Malcolm, Nebraska

... Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 6 am CST Saturday...

A Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 6 am CST Saturday.

* Timing... snow has generally ended ovr western Iowa and far
eastern Nebraska for this afternoon. Snow will continue
generally west of a line from Schuyler to Nebraska City. Snow
will once again over spread the area this evening with light
snow continuing overnight.

* Snow accumulations... new snowfall today west of the line from
Schuyler to Nebraska City will generally be 1 to 3 inches.
Snowfall tonight will be additional 1 to 2 inches across the
entire area.

* Winds... northwest winds should average 20 to 30 mph... with gusts
of 40 mph will continue over southeast Nebraska. The wind has
decreased across western Iowa into east central Nebraska to 10
to 20 mph.

* Impacts... this winter storm will have a crippling effect on
travel and activities into Saturday morning. Along with
significant snowfall... strong winds will produce blowing and
drifting snow... leading to blizzard conditions... especially in
open areas. Some roads have drifted shut.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are
expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds
and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout
conditions... making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If
you must travel... have a winter survival kit with you. If you get
stranded... stay with your vehicle.

12/25/2009 0800 am

Raymond, Lancaster County.

Snow m4.2 inch, reported by co-op observer.





12/25/2009 0600 am

Lincoln, Lancaster County.

Heavy snow m7.7 inch, reported by official NWS obs.


            Storm total through 6am




12/24/2009 0800 am

Raymond, Lancaster County.

Snow m1.1 inch, reported by co-op observer.

1238 PM CST Fri Dec 2009

Below are multi-day precipitation totals from
Dec 24 to 6am on Dec 25.

                                         Pcpn. Snow
-ID- -County- -location- (in.) (In.)

       -Eastern Nebraska (asos/awos)-

Lnk Lancaster Lincoln Arpt ASOS 1.04 7.7
ofk Madison Norfolk ASOS 0.66 8.8
Oma Douglas Omaha eppley ASOS 1.07 7.0
oax Douglas valley NWS 1.34 8.6

       -eastern Nebraska (coop)-

Aubn1 Nemaha Auburn 5 ESE 1.01 7.0
brcn1 gage Beatrice 1n 0.25 3.0
dvdn1 Butler David City 0.90 7.0
fabn1 Jefferson Fairbury 0.88 3.0
fcln1 Washington Fort Calhoun 1.55 8.1
fmtn1 Dodge Fremont 1.26 8.0
fndn1 Saline friend 3 E 0.69 4.3
gran1 Sarpy Gretna 4 NE 1.38 10.2
okdn1 Antelope Oakdale 0.47 6.2
pawn1 Pawnee Pawnee City 0.89 8.2
rymn1 Lancaster Raymond 2 NE 0.78 5.3
spnn1 Sarpy Springfield 7 E 1.02 6.5
ston1 Stanton Stanton 7 NE 0.64 7.5
tekn1 Burt Tekamah 0.63 4.2
vdln1 Knox Verdel 6 SSW 0.63 9.0
wynn1 Wayne Wayne 0.58 7.0
wesn1 Saunders Weston 3 NW 0.62 4.5
wptn1 Cuming West Point 0.63 5.4
bntn1 Douglas Bennington 3wsw 1.58 9.8
blon1 Knox Bloomfield 0.67 7.7
nlhn1 Antelope Neligh mm 9.5
ppln1 Sarpy Papillion 1.15 9.1
rndn1 Pierce Randolph 6 SSW 0.75 7.8
schn1 Colfax Schuyler 0.33 2.0
sbtn1 Richardson Shubert 0.77 6.0
utcn1 Seward Utica 0.72 3.2

       -southwest Iowa (coop)-

Cldi4 Page Clarinda 1.31 5.0
glni4 Mills Glenwood 1.09 6.5
hrli4 Shelby Harlan 1 N 1.34 7.0
lsxi4 Harrison Little Sioux 2 NW 1.34 11.0
logi4 Harrison Logan 1.37 9.5
oaki4 Pottawattamie Oakland 1.31 9.5
onai4 Monona Onawa 3 NW 0.05 1.5
roki4 Montgomery Red Oak 1.40 8.5
sdhi4 Page Shenandoah 1.81 12.0
hsii4 Mills Hastings 2.42 8.3