STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR NORTHEASTERN WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
400 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008
 
...WINTER STORM AGAIN IMPACTING THE NORTHEASTERN US...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF MAINE.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN US.

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

AT 400 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
SITUATED ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST.  A 994 MB LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS LOCATED OFF THE NEW JERSEY SHORE...WHILE ANOTHER 993 MB
LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.  LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK
STATE...WHILE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED TO AFFECT MUCH OF
THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM EST SUN DEC
21 THROUGH 400 PM EST SUN DEC 21...

...MAINE...
FRYEBURG                              6.0
BERWICK                               6.0

...MASSACHUSETTS...
SHIRLEY                               8.9
WOBURN                                7.5
LOWELL                                6.3                   
WEST PEABODY                          6.3
GROTON                                6.0
MENDON                                6.0
METHEUN                               6.0
FOXBORO                               5.0
BOSTON                                2.0

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
BENTON                                9.5
SURRY                                 8.7
MADISON                               7.0
RANDOLF                               7.0
BELMONT                               6.0
GILFORD                               6.0
MERRIMACK                             4.5

...NEW YORK...
LAKE PLEASANT                        10.0
SPECULATOR                            9.0
STRATFORD                             9.0
BROADALBIN                            8.5
FISH HOUSE                            8.5
HARRISVILLE                           8.0
HIGHMARKET                            8.0
FORT EDWARD                           8.0
KINGSBURY                             8.0
OHIO                                  8.0
SCHOHARIE                             7.8
WILTON                                7.5
WEST MONROE                           7.0
PHOENIX 2.9 SE                        6.9
OSWEGO                                6.0

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR FROM EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...MASSACHUSETTS...
LYNN                                   53
NANTUCKET                              46

                                        
THIS COMPLEX EAST COAST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
CONSOLIDATE AND CONTINUE TO DEEPEN RAPIDLY ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND
COAST DURING SUNDAY...CAUSING AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL RATES ACROSS
INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE IN ITS INTENSITY
THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON...AND STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO 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 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

KOST