THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 06 FOR UPPER MIDWEST TO NEW ENGLAND WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM EST THU MAR 01 2012
 
...A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS ONGOING ACROSS MICHIGAN AND INTO MUCH
OF NEW ENGLAND...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN NEW
YORK UP TOWARD SOUTHERN MAINE. BOUNDING THIS REGION ARE NUMEROUS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 AM EST...A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 997 MB...29.44 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN
SIDE OF THE LOWER MICHIGAN PENINSULA...OR ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ALPENA...MICHIGAN. THIS SURFACE LOW WAS TRACKING TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR. ATTACHED TO
THIS CYCLONE WAS AN OCCLUDED SYSTEM WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN OHIO RIVER VALLEY DOWN THROUGH THE
TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY AND INTO THE ARKLATEX. MEANWHILE...A WARM
FRONT EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM THE TRIPLE POINT CROSSING THROUGH THE
CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC STATES. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS
STORM WAS OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT WITH A MIXTURE OF
RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. FURTHER TO THE EAST...LIGHT TO MODERATE
WAS BEING REPORTED FROM MASSACHUSETTS NORTHWARD TO SOUTHERN MAINE.
WHILE MUCH OF THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES...LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF MICHIGAN
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EST MON FEB
28 THROUGH 400 AM EST WED MAR 01...

...CONNECTICUT...
WINSTED                               5.5                     
ASHFORD                               5.3                     
STAFFORDVILLE                         5.3                     
KILLINGLY                             5.0                     
NEW HARTFORD                          5.0                     
POMFRET CENTER                        5.0                     
TOLLAND                               5.0                     
NORTH GRANBY                          4.8                     
EAST HARTFORD                         1.0                     

...MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHWICK                             5.8                     
PITTSFIELD                            5.0                     
WESTHAMPTON                           5.0                     
CHESTERFIELD                          4.8                     
DUDLEY                                4.8                     
FEEDING HILLS                         4.8                     
LANESBOROUGH                          4.5                     
ALFORD                                4.0                     
SAVOY                                 4.0                     
TAUNTON                               3.2 NWS OFFICE          

...MICHIGAN...
IRON MOUNTAIN 6 N                    16.0                     
NORWAY 2 SSE                         15.5                     
DAGGETT                              15.0                     
MARENISCO 8 SSE                      14.5                     
BESSEMER 1 ENE                       13.5                     
CARNEY                               12.5                     
BARK RIVER 1 W                       12.0                     
ESCANABA                             12.0                     
GLADSTONE 4 NW                       10.0                     
THOUSAND ISLAND LA 1 SW              10.0                     
ISHPEMING 7 NNE                       9.3                     
IRON RIVER 5 WSW                      9.0                     

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
PETERBOROUGH                          5.5                     
DERRY 3 ENE                           5.0                     
NEW BOSTON                            5.0                     
WILTON                                4.5                     
MERRIMACK                             4.0                     
NELSON                                4.0                     
HENNIKER                              3.0                     
CONCORD ASOS                          2.1                     

...NEW YORK...
LOCH SHELDRAKE                        6.0                     
MEDUSA                                6.0                     
POTTER HOLLOW                         6.0                     
SOUTH BERNE                           6.0                     
PRINCETOWN                            5.5                     
WELLS                                 5.5                     
GUILDERLAND CENTER                    5.2                     
VOORHEESVILLE 2 NNE                   5.2                     
WEST SHOKAN                           5.2                     
COBLESKILL                            5.0                     
GALLUPVILLE                           5.0                     
MIDDLEBURGH                           5.0                     
PHOENICIA                             5.0                     
SAUGERTIES                            5.0                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
MILANVILLE                            3.0                     
PLEASANT MOUNT                        3.0                     

...RHODE ISLAND...
NORTH FOSTER                          5.6                     
WEST GLOCESTER                        5.4                     
BURRILLVILLE                          5.0                     
SCITUATE                              5.0                     
WEST WARWICK                          4.0                     
PROVIDENCE                            3.7                     

...VERMONT...
LANDGROVE                             5.2                     
WOODFORD                              5.2                     
DORSET                                3.0                     
ROCKINGHAM                            3.0                     

...WISCONSIN...
MINOCQUA                             18.0                     
CRANDON 0.3 N                        17.0                     
BRUCE 13 NNE                         15.9                     
WEBB LAKE 2.2 SW                     15.0                     
CAMERON 2.4 SE                       14.0                     
TRIPOLI                              14.0                     
RICE LAKE 2 S                        13.5                     
MEDFORD 4 NW                         13.3                     
CUMBERLAND                           13.0                     
HAUGEN                               13.0                     
ISLAND LAKE 4 S                      12.5                     
LONG LAKE                            12.5                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
800 AM EST MON FEB 28 THROUGH 400 AM EST WED MAR 01...

...MICHIGAN...
IONIA                                 0.10                     
WHITE LAKE                            0.10                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
PLEASANT MOUNT                        0.10                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EST MON FEB 28
THROUGH 400 AM EST WED MAR 01...

...MICHIGAN...
FLINT                                 0.20                     
FOSTORIA 3 SE                         0.20                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...MINNESOTA...
HINCKLEY 18 E                        20.0                     
ALEXANDRIA                           12.0                     
BOWLUS                               11.5                     
MILLERVILLE                          11.5                     
CAMBRIDGE                            10.5                     
MORA                                 10.5                     
NORTH BRANCH                         10.5                     
HERMANTOWN 9.3 NNE                   10.0                     
KIMBALL                              10.0                     
PRINCETON 3.2 WSW                    10.0                     
ST CLOUD                              9.5                     
DULUTH 2 NE                           8.0                     
MINNEAPOLIS 5 NW                      3.1                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
DURBIN 5.4 WNW                        8.4                     
HAZELTON 4 NW                         7.2                     
LINTON 5 NW                           7.0                     
LIDGERWOOD                            6.0                     
ELLENDALE                             5.0                     

...NEBRASKA...
VALENTINE                            10.0                     
ATKINSON 3 SW                         6.0                     
CHERRY                                6.0                     
STUART 8 NW                           6.0                     
WOOD LAKE                             5.0                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
GANN VALLEY 16 NW                    14.0                     
TURTON 11.4 W                        13.6                     
SISSETON 3.8 W                       12.2                     
LEMMON 11 S                          10.5                     
MILLER 10.2 NW                       10.5                     
ROY LAKE STATE PARK                   9.0                     
SISSETON                              8.0                     
HOOVER 12 SSE                         7.0                     
IDEAL 3 W                             7.0                     
NEWELL 13 NE                          7.0                     
ROSCOE                                6.7                     
ABERDEEN 1 SE                         6.2                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...

...MINNESOTA...
WABASHA 3 WNW                         0.20                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ARDMORE 1 NNW                         0.10                     


THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL
CONTINUE WEAKENING THIS MORNING  AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES AND TOWARD NEW ENGLAND. SO FAR...SNOW TOTALS FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES HAVE RANGED FROM 6 TO
18 INCHES WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED EARLY THIS
MORNING ACROSS MICHIGAN AND THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACCUMULATING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ON THURSDAY WITH
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE. EXPECT UPWARDS OF A
FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AND INTERIOR OF NEW
ENGLAND THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE
ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE.         

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 ON THIS
EVENT.

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Last Updated: 457 AM EST THU MAR 01 2012