STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EST MON FEB 08 2016

...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS COASTAL NEW ENGLAND AS STRONG LOW OFF
THE NEW ENGLAND COAST MOVES NORTH... 

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...LONG ISLAND AND MOST OF
NEW ENGLAND.

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

AT 300 PM EST...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
976 MB...28.82 INCHES...WAS WELL OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. THIS
LOW WAS MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS LONG
ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL MAINE. WINDS ALONG THE COAST FROM
MASSACHUSETTS TO NOVA SCOTIA WERE GUSTING UP TO 55 MPH. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM EST MON FEB
08 THROUGH 300 PM EST MON FEB 08...

...CONNECTICUT...
STONINGTON                            4.0                    
WESTBROOK                             3.1                    
COLCHESTER                            3.0                    
NORWICH                               3.0                    
HADDAM                                2.8                    
GROTON                                2.8                    
NEW LONDON                            2.8                    
OLD SAYBROOK                          2.8                    
NEW CANAAN                            2.5                    
NEW HAVEN                             1.0                    

...MASSACHUSETTS...
YARMOUTHPORT                          9.0                    
OAK BLUFFS                            8.8                    
BREWSTER                              8.0                    
BOURNE                                7.0                    
HARWICH                               7.0                    
NANTUCKET                             7.0                    
WAQUOIT                               6.5                    
EAST FALMOUTH                         6.0                    
EAST WAREHAM                          6.0                    
SANDWICH                              5.5                    
CENTERVILLE                           3.5                    
LEOMINSTER                            3.0                    
MASHPEE                               3.0                    
OSTERVILLE                            3.0                    
EAST BOSTON 1 N                       2.2                    
TAUNTON NWS OFFICE                    2.1                    

...NEW YORK...
ORIENT POINT                          5.5                    
MATTITUCK                             4.5                    
JAMESPORT                             4.1                    
BABYLON                               3.4                    
DIX HILLS                             3.3                    
BAYSIDE                               2.0                    
LITTLE NECK                           2.0                    
NYC/JFK ARPT                          1.6                    
ISLIP AIRPORT                         1.5                    
NYC LA GUARDIA                        0.9                    

...RHODE ISLAND...
SCITUATE                              6.0                    
NORTH KINGSTOWN                       5.0                    
ROCKVILLE                             5.0                    
WEST WARWICK                          3.5                    
GLOCESTER                             3.0                    
N. CUMBERLAND                         3.0                    
TIVERTON                              3.0                    


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM
THE EAST COAST BY TUESDAY EVENING. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXPECTED ALONG COASTAL NEW
ENGLAND. FARTHER INLAND...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. SNOW
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TAPER OFF BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH MIDWEEK AS OTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVE ALONG THE NEW
ENGLAND COASTLINE. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

FANNING