THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MID-ATLANTIC TO NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EST WED MAR 07 2018
...A BAND OF HEAVY WET SNOW FORMED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA ALONG WITH THUNDERSNOW IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AS A
COMPACT COASTAL STORM INTENSIFIES OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST...
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
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 300 PM EST...THE CENTER OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH AN
ESTIMATED PRESSURE OF 986 MB...29.12 INCHES...WAS DEEPENING
RAPIDLY OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST...ABOUT 75 MILES EAST OF
ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY AND CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD.
SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED AN EYE-LIKE CLEAR AREA HAD FORMED AROUND
THE STORM CENTER OFF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AS A BAND OF HEAVY WET
SNOW FORMED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY. THE SNOWBAND WAS PIVOTING AROUND THE STORM CENTER AND WAS
BEGINNING TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AS WET SNOW BECAME HEAVIER
ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY...WESTERN LONG
ISLAND...AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. A REPORT OF 4.5 INCHES OF HEAVY
SNOW IN 90 MINUTES WAS RECEIVED FROM PLYMOUTH MEETING
PENNSYLVANIA. EVEN THUNDERSNOW WAS OBSERVED EARLIER ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. OVER EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND...RAIN REMAINED THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION
TYPE. MEANWHILE...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AROUND THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES CONTINUED TO WEAKEN AS SNOW WAS SPREADING ACROSS UPSTATE NEW
YORK AND CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST TUE MAR
06 THROUGH 300 PM EST WED MAR 07...
...CONNECTICUT...
NEW FAIRFIELD 8.0
HARWINTON 3.0
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
...MASSACHUSETTS...
WORTHINGTON 1.9
PLAINFIELD 1.5
...NEW JERSEY...
WEST MILFORD 10.0
NORTH CALDWELL 7.0
STILLWATER 6.5
MAHWAH 6.4
PARSIPPANY 6.1
CEDAR GROVE 5.3
WAYNE 4.4
WANAQUE 4.0
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...
MONROE 7.5
HIGHLAND MILLS 6.7
OTISVILLE 5.5
VAILS GATE 5.5
HESSVILLE 4.7
BRIDGEWATER 4.3 SSE 4.3
HESSVILLE 1.8 WSW 4.2
FREEHOLD 4.0
HOLLAND PATENT 1.1 WNW 4.0
JEFFERSON 4.0
POINT ROCK 0.6 SE 3.8
MORAVIA 5.9 ENE 3.7
NORWICH 5.4 W 3.6
AMSTERDAM 3.5
HARTWICK 3.2
HOBART 4.8 ESE 3.0
MONTROSE 3.0
EAST ITHACA 4.7 E 2.9
UNADILLA 2.5
...PENNSYLVANIA...
PLYMOUTH MEETING 8.0
EAST NANTMEAL TWP 7.5
BARTONSVILLE 7.2
THORNTON 7.0
BAKERTON 6.0
SPRINGFIELD 6.0
GILBERTSVILLE 5.1
BEACH LAKE 5.0
EBENSBURG 5.0
MILFORD 2 WNW 4.0
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
...VERMONT...
WOODFORD 4.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...MARYLAND...
CHURCHVILLE 4.5
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
...VIRGINIA...
FALLS CHURCH 1.6 W 0.9
RONALD REAGAN NATIONAL ARPT 0.4
THE COMPACT COASTAL LOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH PEAK INTENSITY EARLY
THIS EVENING AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD JUST OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND COAST AND CLIP THE CAPE COD AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH
THE STORM CONTINUES TO PULL IN MILDER AIR FROM THE ATLANTIC WHILE
COLDER AIR REMAINS INLAND...A SHARP TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO PUSH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS
OF NEW JERSEY FOLLOWED BY SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING AND
ACROSS COASTAL MAINE OVERNIGHT. MARGINALLY COLD TEMPERATURES OVER
INLAND SECTIONS MEAN THAT THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO 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 SUSTAIN AT 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST WHERE RISING SEA WATERS COULD IMPACT 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 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 426 PM EST WED MAR 07 2018