MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0061
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0633 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NEB PANHANDLE...NWRN NEB...FAR NERN CO
   
   CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW 
   
   VALID 290033Z - 290430Z
   
   SUMMARY...A BAND OF MDT TO OCCASIONALLY HVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
   DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING...PRIMARILY AFFECTING THE NEB PANHANDLE
   AND NWRN NEB. SNOWFALL RATES GREATER THAN 1 INCH/HR ARE EXPECTED
   WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED RATES AROUND 2 INCH/HR.
   
   DISCUSSION...RECENT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A SNOW BAND DEVELOPING
   ACROSS FAR NERN CO AND THE NEB PANHANDLE. THIS BAND IS LOCATED TO
   THE N OF A SURFACE LOW CENTERED ON THE CNTRL CO/KS BORDER.
   MESOANALYSIS AND 23Z RAP REVEAL STRONG FRONTOGENESIS BETWEEN 800-700
   MB JUST SOUTH OF THIS SNOW BAND. THIS AREA OF FRONTOGENESIS IS
   COUPLED WITH THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET AND IS
   EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AS A RESULT...A SNOW
   BAND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH/HR SNOWFALL RATES IS EXPECTED
   ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA. THE SNOW BAND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
   NEWD...REACHING N-CNTRL NEB/S-CNTRL SD AROUND 04Z.
   
   ..MOSIER/GRAMS.. 01/29/2013
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LBF...BOU...CYS...
   
   LAT...LON   41630334 42310266 42940122 42760048 42130050 41430111
               40590304 41630334