STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2017

...HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST TODAY...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN MAINE AND
BLIZZARD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR FAR EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING CAPE COD.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST.

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 1005 MB
OR 29.68 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN OHIO. A COLD FRONT
EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WHILE A WARM FRONT EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM
THE LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOWFALL WAS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK. FREEZING
RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES.
SOUTH OF HERE...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM EST SUN FEB
12 THROUGH 900 AM EST SUN FEB 12...

...NEW JERSEY...
WANTAGE                               0.5                    

...NEW YORK...
ENDICOTT                              2.3                    
CAROLINE CENTER                       1.7                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
400 AM EST SUN FEB 12 THROUGH 900 AM EST SUN FEB 12...

...NEW JERSEY...
WANTAGE 4 SW                          0.04                    
CALDWELL AIRPORT                      0.01                    

...NEW YORK...
PATCHOGUE                             0.01                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
POCONO MOUNTAINS AIRPORT              0.03                    


THE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY
THIS EVENING AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES UP THE NORTHEAST
COAST. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY AND SPREAD ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW. STORM TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.
SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER LAKES AND NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...STRONG TO POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING FROM A DEEP CYCLONE OFF THE COAST...WILL
BRING GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION WHICH
MAY LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

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.

SANTORELLI