STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM EST MON FEB 28 2005

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MID
ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
APPALACHIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA THRU MOST OF VIRGINIA...WEST
VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA... MARYLAND... PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY...CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW 
YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...VERMONT...NEW
HAMPSHIRE...AND MAINE.  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...NEW
JERSEY...PENNSYLVANIA...RHODE ISLAND...AND MASSACHUSETTS. 

AS OF 10 PM EST...THE CENTER OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 39.7
NORTH LATITUDE 70.5 WEST LONGITUDE...OR ABOUT 100 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MONTAUK POINT NEW YORK.  THE CENTRAL PRESSURE
OF THIS STORM WAS 980 MILLIBARS OR 28.94 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTALS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IN INCHES...

VIRGINIA...
BENT MOUNTAIN.........11.4
CAVE SPRING............9.5
ELKTON.................9.3
ROANOKE................9.0
PILOT..................8.7
STAUNTON...............8.0
WAYNESBORO.............7.8
BLACKSBURG.............7.0
LYNCHBURG..............6.0
NORTH RESTON...........5.5
HADENSVILLE............5.5
LOUISA.................4.5
FARMVILLE..............4.5

NORTH CAROLINA...
BOONE..................9.0
SPARTA.................8.2
STURGILLS..............7.0
FRANCISCO..............4.5
ASHEVILLE..............4.0

WEST VIRGINIA...
GHENT..................8.0
KEYSER.................8.0
HILLSBORO..............7.0
LINDSIDE...............5.0
ROMNEY.................4.0

SOUTH CAROLINA...
LINVILLE...............7.0

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON.............2.5

MARYLAND...
COLUMBIA...............5.2
BALTIMORE..............5.0
CUMBERLAND.............5.0
JACKSONVILLE...........5.0
OWINGS MILLS...........4.5
BROOKEVILLE............4.5
ODENTON................4.0

DELAWARE...
WILMINGTON AIRPORT.....4.0

NEW JERSEY...
TABERNACLE.............6.0
MEDFORD................5.8
MAPLE SHADE............5.0
CLARKSBURG.............4.0
GLASSBORO..............3.0

PENNSYLVANIA...
PHOENIXVILLE...........6.1
SOMERSET...............5.0
UPPER POTTSGROVE.......5.0
WYNNEWOOD..............5.0
LANCASTER..............4.5
CLIFTON HEIGHTS........4.4
BECHTELSVILLE..........3.5
PHILADELPHIA...........3.0
HARRISBURG.............3.0

NEW YORK...
BLOOMING GROVE.........4.9
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS.......3.0
MIDDLETOWN.............2.5
NYC/CENTRAL PARK.......2.0

CONNECTICUT...
VOLUNTOWN..............3.0
NEW FAIRFIELD..........2.8

RADAR IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THE HEAVIEST SNOW
ACROSS NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  LIGHTER SNOW CONTINUED ACROSS
THE REST OF PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA.  SOME COASTAL LOCATIONS
OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE DELMARVA WERE WARM ENOUGH THAT THE
PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS RAIN.  

THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH...GENERALLY IN THE MID ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 
SOME HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAYTIME TUESDAY FOR
PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND.  TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH HEAVIER
AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THE NEXT SUMMARY FOR THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 AM EST
BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER.  REFER TO STATEMENTS
FROM YOUR LOCAL NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR
THE LATEST ADVISORIES.

LADER