STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST MAJOR WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 
1000 AM EST FRI FEB 08 2013

...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO UNFOLD ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN
U.S. WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY...    

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE COASTAL SECTIONS
OF THE NORTHEAST...FROM NEWARK NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK CITY NORTHWARD
TO TO THE CANADIAN BORDER IN MAINE.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS FROM
DELAWARE NORTHWARD INTO COASTAL NEW ENGLAND.

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

AT 900 AM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 994
MB...29.35 INCHES...WAS CENTERED APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES EAST OF
ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA...AND MOVING NORTHWARD. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF PRECIPITATION SPREADING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES...AND BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. FROM
THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA NORTHWARD TO CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING. FARTHER NORTH...LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING...WITH OCCASIONAL BURSTS OF HEAVY
SNOW...FROM NORTHERN NEW JERSEY NORTHWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND.
ANOTHER AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER LAKE
ERIE...WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. A COLD
FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THIS LOW ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS SYSTEM WAS FALLING FROM MICHIGAN INTO WESTERN NEW YORK STATE.
FARTHER SOUTH...RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST STATES.    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST WED FEB
06 THROUGH 900 AM EST FRI FEB 08...

...ILLINOIS...
BEACH PARK                            7.0                    
GRAYSLAKE                             6.1                    
CAPRON                                4.0                    

...MAINE...
BIDDEFORD 2 NNE                       4.0                    
PORTLAND-RIVERTON                     4.0                    

...MICHIGAN...
MUSKEGON 5.5 ESE                     11.6                    
BAY PORT 0.1 NE                      10.7                    
MOUNT PLEASANT                       10.5                    
GRANDVILLE 1.3 WSW                   10.4                    
BAY CITY 4.8 N                       10.0                    
COMSTOCK PARK 3.7 NNE                10.0                    
BYRON CENTER 2.9 NE                   9.0                    
LEOTA                                 9.0                    
HOLLAND 4 WSW                         8.7                    
ALMA                                  8.4                    
WALKER 2 WSW                          8.4                    
AUBURN                                8.2                    
WELLSTON                              8.0                    
DUTTON 1 SSW                          7.0                    
PORT HURON                            6.5                    

...NORTH CAROLINA...
CATAWBA                               3.0                    
LOVILL 3 NE                           3.0                    
BOONE 1 S                             2.0                    

...NEW YORK...
OGDENSBURG                            5.0                    
LAKE PLACID 2 N                       4.0                    
PLATTSBURGH                           4.0                    
THERESA 2.8 A                         3.5                    

...VIRGINIA...
BLUE RIDGE                            5.0                    
HOLLINS                               5.0                    
MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS EAST                 5.0                    
REVA                                  5.0                    
ROANOKE                               5.0                    
DALEVILLE                             4.5                    
HAYWOOD                               4.5                    
CAVE SPRING 3 WNW                     4.0                    
WILLIS                                4.0                    
BUCHANAN                              3.0                    
BLACKSBURG 5 NNE                      2.3                    

...VERMONT...
STOWE 0.2 S                           4.4                    
WATERBURY 4.6 NNE                     4.3                    
UNDERHILL 4 NNE                       4.2                    
HYDE PARK 3 NE                        3.9                    
MILTON 3 NNE                          3.9                    
MORRISVILLE                           3.6                    
BURLINGTON 0.5 NW                     3.5                    
WORCESTER                             3.5                    

...WISCONSIN...
KENOSHA 6 NW                          9.0                    
RACINE 2 WSW                          8.0                    
VALDERS                               8.0                    
BURLINGTON                            6.7                    
MENOMONEE FALLS                       6.0                    
PERSHTIGO                             6.0                    
MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL ARPT          5.8                    
PLEASANT PRAIRIE                      5.8                    
CUDAHY 1 NE                           5.1                    
LITTLE SUAMICO                        5.0                    


THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY JUST OFF THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST TODAY AS IT INTERACTS WITH THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM CROSSING THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. RAIN IN THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION IS EXPECTED TO PULL OFF THE COAST TODAY WHILE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO NEW ENGLAND. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE
FROM THE INTENSIFYING COASTAL LOW AND THE INTRUSION OF COLD AIR
ASSOCIATED WITH THE GREAT LAKES LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN
HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND WHERE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS HIGHER THAN 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOWFALL... WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

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 ON THIS
EVENT.

RYAN