STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR NORTHEASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EDT MON DECEMBER 31 2008

...WINTER STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOWS AND STRONG WINDS FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS...ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE NORTHEAST...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...ACROSS WESTERN AND UPSTATE
NEW YORK...NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...NORTHWARD THROUGH ALL OF THE
MID-ATLANTIC AND INTO THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.

FOR DETAILS OF THE CURRENT WEATHER HAZARDS AND LOCAL WEATHER
INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 1000 AM EST...A 992 MB LOW IS LOCATED JUST OFF THE NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY COAST...APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS LOW
ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THIS LOW HAS PRODUCED A NARROW BAND
OF HEAVY SNOWS FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS..EASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE GREAT LAKES. THIS LOW IS
FORECAST TO DEEPEN RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE
RAPIDLY EASTWARD OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST.  AT 1000 AM
EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK....WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. THIS
AREA OF SNOW IS PUSHING RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW AND BEHIND THE ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT...STRONG WINDS ARE BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES...OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH ARE
OCCURRING THIS MORNING ACROSS THESE AREAS.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES ENDING AT 10 AM EST WED
DEC 31...

...MICHIGAN...
TRAVERSE CITY               6.5
CAPAC                       5.5
ST. CLAIR                   5.1
WASHINGTON                  5.0

...NEW YORK...
ALDEN                      10.0
COLDEN                     10.0
GREECE                      9.0
ELMA                        8.5
NIAGARA FALLS               8.5
LIVONIA                     8.5
MONTEZUMA                   8.0
WARSAW                      8.0
WEST SENECA                 8.0
AUBURN                      7.1
TONAWANDA                   7.1
NORTH TONAWANDA             7.0
HONEOYE                     7.0
WEST VALLEY                 6.0
MEDINA                      4.0

...MASSACHUSETTS...
SHELBURNE                   2.0
WEST CHESTERFIELD           2.0

...RECENT SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR...

...VIRGINIA...
BRIDGEWATER                  60
HARRISONBURG                 59
DUBLIN                       58
AFTON                        55
STAUNTON                     51
WINCHESTER                   48
WINTERGREEN                  47

...MARYLAND...
CUMBERLAND                   51
FROSTBURG                    51

...WEST VIRGINIA...
PETERSBURG                   55
KINGWOOD                     51

...PENNSYLVANIA...
FARMINGTON                   51
DUBOIS JEFFERSON AIRPORT     49

...NORTH CAROLINA...
JEFFERSON/ASHE CO. AIRPORT   60

...OHIO...
SPRINGFIELD                  52
DAYTON                       47

...KENTUCKY...
COVINGTON                    48


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST IS
EXPECTED TO DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES QUICKLY EASTWARD OFF THE
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.
HEAVY SNOWS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD LATE THIS
MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN NEW
YORK STATE...EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  

HIGH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW AND THE TRAILING COLD FRONT
WILL AFFECT A LARGE PORTION OF THE EAST COAST FROM CENTRAL TO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC AND
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON WEDNESDAY.  WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS.  

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.

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