THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MID-ATLANTIC TO NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM EST WED MAR 07 2018

...A RELATIVELY COMPACT COASTAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD HEAVY
WET SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND COASTAL FLOODING FROM
THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC INTO NEW ENGLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT... 

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC...ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
NEW YORK...AND MUCH OF NEW ENGLAND...IN ADDITION TO A SMALL PART
OF THE APPALACHIANS IN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS
INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND

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

AT 900 AM EST...THE CENTER OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH AN
ESTIMATED PRESSURE OF 997 MB...29.45 INCHES...WAS LOCATED JUST OF
THE DELMARVA PENINSULA...ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF WALLOPS ISLAND
VIRGINIA AND BEGAN TO INTENSIFY.   SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
PRECIPITATION WAS ROTATING ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC AND SPREADING
TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST.  THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN THE
FORM OF SNOW ACROSS THE SUBURBS OF NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK
CITY...AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK...AS WELL AS ACROSS
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  RAIN WAS THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE
ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL NEW JERSEY.  MEANWHILE...A
WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WITH A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW PIVOTING ACROSS
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES.  ANOTHER
AREA OF SNOW WAS PUSHING NORTHWARD ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK...THE
ADIRONDACKS AND INTO CANADA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST TUE MAR
06 THROUGH 900 AM EST WED MAR 07...

...CONNECTICUT...
ENFIELD 1.5 SE                        2.0                    
STAMFORD 3.3 NW                       1.4                    

...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...
TOWSON 0.8 SW                         3.7                    
BEL AIR 1.7 W                         3.0                    
LONG GREEN 0.6 SW                     3.0                    
MILLINGTON                            3.0                    
BEL AIR                               2.8                    
ELKTON 4.8 NW                         2.5                    
KINGSVILLE 1.2 E                      2.4                    
ANNAPOLIS 1 NW                        2.0                    
BOWIE 3.9 S                           2.0                    
MARYDEL                               2.0                    
SUITLAND 2.1 SE                       2.0                    
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTL ARPT        1.6                    
CROFTON 1 SSE                         1.5                    

...NEW JERSEY...
ROCKAWAY TWP 0.7 NE                   2.8                    
WINSLOW TWP 3.5 W                     2.6                    
STOCKTON 3.8 NNW                      2.5                    
HOLLAND TWP 2.6 NNE                   2.4                    
NWS MOUNT HOLLY                       0.6                    
ROOSEVELT                             0.5                    
KENDALL PARK                          0.3                    

...NEW YORK...
BRIDGEWATER 4.3 SSE                   4.3                    
HESSVILLE 1.8 WSW                     4.2                    
HOLLAND PATENT 1.1 WNW                4.0                    
POINT ROCK 0.6 SE                     3.8                    
MORAVIA 5.9 ENE                       3.7                    
NORWICH 5.4 W                         3.6                    
HARTWICK                              3.2                    
HOBART 4.8 ESE                        3.0                    
EAST ITHACA 4.7 E                     2.9                    
UNADILLA                              2.5                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
EAST NANTMEAL 1.0 SSW                 3.8                    
WEST GROVE 2.6 W                      3.4                    
LIMERICK 1.0 W                        3.2                    
ALBURTIS 4.7 SW                       3.0                    
NEW MORGAN 1.8 WNW                    3.0                    
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...
FALLS CHURCH 1.6 W                    0.9                    
RONALD REAGAN NATIONAL ARPT           0.4                    


THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO
TRACK NORTHEASTWARD JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
COAST...CLIPPING THE CAPE COD AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.  WITH THE
INTENSIFYING COASTAL STORM PULLS IN MILDER AIR FROM THE ATLANTIC
WHILE COLDER AIR REMAINS INLAND...A SHARP TRANSITION OF RAIN AND
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS INCLUDING NEW
YORK CITY.  MARGINALLY COLD TEMPERATURES OVER INLAND SECTIONS MEAN
THAT THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE THE HEAVY AND WET VARIETY.  TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A FOOT ACROSS
INTERIOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS INTERIOR
NEW ENGLAND...WITH A SHARP TRANSITION DOWN TO A COUPLE OF INCHES
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
STRENGTHENING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ESPECIALLY ALONG COASTAL NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES. 
SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN
LEAD TO RISING SEA WATERS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH
TONIGHT.  MEANWHILE...THE WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES IS FORECAST TO BRING UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FROM
THE GREAT LAKES DOWN TO PARTS OF WEST VIRGINIA.

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: 1023 AM EST WED MAR 07 2018