THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST MAJOR WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 
400 PM 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 CENTRAL MAINE.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST FROM PENNSYLVANIA NORTHWARD INTO MAINE.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS IN SOUTHERN
DELAWARE AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

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

AT 300 PM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 988
MB...29.17 INCHES...WAS CENTERED APPROXIMATELY 128 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY...AND MOVING TOWARDS THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST. A SECOND AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS
CENTERED NEAR BUFFALO NEW YORK...WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1008
MB...29.77 INCHES. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THIS LOW
ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN AREA OF
PRECIPITATION FROM BOTH SYSTEMS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
NORTHEAST FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA NORTHWARD
INTO SOUTHEAST MAINE.  IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND COASTAL REGIONS
FROM NEW JERSEY TO LONG ISLAND NEW YORK... LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN... WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER BANDS ALONG THE COASTS... WAS
FALLING. FARTHER NORTH... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING FROM
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY NORTHWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND.   

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST WED FEB
06 THROUGH 300 PM EST FRI FEB 08...

...CONNECTICUT...
DARIEN                                3.8                    
MILFORD                               3.3                    

...MAINE...
FERRY BEACH 1 NW                      7.0                    
SCARBOROUGH                           7.0                    
PORTLAND JETPORT                      6.6                    
AUGUSTA                               6.0                    
HOPE                                  6.0                    
GORHAM                                5.1                    
RANDOLPH                              4.8                    
TURNER 2 N                            4.5                    
BIDDEFORD 2 NNE                       4.0                    
CAMDEN                                4.0                    

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
NORTH CONWAY                          4.4                    
MADISON 1 N                           4.0                    

...NEW YORK...
LOCKPORT                              7.0                    
WESTVILLE CENTER                      7.0                    
OGDENSBURG                            6.5                    
PLATTSBURGH                           6.5                    
YOUNGSTOWN                            6.0                    
HOLLEY                                5.0                    
WATERTOWN                             4.5                    
LAKE PLACID 2 N                       4.0                    
SPENCERPORT                           4.0                    
THERESA 2.8 A                         3.5                    

...VERMONT...
MILTON 3 NNE                          8.0                    
MORRISVILLE                           7.5                    
WATERBURY CENTER 2 NNE                7.0                    
SOUTH BURLINGTON 1 NE                 6.8                    
ESSEX CENTER 1 S                      6.5                    
SMUGGLERS NOTCH 1 SSE                 6.3                    
JONESVILLE                            6.0                    
BARRE                                 5.8                    
NORTH FAIRFAX 2 W                     5.6                    
ST. ALBANS 1 S                        5.5                    
STOWE 2 NE                            5.5                    
COLCHESTER                            5.1                    
GRAND ISLE                            5.0                    

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

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

...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                    

...WISCONSIN...
KENOSHA 6 NW                          9.0                    
RACINE 2 WSW                          8.0                    
VALDERS                               8.0                    
DARBOY 2 NW                           6.8                    
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 OFF THE COAST OF DELAWARE WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY JUST OFF THE NORTHEAST
COAST TODAY AS IT INTERACTS WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING
NEW YORK STATE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND SPREAD FARTHER
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 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

MONARSKI




Last Updated: 359 PM EST FRI FEB 08 2013