STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR NORTHEASTERN WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
400 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2008
 
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF THE
NORTHEASTERN STATES...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION AND NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.

AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF MAINE.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 1004 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER
LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. HEAVY SNOW WAS BEING REPORTED
TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE LOW FROM WESTERN INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
EASTERN NEW YORK. 

THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...CAUSING AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL RATES AND EXTENT OF THE
SNOW OVER THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. THIS FAST MOVING SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE PUSHING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING SUNDAY...FINALLY
MOVING INTO CANADA LATE MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS
OF A FOOT ARE LIKELY THROUGH INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE NEW ENGLAND
STATES.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

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