAX...TOP...ABR...GID...LBF...UNR...GLD...PUB...BOU...CYS...
39239860 39320159 38820459 39380538 41060591 43030404
43890216 44089977 41259599 40109583 39369677
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#142 Postby TexasStooge » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:23 am
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0329
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0438 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...WESTERN KS/FAR EASTERN CO AND SOUTHERN NEB
CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW
VALID 201038Z - 201515Z
SNOW WILL STEADILY DEVELOP/INCREASE THROUGH MID MORNING ACROSS MUCH
OF WESTERN KS/FAR EASTERN CO AND SOUTHERN NEB. SNOW RATES OF 1 IN/HR
OR GREATER ARE LIKELY BY 15Z.
AS UPPER LOW MOVES EASTWARD OUT OF NM...PRONOUNCED BLOSSOMING/
COOLING AND IMPLIED ASCENT IS EVIDENT IN WATER VAPOR/INFRARED
SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS. A CORRESPONDING EXPANSION/INCREASE OF WSR-88D
REFLECTIVITY RETURNS ACROSS MUCH OF KS/SOUTHEAST CO/SOUTHERN NEB IS
ALSO NOTED EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH CYCLOGENESIS ACROSS NORTHEAST
NM...UPPER JET DIVERGENCE JUXTAPOSED WITH LOW LEVEL WARM
ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND EASTERLY UPSLOPE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
STRONG UVVS AND INCREASING PRECIPITATION RATES THROUGH THE MORNING.
09Z RUC/00Z 4KM WRF-NMM SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR 1 IN/HR OR GREATER
SNOW RATES BY 15Z IN A SOUTHWEST-NORTHEAST CORRIDOR FROM SOUTHEAST
CO/WESTERN KS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEB.
ACROSS WESTERN KS/SOUTHEAST CO...ALTHOUGH SURFACE TEMPS ARE
GENERALLY ABOVE FREEZING AS OF 10Z...ONSET OF HIGHER PRECIPITATION
RATES/DYNAMIC COOLING WILL RESULT IN A QUICK ONSET OF SNOWFALL EARLY
THIS MORNING AS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES COOL TO NEAR/BELOW
FREEZING. 06Z NAM/09Z RUC SOUNDINGS FURTHER IMPLY THIS IS LIKELY IN
THE SHORT TERM...GENERALLY BY 12Z.
..GUYER.. 03/20/2006
ATTN...WFO...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...LBF...DDC...GLD...PUB...
39300256 40430148 41179969 41389671 39619752 37989962
37220082 37090176 37080253 37700322
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#143 Postby WindRunner » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:24 am
Never thought that I would have one of these out for me in late March!
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0344
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0510 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL IL...CENTRAL/SRN IND....SRN OH...NERN
KY...WV AND NRN/WRN VA
CONCERNING...PRECIPITATION TRENDS...WINTER PRECIPITATION
VALID 211110Z - 211715Z
HEAVY SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVER CENTRAL IL BY 14Z AND OVER CENTRAL IND
BY 17Z. MEANWHILE...HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SRN OH THROUGH
14Z...OVER NRN/CENTRAL WV BETWEEN 13-15Z...AND OVER NRN VA AFTER
15Z. HRLY SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A 2-3 HR
PERIOD IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MIX
OF SNOW/SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER NERN KY...WHICH SHOULD DEVELOP
EWD INTO PORTIONS OF SRN WV/SWRN VA THROUGH THE MORNING.
AS AN UPPER JET MAX MOVES INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THIS
MORNING...A WELL DEVELOPED DEFORMATION ZONE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
EWD FROM IL/IND INTO OH AND WV. IR SAT IMAGERY SHOWS AN EXPANSIVE
AREA OF COLD CLOUD TOPS OVER OH AND NRN KY INDICATING THAT THIS
DEFORMATION ZONE CONTINUES TO MATURE. WITHIN THIS DEFORMATION
ZONE...MODERATE TO HVY SNOW WITH HRLY RATES OVER 1 INCH HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE...WITH HVY SNOW DEVELOPING INTO
SRN OH AND CENTRAL WV THROUGH 15Z...AND INTO NRN VA BETWEEN 15-17Z.
BASED ON RADAR IMAGERY...THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW SHOULD
FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF A WELL DEFINED VORT MAX AS IT MOVES FROM
SCENTRAL IL INTO ECENTRAL IND BY 17Z.
IN ADDITION TO THE HVY SNOW...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET WILL
REMAIN LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF NRN/ERN KY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS
WEAK SFC COLD ADVECTION OCCURS BENEATH STRONG ELEVATED WARM
ADVECTION. THIS THERMAL PROFILE WILL SPREAD EWD INTO PORTIONS OF SRN
WV...AND SWRN VA THROUGH 15Z.
..CROSBIE.. 03/21/2006
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#144 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:29 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0333
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1248 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...ERN CO/NEB/MUCH OF KS/WRN IA/FAR NW MO
CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW
VALID 201848Z - 210015Z
HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTN ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE
CNTRL PLAINS. HOURLY RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL
PERSIST...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER RATES POSSIBLE WITHIN HEAVY MESOSCALE
BANDS.
LATEST RADAR AND SFC OBSERVATIONS SHOW A PRONOUNCED AREA OF HEAVY
SNOW ONGOING FROM THE CO FOOTHILLS TO GLD/MCK/HSI/LNK. THIS AXIS IS
ASSOCIATED WITH DEFORMATION ZONE WHICH HAS SET UP ON THE NORTHWEST
SIDE OF THE STORM SYSTEM. LATEST AREA PROFILER AND VAD WIND DATA
OBSERVE 50-55 KT LOW LEVEL ELY FLOW ACROSS NRN KS/SRN NEB...WHICH IS
CONTRIBUTING TO SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE COMPONENT AND STRONG ISENTROPIC
UPGLIDE. THE ZONE OF STRONGEST FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING IS FORECAST
TO SHIFT INTO WRN KS/SERN NEB LATER THIS AFTN.
CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE EWD FROM THE FRONT RANGE AS UPPER LOW
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA BY MID AFTN. HOWEVER TIGHT SFC PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG SFC WINDS /15-25 MPH/ WHICH WILL
PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN ADDITION TO NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS.
WARM NOSE EVIDENT IN 12Z SOUNDINGS FROM TOPEKA AND DODGE CITY THIS
MORNING WILL COMPLICATE PRECIPITATION TYPE FORECAST. AT 1830Z THE
RAIN/SNOW LINE IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO GREAT BEND.
TEMPS ARE WELL ABOVE FREEZING IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S FROM SCNTRL KS
THROUGH IA...WITH RAIN OBSERVED ACROSS CNTRL KS INTO NW MO. NAM
POINT FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE MUCH COOLER THAN CURRENTLY
OBSERVED...AND INDICATE SNOW ACROSS NW MO THIS AFTN. HOWEVER...RUC
FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE SOMEWHAT BETTER WITH REGARD TO THE THERMAL
PROFILES...AND SUGGEST MAIN PTYPE WITH BE RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXING
WITH SNOW OR SLEET.
..TAYLOR.. 03/20/2006
ATTN...WFO...DMX...EAX...FSD...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...LBF...DDC...GLD...PUB...BOU...CYS...
38789709 38120002 37560177 37740364 40210352 41250315
42340166 42749820 42739614 42449519 38979507
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#145 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:31 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0338
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0731 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL AND ERN NEB/IA/NRN MO/WRN IL
CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW
VALID 210131Z - 210700Z
...HEAVIEST SNOW RATES THIS EVENING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH MID
LEVEL DEFORMATION BAND WHICH IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM ERN NEB/SRN
IA INTO WRN IL LATER THIS EVENING...
THE MOST INTENSE SNOW FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS HAS BEEN OCCURRING
ACROSS WRN PORTIONS OF KS AND MUCH OF NEB /ROUGHLY FROM GLD TO LNK/.
EXAMINATION OF 6HR-RADAR LOOPS SUGGEST THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS WILL EXTEND FROM CNTRL NEB INTO SRN IA. CLOSED UPPER
LOW NOW ACROSS WRN KS WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS KS WITH GREATEST
VORTICITY ADVECTION FOCUSED ACROSS NRN MO/SRN IA INTO IL BY 06Z.
UPPER FLOW IS COMPLICATED BY LEAD SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW MOVING
THROUGH ERN OK.
STRONG ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING IS
FORECAST TO BE MAINLY OVER IA INTO IL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND
THIS SEEMS TO AGREE WITH RADAR TRENDS. 00Z SOUNDINGS FROM TOPEKA
INDICATE 2-3 DEGREES OF COOLING HAS TAKEN PLACE NEAR 700 MB...BUT
00Z SOUNDING FROM SPRINGFIELD HAS A WARM INVERSION WITH +7C NEAR
850MB...SO PTYPE IS STILL PROBLEMATIC. ETA KF FORECAST SOUNDINGS
FAVOR RAIN ACROSS ALL BUT FAR NRN MO...AND EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE
A RAIN/SNOW MIX AS FAR SOUTH AS THE KC METRO...IT WOULD APPEAR THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH.
ACROSS IA AND WRN IL...DRY AIR WILL INITIALLY LIMIT PCPN REACHING
THE GROUND AS DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE 20S. BUT...INCREASING LIFT AND A
DEEP SATURATED DENDRITIC LAYER SHOULD SUPPORT AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW
DEVELOPING THIS EVENING.
..TAYLOR.. 03/21/2006
ATTN...WFO...ILX...LSX...DVN...DMX...EAX...FSD...OAX...TOP...GID...LBF...
39849307 39679519 40139948 40929991 42289955 42229484
41879023 40119055
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#146 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:33 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0341
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1130 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL/SRN IL...CENTRAL/SRN IND...NRN/ERN KY...SRN
OH
CONCERNING...WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION
VALID 210530Z - 211030Z
MOD/HVY SNOW WITH ISOLATED THUNDERS NOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ESEWD FROM SRN/CENTRAL IA INTO CENTRAL IL...CENTRAL IND AND SWRN OH
OVER THE NEXT 6 HRS. FURTHER SOUTH...MIXED PRECIP IN THE FORM OF
SLEET/SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP EWD FROM THE STL
METRO AREA ACROSS PORTIONS OF SRN IL INTO SRN IND AND NRN/ERN KY
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HRLY PRECIP RATES OVER 0.10 IN LIQUID
ARE LIKELY.
RECENT IR SAT IMAGERY SHOWS AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF CLOUD TOP COOLING
OCCURRING OVER IA INTO WRN IL. THIS COOLING WAS EVIDENT OF STRONG
UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IN EXIT REGION OF UPPER JET LOCATED OVER THE
OZARKS. COMBINED WITH FRONTOGENETIC FORCING IN THE 600-700 MB
LAYER...FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL IL/IND INTO SWRN OH THE REST OF TONIGHT. IN
ADDITION...SUFFICIENT ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED
THUNDERS NOW WITH LOCALLY 2 IN/HR SNOWFALL RATES.
FURTHER SOUTH...STRONG LOW LEVEL WAA WILL SUPPORT A BROAD AREA OF
PRECIP OVER SERN MO/SRN IL ENEWD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT.
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS ALL OF THE OHIO VALLEY WERE ABOVE
FREEZING AT 05Z...CONTINUED COLD ADVECTION AT LOW LEVELS OVER THE
UPPER OHIO VALLEY COMBINED WITH WET-BULB EFFECTS WITH ONSET OF
PRECIP SHOULD AID IN SUB-FREEZING SFC TEMPERATURES OVER PORTIONS OF
NRN KY...MOST OF SRN OHIO AND SRN IND BY 12Z. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SHOW THE PRESENCE OF AN ELEVATED WARM LAYER OVER PORTIONS OF NRN/ERN
KY AND FAR SRN OH/SWRN IND...WHICH WOULD SUPPORT SLEET/FREEZING RAIN
AS THE PRIMARY PRECIP TYPES.
..CROSBIE.. 03/21/2006
ATTN...WFO...RLX...JKL...ILN...LMK...IND...PAH...LOT...ILX...LSX...DVN...
40878896 41129037 40139112 39489083 38728976 38558778
38238532 37838432 37868307 38748212 39518227 40008411
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#147 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:34 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0344
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0510 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL IL...CENTRAL/SRN IND....SRN OH...NERN
KY...WV AND NRN/WRN VA
CONCERNING...PRECIPITATION TRENDS...WINTER PRECIPITATION
VALID 211110Z - 211715Z
HEAVY SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVER CENTRAL IL BY 14Z AND OVER CENTRAL IND
BY 17Z. MEANWHILE...HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SRN OH THROUGH
14Z...OVER NRN/CENTRAL WV BETWEEN 13-15Z...AND OVER NRN VA AFTER
15Z. HRLY SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A 2-3 HR
PERIOD IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MIX
OF SNOW/SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER NERN KY...WHICH SHOULD DEVELOP
EWD INTO PORTIONS OF SRN WV/SWRN VA THROUGH THE MORNING.
AS AN UPPER JET MAX MOVES INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THIS
MORNING...A WELL DEVELOPED DEFORMATION ZONE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
EWD FROM IL/IND INTO OH AND WV. IR SAT IMAGERY SHOWS AN EXPANSIVE
AREA OF COLD CLOUD TOPS OVER OH AND NRN KY INDICATING THAT THIS
DEFORMATION ZONE CONTINUES TO MATURE. WITHIN THIS DEFORMATION
ZONE...MODERATE TO HVY SNOW WITH HRLY RATES OVER 1 INCH HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE...WITH HVY SNOW DEVELOPING INTO
SRN OH AND CENTRAL WV THROUGH 15Z...AND INTO NRN VA BETWEEN 15-17Z.
BASED ON RADAR IMAGERY...THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW SHOULD
FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF A WELL DEFINED VORT MAX AS IT MOVES FROM
SCENTRAL IL INTO ECENTRAL IND BY 17Z.
IN ADDITION TO THE HVY SNOW...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET WILL
REMAIN LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF NRN/ERN KY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS
WEAK SFC COLD ADVECTION OCCURS BENEATH STRONG ELEVATED WARM
ADVECTION. THIS THERMAL PROFILE WILL SPREAD EWD INTO PORTIONS OF SRN
WV...AND SWRN VA THROUGH 15Z.
..CROSBIE.. 03/21/2006
ATTN...WFO...AKQ...LWX...RNK...PBZ...RLX...JKL...ILN...LMK...IND...LOT...ILX...LSX...
39057793 39588122 40108357 40408616 40488851 39888959
39088942 38868848 39018628 38538458 37978377 37758277
37528120 37048072 37007960 37357821 38527716
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#148 Postby TexasStooge » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:42 am
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0555
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0140 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...SERN MT AND THE BLACK HILLS REGION
CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
VALID 190640Z - 191245Z
HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH HRLY RATES OF AT LEAST
1 IN/HR. STRONG WINDS WILL FURTHER MAINTAIN NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
RADAR TRENDS INDICATE AN INCREASING BAND OF SNOW ACROSS WRN SD AS OF
630Z...WHICH IS IN AGREEMENT WITH LATEST RUC/NAM/WRF MODELS
INDICATING INCREASING PRECIPITATION RATES THROUGH 12Z ACROSS FAR
SERN MT AND WRN SD. STRONG NWLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL KEEP HEAVIEST
PRECIP. RATES FOCUSED ACROSS THE NRN BLACK HILLS. WHILE WINDS WILL
BE STRONG...RELATIVELY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S WILL HELP
MITIGATE DRIFTING...ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ZERO AT
TIMES.
..JEWELL.. 04/19/2006
ATTN...WFO...BIS...UNR...BYZ...GGW...
44690489 45570542 46350565 46820527 46910440 46440356
46180344 45180310 44400308 43940346 43930422
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