STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR NORTHEASTERN WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
1000 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2008
 
...COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN INTO AN INTENSE STORM ALONG
THE NEW ENGLAND COAST PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PARTS OF
MAINE...

WHILE ONE STORM SYSTEM CROSSES THE GREAT LAKES AFTER BRINGING
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
MIDWEST...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING ALONG
THE MIDATLANTIC COAST.  FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...SNOW AND RAIN ARE
FALLING FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA NORTHWARD INTO NEW YORK AND NEW
ENGLAND.  THE LARGEST IMPACT FROM THE STORM LOOKS TO BE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND AND VERY
HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS MAINE...WITH RAPIDLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM ACROSS ALL OF
THE NORTHEAST.
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF MAINE AND
ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDWEST MOSTLY FOR BLOWING
SNOW.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDWEST AND NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
DEVELOPING ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST.  FREEZING RAIN HAS
BEEN REPORTED FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL NORTHEASTWARD INTO NEW
JERSEY WHILE SNOW HAS CHANGED TO RAIN ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND
LONG ISLAND.  TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RISING RAPIDLY ALONG THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN COAST OF NEW ENGLAND FROM CONNECTICUT TO EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS WHILE COLD AIR REMAINS WEDGED IN ACROSS MUCH OF THE
INTERIOR OF NEW ENGLAND.  SNOW HAS BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY
FROM EASTERN NEW YORK INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WHILE MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING FROM NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW YORK
INTO EXTREME WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.  

THIS COMPLEX EAST COAST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONSOLIDATE AND
DEEPEN RAPIDLY ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST DURING SUNDAY...CAUSING
AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL RATES ESPECIALLY ACROSS INTERIOR NEW
ENGLAND. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BECOME QUITE INTENSE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. INCREASING WINDS AND COLDER AIR WILL MOVE
INTO MUCH OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. 
SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF
MAINE.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

KOCIN