STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
3 AM CST SAT JAN 22 2005

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN TIER OF
THE US INCLUDING THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...GREAT LAKES...MID
WEST...MID ATLANTIC...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...OHIO VALLEY...GREAT LAKES REGION...MID
WEST...MID ATLANTIC...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND.  BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT OVER
EASTERN NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA..WESTERN MINNISOTA...AND NORTHERN
IOWA....MOST OF THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND EASTERN
LONG ISLAND. HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS AND BLIZZARD WATCHES HAVE BEEN
POSTED FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS. 

WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY
IN EFFECT ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA..SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN VIGINIA...WESTERN TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA....THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...SOUTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...UPSTATE NEW YORK AND CENTRAL NEW
ENGLAND.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
DAKOTAS...IOWA... AND MINNESOTA...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH HAVE
BEEN RECORDED. WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA...EASTERN KANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF
IOWA...ILLINOIS...AND MISSOURI.

....SELECTED SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 1 AM CST....

MINNESOTA...
ROCHESTER..............8.5
GRAND MARAIS...........8.0
STILLWATER.............8.0
WACONIA................7.0
TWO HARBORS............7.0
AFTON..................7.0
GOLDEN VALLEY..........7.0
ST. CLOUD STATE........7.0
DULUTH.................6.2
BRULE..................6.0
BUFFALO................6.0
MURDOCK ...............5.5

WISCONSIN...
EAU CLAIRE.............8.0
TEMPEALEAU.............8.0
LA CROSSE..............6.2
FREDERIC...............3.0
JIM FALLS..............3.0

IOWA...
DECORAH................6.0
LANSING................5.5
CHARLES CITY...........4.5

ILLINOIS...
CARPENTERSVILLE........7.5
WRIGLEYVILLE...........7.0
SCHAUMBURG.............6.0
OHARE AIRPORT..........4.8


AT 3 AM CST AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED NEAR 41.2 NORTH
LATITUDE AND 88.6 WEST LONGITUDE OR APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CHICAGO. THE MINIMUM PRESSURE FOR THE SURFACE LOW IS
1005 MB OR 29.68 INCHES. THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO
MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT AND WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE
INDIANA/ILLINOIS BORDER BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL PUSH
EASTWARD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES DURING SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY
EVENING...A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF
OF THE DELMARVA COAST.  THIS LOW IS THEN FORECAST TO DEEPEN
RAPIDLY SATURDAY NIGHT AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD.

DURING SATURDAY HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO
PENNSYLVANIA...MARYLAND..NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN
VIGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. 
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6-10 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS.


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 AM CST SATURDAY JANUARY 22 2005.


REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES.

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