STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 AM EST MON DEC 27 2004

...OFFSHORE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
TO NEW ENGLAND...   

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS ATLANTIC STORM ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... CONNECTICUT... MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE
ISLAND...NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE.  THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
SNOWFALL ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF NEW ENGLAND EXISTS AS THIS
STORM CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY.

AT 3 AM EST THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR 39.6 NORTH LATITUDE
AND 65.9 WEST LONGITUDE OR 250 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
PROVINCETOWN MASSACHUSETTS.  THE STORM IS CURRENTLY TRACKING TO
THE NORTHEAST WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 29.17 INCHES OR 988
MILLIBARS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTALS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IN INCHES...

MAINE...
KITTERY POINT............3.5
RUMFORD..................2.0

MASSACHUSETTS...
BREWSTER................12.0
SANDWICH................10.2
PEABODY.................10.0
TAUNTON..................9.7
MANCHESTER...............9.0
BEVERLY..................8.5
HYANNIS..................8.0
BILLERICA................7.0
FOXBORO..................6.2
EVERETT..................5.0

NEW HAMPSHIRE...
GORHAM...................5.0
HAMPTON..................4.0
NASHUA...................3.2
DOVER....................3.0

RHODE ISLAND...
TIVERTON.................7.5
NORTH KINGSTOWN..........6.0
EAST PROVIDENCE..........5.5

CONNECTICUT...
PAWCATUCK................5.0
STONINGTON...............5.0
WATERFORD BEACH PARK.....4.0
GROTON LONG POINT........3.5
LEDYARD CENTER...........3.5

NEW YORK...
SAG HARBOR...............5.5
EAST QUOGUE..............5.0
UPTON....................4.5
MANORVILLE...............4.2
SOUTH HOLD...............4.0
RIVER HEAD...............3.3

NEW JERSEY...
MANASQUAN................0.6

MARYLAND...
SHELLTOWN................4.5
OCEAN CITY...............4.0
POCOMOKE CITY............4.0
CRISFIELD................4.0

VIRGINIA...
QUINBY...................14.0
TABB.....................14.0
GRAFTON..................13.5
SMITHFIELD...............12.0
QUINBY...................12.0
EASTVILLE................12.0


 
THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND TRACK NORTHEAST OFF THE NEW
ENGLAND COASTLINE. PLEASE CONSULT STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS
WINTER STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 10 AM EST MONDAY.


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