THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR OHIO VALLEY TO NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013
..NEW LOW PRESSURE CENTER INTENSIFYING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
IS EXPECTED TO BRING A PERIOD OF ENHANCED WINTRY PRECIPITATION
INTO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
OVER MUCH OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...AND FROM NORTHEASTERN OHIO
EASTWARD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS...WESTERN PART OF NEW
JERSEY...AND INTO ALL OF NEW ENGLAND.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 PM EST...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1005 MB...29.68 INCHES...WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
EASTERN OHIO. IN THE MEAN TIME...A NEW LOW PRESSURE CENTER HAD
FORMED IN THE CAROLINAS ALONG A WARM FRONT...HAD INTENSIFIED TO
1006 MB...29.71 INCHES...AND HAD MOVED QUICKLY NORTHEASTWARD INTO
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WAS
COVERING THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...NORTHEASTERN OHIO...AND EASTWARD
ACROSS NEW YORK...PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN MARYLAND AND INTO NEW
ENGLAND. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION IN THESE AREAS WAS IN THE FORM
OF SNOW. FREEZING RAIN WAS REPORTED NEAR A TRANSITIONAL ZONE IN
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS MOVING INTO
UPSTATE NEW YORK. MEANWHILE...MILDER AIR WAS WORKING ITS WAY
WESTWARD FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN THE FORM OF
RAIN.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST FRI DEC
13 THROUGH 900 PM EST SAT DEC 14...
...CONNECTICUT...
ROCKY HILL 4.4
NEW CANAAN 4.3
COLUMBIA 4.0
MILFORD 4.0
ASHFORD 3.4
...INDIANA...
CONNERSVILLE 4.0
SAINT PETER 5 NNW 2.5
...MASSACHUSETTS...
LUDLOW 3.0
PLAINFIELD 2.5
WEYMOUTH 2.5
...MARYLAND...
OAKLAND 6.0
ECKHART MINES 1 S 5.5
MILLERS 4 NE 3.6
NORRISVILLE 3.5
HAGERSTOWN 3.0
COCKEYSVILLE 2 E 2.8
FREDERICK 3 NW 2.7
...MICHIGAN...
ANN ARBOR 5 SSE 7.5
NEWPORT 7.0
BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP 5.5
ANN ARBOR 4.1
SAGINAW 5 W 2.8
...NEW JERSEY...
HACKETTSTOWN 5.6
OAKHURST 5.5
BOUND BROOK 4.5
HIGHLAND LAKES 4.0
HARRISON 3.5
CEDAR GROVE 3.1
RIVER VALE 3.0
HOPEWELL TWP 2.9
MENDHAM 2.5
...NEW YORK...
BINGHAMTON 3 N 7.8
ONEONTA 6.6
YONKERS 6.2
GUILFORD 6.0
BELLONA 5.5
POTTER HOLLOW 4.5
CENTRAL PARK 3.2
PARKCHESTER 3.0
STONY POINT 3.0
ISLIP AIRPORT 2.8
LAGUARDIA AIRPORT 2.7
OWEGO 2.4
BAYVILLE 2.3
...OHIO...
MENDON 5.5
KENSINGTON 4.5
GREENVILLE 2 W 4.0
KENTON 1 SSW 4.0
TROY 2 SW 4.0
TERRE HAUTE 3.5
WAPAKONETA 2 SSE 3.5
KDAY DAYTON COX APT 3.2
...PENNSYLVANIA...
OGLETOWN 10.0
BROOKLAND 9.0
HOWARD 8.0
JERSEY SHORE 8.0
LORETT 8.0
LEWISTOWN 7.8
CABOT 7.0
MCCLURE 7.0
SAYLORSBURG 7.0
TOBY 7.0
WINDFALL 1 WSW 6.7
CLARION 8 S 6.0
FREEPORT 5 N 6.0
HAWLEY 3 NE 6.0
UPPER STRASBURG 6.0
MARTINS CREEK 5.5
WYOMISSING 5.5
NEW TRIPOLI 5.0
...VIRGINIA...
MONTEREY 3.2
WINCHESTER 3.0
...WEST VIRGINIA...
MOUNT STORM 5.7
BERKELEY SPGS 5.0
SHANGHAI 2 SSE 3.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 PM EST FRI DEC 13 THROUGH 900 PM EST SAT DEC 14...
...NEW JERSEY...
TRENTON AIRPORT 1 S 0.20
MOUNT LAUREL 0.10
...PENNSYLVANIA...
AMBLER 1 W 0.10
...WEST VIRGINIA...
MOUNT STORM 0.10
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...ILLINOIS...
WARSAW 5.8 SE 10.1
CHAMPAIGN 2.2 S 9.5
URBANA 0.9 SSE 8.1
STREATOR 7.0
FAIRBURY 6.0
PONTIAC 6.0
...MISSOURI...
LAKE ST. LOUIS 9.7
MARTHASVILLE 6.2 ENE 8.5
WENTZVILLE 8.3
KAHOKA 3.1 W 7.0
WASHINGTON 2.7 ESE 5.2
PALMYRA 4.5 NNW 4.5
AS THE SURFACE LOW IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD
TONIGHT...THE NEW LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST
WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND BECOME THE DOMINANT STORM CENTER
JUST OFF LONG ISLAND NEW YORK BY EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT
BUT WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF IN THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND THE
OHIO VALLEY. IN NEW ENGLAND...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
INTENSITY AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
FORECAST TO RANGE FROM AN INCH OR TWO IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
TO MORE THAN A FOOT IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...AND CLOSE TO 18
INCHES IN EASTERN MAINE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. IN ADDITION...UP TO
A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS EASTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST AS
THE INTENSIFYING LOW PULLS IN WARMER AIR ALOFT FROM THE ATLANTIC.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 1006 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013