THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR MID-ATLANTIC TO NORTHEAST MAJOR WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM EST MON JAN 26 2015

...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR THE OUTER BANKS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
INTO A MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADING FOR NEW ENGLAND... 

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF NEW
JERSEY UP THROUGH MAINE EXCEPT NANTUCKET ISLAND.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLES OF WEST
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND...MUCH OF INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND DOWN TO THE
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC...AS WELL AS FOR NANTUCKET ISLAND.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE OHIO
VALLEY...MID-ATLANTIC...AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...AS WELL AS
A NARROW AREA ACROSS INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND.

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

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WITH AN ESTIMATED PRESSURE OF 1003
MB...29.62 INCHES...HAD FORMED NEAR THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH
CAROLINA.  AT 9 AM EST...IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 80 MILES EAST OF THE
NORTH COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA...BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY AND MOVE
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS MOVING ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST.  THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THERE
WAS A SWATH OF LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING FROM THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN NEW YORK.
MEANWHILE...LIGHT SNOW HAD FORMED AND HAD BEGUN TO OVERSPREAD THE
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND LONG ISLAND NEW YORK.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1100 PM EST SUN
JAN 25 THROUGH 900 AM EST MON JAN 26...

...MARYLAND...
E MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK                  3.0                    
HAGERSTOWN 1 E                        3.0                    
FROSTBURG                             2.8                    
WESTERNPORT                           2.5                    

...OHIO...
CALCUTTA                              6.0                    
QUAKER CITY                           5.3                    
BELLEFONTAINE 2 N                     5.0                    
RICHMOND                              5.0                    
BARNESVILLE                           4.0                    
MARYSVILLE 1 ESE                      4.0                    
WAPAKONETA 2 SSE                      4.0                    
LAFAYETTE 3 NE                        3.5                    
WINTERSVILLE                          3.0                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
WINDBER COUNTRY CLUB                  8.0                    
SANDY LAKE 2 ENE                      7.0                    
COOPERSTOWN 1 E                       6.5                    
MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP                   5.3                    
ROARING SPRING                        5.0                    
LAUREL SUMMIT                         4.0                    
MOON TOWNSHIP                         3.9                    
NWS STATE COLLEGE                     3.8                    
DAUPHIN 3 ENE                         3.6                    
BALDWIN                               3.5                    
WEXFORD                               3.5                    
RAINSBURG 5 NNW                       3.2                    
AMSTERDAM                             3.0                    
CRAFTON                               3.0                    
NATRONA HEIGHTS                       3.0                    
ROSS TOWNSHIP                         3.0                    
STEUBENVILLE                          3.0                    
PITTSBURGH                            2.0                    

...WEST VIRGINIA...
CHESTER                               5.0                    
CANAAN HEIGHTS                        4.0                    
MOZART                                3.0                    
FOLLANSBEE                            2.5                    


THE SURFACE LOW OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST IS FORECAST TO
INTENSIFY VERY RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TO A POSITION
JUST SOUTH OF CAPE COD BY TOMORROW MORNING.  WINDS AND SNOW ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUOUSLY PICK UP IN INTENSITY THROUGH
TODAY...TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
AND NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION.  WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR
HURRICANE-FORCE TOGETHER WITH ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW ARE
FORECAST TO IMPACT PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  VERY IMPRESSIVE
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE PREDICTED FROM THE NEW YORK
CITY AREA NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW ENGLAND
BY THE TIME THE STORM DEPARTS LATE WEDNESDAY.  RESIDENTS ARE
ADVISED TO STAY SHELTERED THROUGH THE LENGTH OF THIS POWERFUL
WINTER STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KONG




Last Updated: 1020 AM EST MON JAN 26 2015