STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR NORTHEASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008

...SNOW WINDING DOWN ACROSS MOST OF NEW ENGLAND...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW YORK STATE AND CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 

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

AT 400 PM EST...A 982 MB... 29.00 IN... LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 120 MILES EAST OF CAPE COD MASSACHUSETTS AND
RACING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 40 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDED TO
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS LOW HAS MOVED INTO THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC OCEAN AND BACK INTO NORTHERN FLORIDA. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED AN AREA OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS AREA OF SNOW WAS PUSHING RAPIDLY
EASTWARD INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH
WERE OBSERVED FROM NEW YORK STATE SOUTHWARD TO SOUTH CAROLINA
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 PM EST TUE DEC
30 THROUGH 400 PM EST MON DEC 31...

...CONNECTICUT... 
EAST GRANBY                           5.0
PUTNAM                                5.0
EAST FARMINGTON                       3.8                         
      
POMFRET CENTER                        3.8
STAFFORDVILLE                         3.0

...MASSACHUSETTS...
SAVOY                                 8.3
HANSON                                6.5
TAUNTON                               6.3
LANESBOROUGH                          6.0
WEST SPRINGFIELD                      5.0
ALFORD                                4.5
NORTH ADAMS                           4.0
WEST OTIS                             4.0
WILLIAMSTOWN                          4.0

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

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
SURRY                                 7.6
KEENE                                 7.3
WESTMORELAND                          6.0
LONDONDERRY                           6.0
WILTON                                5.0
NASHUA                                3.0

...NEW YORK...
CAZENOVIA                            10.5
ALDEN                                10.0
COLDEN                               10.0
SAINT JOHNSVILLE                     10.0
PENN YAN                             10.0
PENFIELD                             10.0
BUFFALO                               9.4
FONDA                                 9.0
GREECE                                9.0
ELMA                                  8.5
NIAGARA FALLS                         8.5
LIVONIA                               8.5
MONTEZUMA                             8.0
WARSAW                                8.0
WEST SENECA                           8.0
KNOX                                  8.0
AUBURN                                7.1
ALBANY                                7.0
ROCHESTER                             6.0

...RHODE ISLAND...
CUMBERLAND                            8.0
BURRILLVILLE                          7.5
EAST PROVIDENCE                       7.0
NORTH SMITHFIELD                      7.0

...VERMONT...
BRATTLEBORO                           5.0
LANDGROVE                             3.8


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

...MASSACHUSETTS...
NANTUCKET                              50

...NEW JERSEY...
HIGH POINT                             55
MILLVILLE                              54

...PENNSYLVANIA...
MIDDLETOWN                             52
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT         51

...DELAWARE...
WILMINGTON                             53
DOVER                                  50

...MARYLAND...
SALISBURY                              54

...VIRGINIA...
ROANOKE                                50
LEESBURG                               56
WASHINGTON REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT     53
FORT BELVOIR                           52


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT
MOVES QUICKLY EASTWARD THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS
ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL EXPIRE LATER THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT AND MAINLY LIMITED TO
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE
OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE GREAT LAKES... BUT
WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.  

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO