STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 AM EST WED MAR 9 2005

...WINTER STORM QUICKLY MOVING AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MAINE.

WIND ADVISORIES WERE IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN NEW YORK TO SOUTHERN
VERMONT...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT AND
RHODE ISLAND.

AT 10 AM EST...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWS WERE FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF
MAINE. HEAVY SNOWS WERE LIMITED TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MAINE.
STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WERE
CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY
DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

SNOW TOTALS WITH THIS STORM RANGED FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO TWO
FEET.

AT 9 AM EST...THE MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OF THIS SYSTEM WAS
964 MILLIBARS OR 28.47 INCHES OF MERCURY.  THE SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE WAS CENTERED AT 47.8 NORTH LATITUDE AND 67.0 WEST
LONGITUDE OR 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARIBOU MAINE.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH
TODAY WITH SNOWS ENDING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AND WINDS WEAKENING
THROUGH THE DAY.


....SELECTED SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 9 AM EST....


NEW YORK...
AVERILL PARK..........18.0
STEPHENTOWN...........10.0
BRUNSWICK..............9.5
GANSEVOORT.............9.0
ALBANY.................6.2

MAINE...
MADAWASKA.............25.0
FORT KENT.............24.0
WELLINGTON............18.5
HARTFORD..............17.0
EUSTIS................13.6
BUXTON................13.0
PRESQUE ISLE..........13.0
AUBURN................12.0
CARIBOU...............11.7

MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHFIELD.............8.0
WILBRAHAM..............8.0
BECKET.................8.0
GOSHEN.................8.0
GARDNER................8.0
RUTLAND................7.5
SAVOY..................7.0
COLRAIN................7.0
WINCHESTER.............7.0
WORCESTER..............4.7

VERMONT...
CAMBRIDGE.............11.5
SUTTON................10.0
MONTGOMERY............10.0

NEW HAMPSHIRE...
WHITEFIELD............12.0
RANDOLF...............11.0
SUNAPEE...............11.0
TWIN MOUNTAIN.........10.5
FRANCONIA NOTCH.......10.0
LOST RIVER............10.0
COLEBROOK.............10.0
PORTSMOUTH.............9.0

CONNECTICUT...
WINDSOR LOCKS..........7.1
NORTH BRANFORD.........6.0
EAST HARTFORD..........6.0
NEW FAIRFIELD..........5.0
BURLINGTON.............5.0
NEW PRESTON............5.0


THE NEXT STATEMENT FROM THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
ON THIS STORM WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO
STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES.

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