STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN U.S WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST/EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK...VERMONT...CONNECTICUT...RHODE
ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE NEW YORK CITY AND
BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREAS.

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE...OHIO
VALLEY...GREAT LAKES REGION...MID WEST...MID
ATLANTIC...WESTERN/SOUTHERN NEW YORK.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
INDIANA...OHIO...KENTUCKY...WEST VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA...NORTH
CAROLINA... MARYLAND...DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK AND NEW
ENGLAND.

....SELECTED SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 8 PM EST....

WEST VIRGINIA
MOUNT STORM............6.0
KEYSER.................3.9

VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA.............4.0
ASHBURN................4.0
MCLEAN.................3.8

MARYLAND
ELKTON.................8.3
GALENA.................7.0
FROSTBURG..............7.0
STEVENSVILLE...........5.5
BALTIMORE..............5.0
ANNAPOLIS..............4.7
PORT TOBACCO...........3.0

PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA..........10.5
WYNNEWOOD.............10.0
RICHBORO...............9.0
HAVERTOWN..............9.0
KING OF PRUSSIA........8.8
LEVITTOWN..............8.8

DELAWARE
HOCKESSIN..............9.5
NEW CASTLE.............8.5
WOODSIDE...............7.0
DOVER..................6.8
WOODLAND BEACH.........6.0

NEW JERSEY
LUMBERTON.............11.0
VINELAND..............10.0
MONROEVILLE............9.0
CLARKSBURG.............9.0
QUINTON................8.7
MOUNT HOLLY............8.5
KINGSTON...............8.7

NEW YORK
PERRYSBURG............12.0
ELLICOTTVILLE.........11.0
ARKWRIGHT.............10.0
JAMESTOWN.............10.0
GENEVA.................9.2
UPTON..................9.0
SINCLAIRVILLE..........8.0
HUNTINGTON.............8.0
WEST ISLIP.............7.5
FULTON.................7.0
WEST POINT ............7.0
NYC/CENTRAL PARK.......6.7
NYC/LA GUARDIA.........6.5
PALMYRA................6.0
WARSAW.................6.0

CONNECTICUT
TORRINGTON.............4.5
BERLIN.................4.0
SHARON.................4.0
PLAINFIELD.............3.0
MANCHESTER.............2.5

MASSACHUSETTS
REVERE.................9.0
GOSHEN.................7.0
ASHFIELD...............6.0
SHELBURNE..............6.0
ALFORD.................5.0
LANESBOROUGH...........2.0

RHODE ISLAND
HOPKINTON..............3.0
PROVIDENCE.............2.5
BARRINGTON.............2.0

NEW HAMPSHIRE
BENNINGTON.............3.0
GOFFSTOWN..............3.0
HUDSON.................3.0
NASHAU.................2.0

AT 9 PM EST THE SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED NEAR 39.5 NORTH LATITUDE
AND 73.3 WEST LONGITUDE OR APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW
YORK CITY.  THE MINIMUM PRESSURE WAS 995 MB OR 29.38 INCHES. THIS
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST. THIS AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE WRAPAROUND
MOISTURE BRINGING MORE PRECIPITATION TO THE NORTHERN MIDATLANTIC
STATES AND NEW ENGLAND INTO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WITH THIS LOW TIGHTENS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. 


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 AM EST SUNDAY JANUARY 23 2005.

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

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