STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2005

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
FOR NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA THRU PARTS OF VIRGINIA...WEST
VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW 
YORK...CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...VERMONT...NEW
HAMPSHIRE...AND MAINE.  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA...AND PENNSYLVANIA.  WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED IN MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE
ISLAND AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT.

AS OF 10 AM EST...THE CENTER OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 43.3
NORTH LATITUDE 68.0 WEST LONGITUDE...OR ABOUT 113 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF AUGUSTA MAINE.  THE CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THIS STORM WAS 977
MILLIBARS OR 28.85 INCHES OF MERCURY.

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

MASSACHUSETTS...
PLYMOUTH..............12.5
EAST RAYNHAM..........12.0
KINGSTON..............12.0
BARNSTABLE............11.0
TAUNTON...............11.0
SANDWICH..............10.6
BEVERLY...............10.5
BOSTON.................8.5

PENNSYLVANIA...
HELLERTOWN............11.9
ALLENTOWN.............10.1
LAUREL SUMMIT.........10.1
SAYLORSBURG...........10.0
ASHLAND................9.0
BLUE BELL..............8.4
PHOENIXVILLE...........8.1
NEW CUMBERLAND.........8.0

NEW YORK...
CANASTOTA.............10.5
MEDINA.................9.5
WALDEN.................9.5
MONROE.................9.0
GAINES.................8.0
HOLLEY.................8.0
BINGHAMTON.............7.7
NYC/CENTRAL PARK ZOO...7.5

NEW HAMPSHIRE...
SEABROOK..............10.0
FRANCESTOWN............6.0
NEW MARLBOROUGH........5.5
PETERBOROUGH...........5.0
HUDSON.................4.0

NEW JERSEY...
NEWARK.................9.4
WEST MILFORD...........9.0
SPARTA.................8.9
CHESTER................8.0
WANTAGE................8.0
WRIGHTSTOWN............8.0
MAPLE SHADE............7.5
BUTLER.................7.5

RHODE ISLAND...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN........9.0
LITTLE COMPTON.........8.8
CRANSTON...............7.0
PROVIDENCE.............6.7

MAINE...
AUBURN.................8.8
LEWISTON...............8.0
LISBON FALLS...........8.0
SOUTH WINDHAM..........7.5
AUGUSTA................7.0

CONNECTICUT...
NEW FAIRFIELD..........8.0
DANBURY................6.5
WINDSOR LOCKS..........5.9
SHELTON................5.1
NORTH HAVEN............4.5

VERMONT...
SOUTH WOODSTOCK........6.0
SPRINGFIELD............3.5
RIPTON.................2.0
SOUTH BURLINGTON.......1.5

VIRGINIA...
BENT MOUNTAIN.........11.4
CHURCHVILLE...........11.0
WINTERGREEN...........11.0
ELKTON.................9.3
ROANOKE................9.0
STAUNTON...............8.0
WAYNESBORO.............7.8
BLACKSBURG.............7.0

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...
OAKLAND................6.0
COLUMBIA...............5.7
BALTIMORE..............5.0
CUMBERLAND.............5.0
JACKSONVILLE...........5.0
OWINGS MILLS...........4.5
BROOKEVILLE............4.5
ANNAPOLIS..............4.3

DELAWARE...
WILMINGTON AIRPORT.....5.6

RADAR IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWS THAT THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WAS CURRENTLY FALLING IN PORTIONS OF NEW YORK STATE EASTWARD
THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  LIGHTER SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  LIGHT SNOW ALSO CONTINUED
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.  

HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL FALL THOUGHOUT THE DAY IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
NEW YORK...AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM
CURRENTLY OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF
6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH PRIMARILY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE APPALACHIANS
IN NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA...AND WEST VIRGINIA.

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

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