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Automated Model Discussion:
December 31, 2008
  Area Covered By Snow:37.0%
  Area Covered Last Month:26.8%
Snow Depth
  Average:4.6 in
  Minimum:0.0 in
  Maximum:752.7 in
  Std. Dev.:9.4 in
Snow Water Equivalent
  Average:0.9 in
  Minimum:0.0 in
  Maximum:344.7 in
  Std. Dev.:1.9 in
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Weather Summary

A surface low which passed across the Upper Midwest on Tuesday and brought more than a foot of snowfall in a narrow band from central North Dakota through west-central Wisconsin. Around 1/2 foot of snowfall occurred in the northern Cascades with onshore flow and an approaching occluded front. Little rainfall occurred in the coterminous U.S. yesterday.

Warm snowpack temperatures and slow to moderate snowmelt were present at lower elevations along the West Coast and Southwest. The Northeast was still warm with slow snowmelt. The rest of the coterminous U.S. and southwestern Canadian snowpack was mainly cool and stable.

One to 2 feet of snowfall is possible in the northern West through tomorrow as midlevel disturbances pass through today and tomorrow. The southern end of the second system will bring 1 to 1 1/2 feet of snowfall to the interior West and central Rockies on Friday.

The surface low which brought heavy snowfall to the Upper Midwest yesterday will bring around 1/2 foot of snowfall to the Northeast today, mainly in and around Massachusetts.

Snow Reports

Top Ten:Metric Units...
Station IDNameElevation
(feet)
Snowfall
(in)
Duration
(hours)
Report Date / Time(UTC)
LAMO3LAUREL MOUNTAIN358331.000242008-12-30 16
GSNN81MI.NNW GARRISON,ND191313.000242008-12-30 14
6361C_MADISSANDERS COUNTY, MT230612.300242008-12-30 14
UNDN8UNDERWOOD,ND202112.200242008-12-30 14
SUAW3SUAMICO6863.00062008-12-30 23
7519O_MADISREARDAN 0.3 W, WA252011.500242008-12-30 15
RHSM5ROTHSAY,MN126011.500242008-12-30 19
DVPW1DAVENPORT238811.000242008-12-30 18
7460O_MADISSPOKANE 1.3 SSW, WA190610.500242008-12-30 15
LISN8LISBON,ND108910.300242008-12-30 19

Note: these data are unofficial and provisional.
Zip codes (where available) of observations will be included in text files after October 7, 2008.

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