STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2004

...SOUTHERN WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO SPREAD WINTERY PRECIPITATION
ALONG THE GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...AFTER LEAVING
RECORD SNOWS IN ITS WAKE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS.  

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI...GEORIGIA
...SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHERN MARYLAND..DELAWARE..AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY FOR SNOW OR A
WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

AT 10 PM EST THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS RATHER
UNUSUAL WINTER STORM FOR THE SOUTH WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO NEAR 26.8N/85.7W...WHICH IS 175 NAUTICAL MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA.  THE STORM IS CURRENTLY TRACKING TO
THE EAST NORTHEAST WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE AROUND 29.47 INCHES OR
998 MILLIBARS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 9 PM EST...

TEXAS...

BRAZORIA.................13.0
GANADO...................12.0
VICTORIA.................11.0
BAY CITY.................9.0
SAN DIEGO................8.0
PORT LAVACA..............8.0
PIERCE...................7.0
YORKTOWN.................6.0
ANGELTON.................6.0
KARNES CITY..............5.0
CORPUS CHRISTI...........4.4
WHARTON..................4.0
PORT ISABEL..............3.0
LA JOLLA.................3.0
GALVESTON................3.0
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.......2.5
PORT O'CONNOR............2.0
BROWNSVILLE..............1.5

LOUISIANA...

BURWICK..................1.0
CAMERON..................0.8

THE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACRS CENTRAL FLORIDA
OVERNIGHT AND MERGE WITH A DEVELOPING LOW OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST
ON SUNDAY WHILE CONTINUING TO DEEPEN AS MOVES NORTHEASTWARD JUST
OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  THIS STORM TRACK
IN COMBINATION WITH VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE FROM NEW ENGLAND
SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
WIDESPREAD WINTERY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN
MID ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.  PLEASE CONSULT
STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING.


SULLIVAN