STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MID-ATLANTIC TO NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM EST WED MAR 07 2018

...SNOW SPREADS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND WHILE RAIN
MOVES ALONG THE SHORES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD INTO NEW
JERSEY... 

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FROM
NORTHERN MARYLAND NORTHWARD INTO MAINE IN ADDITION TO A SMALL PART
OF THE APPALACHIANS IN WEST VIRGINIA

HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS

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

AT 300 AM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1003
MB...29.62 INCHES...WAS LOCATED OFFSHORE THE CENTRAL COAST OF
NORTH CAROLINA. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD OF THE LOW ACROSS
NORTH FLORIDA AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. A WARM FRONT WAS ALSO
DRAPED OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
WHILE A TROUGH EXTENDED NORTH OF THE LOW INTO SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED SHOWERS MOVED ALONG THE COLD FRONT OFFSHORE SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. MODERATE RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED
ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
MEANWHILE...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FELL FROM NORTHERN MARYLAND
INTO MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWARD FROM EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO
UPSTATE NEW YORK. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST TUE MAR
06 THROUGH 300 AM EST WED MAR 07...

...DELAWARE...
GREENVILLE                            2.2                    
NEWARK                                2.1                    
WILMINGTON                            2.1                    
BEAR                                  2.0                    
SMYRNA                                2.0                    
BLACKBIRD                             1.7                    
GLASGOW                               1.4                    
TALLEYS CORNER                        1.4                    
HOCKESSIN                             1.1                    
NEW CASTLE                            1.1                    

...MARYLAND...
MILLINGTON                            3.0                    
BEL AIR                               2.8                    
ANNAPOLIS 1 NW                        2.0                    
MARYDEL                               2.0                    
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTL ARPT        1.6                    
CROFTON 1 SSE                         1.5                    
ARLINGTON 2 ESE                       1.2                    
COLUMBIA 2 N                          1.2                    
LONG GREEN 2 NW                       1.2                    
RIVA 1 N                              1.2                    
ROCK HALL                             1.1                    

...NEW JERSEY...
NWS MOUNT HOLLY                       0.6                    
ROOSEVELT                             0.5                    
KENDALL PARK                          0.3                    

...NEW YORK...
UNADILLA                              2.5                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
RIDLEY TWP                            3.0                    
NOTTINGHAM                            2.5                    
WEST CHESTER                          2.2                    
COATESVILLE                           2.0                    
HAVERFORD                             2.0                    
ASTON TWP                             1.8                    
MALVERN                               1.5                    
CLIFTON HEIGHTS                       1.3                    
DEVAULT                               1.1                    
PHILADELPHIA INTL AIRPORT             0.4                    

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

...VIRGINIA...
RONALD REAGAN NATIONAL ARPT           0.4                    


THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE JUST OFFSHORE AND STRENGTHEN
AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST COAST.
RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA INTO NEW
JERSEY WHILE SNOW INCREASES ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE CONFINED TO COASTAL
MASSACHUSETTS WHILE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND THE NORTHEAST. SNOW WILL START
TAPERING OFF FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO MASSACHUSETTS BY THURSDAY...WITH
SNOW LINGERING IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
EXTREME NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST
MAINE...WITH TOTALS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO CENTRAL MAINE. ALTHOUGH WIND GUSTS WILL
NOT BE NEARLY AS STRONG AS THE LAST NOR'EASTER...GUSTS BETWEEN 25
AND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE MID-ATLANTIC AND
NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS.

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

REINHART