STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 10 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE IN THE NORTHEAST... WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS MOST OF MAINE...MASSACHUSETTS...AND VERMONT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF MAINE AND MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF VERMONT...NEW YORK...NEW JERSEY...AND ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND. HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BUFFET THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN RHODE ISLAND THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH COMMON ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS OVERNIGHT. AT 10 PM EST...THE MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OF THIS SYSTEM WAS 966 MILLIBARS OR 28.53 INCHES OF MERCURY. THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED AT 43.0 NORTH LATITUDE AND 67.9 WEST LONGITUDE OR 115 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PORTLAND MAINE. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOWFALL EAST OF A LINE FROM LONG ISLAND NEW YORK TO BURLINGTON VERMONT. BANDED HEAVY SNOWFALL IS CURRENTLY BEING DEPICTED ON RADAR IN CONNECTICUT... MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...RHODE ISLAND...AND MAINE. THE BANDING OF HEAVY SNOW BURSTS HAS RESULTED IN SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS FIVE INCHES PER HOUR IN PORTIONS OF NEW YORK STATE THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOWS OVERNIGHT TO CONTINUE IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND MAINE...WITH UP TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED IN NORTHERN MAINE BY MORNING. ....SELECTED SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 8 PM EST.... NEW YORK... AVERILL PARK..........18.0 STEPHENTOWN...........10.0 BRUNSWICK..............9.5 GANSEVOORT.............9.0 ALBANY.................6.2 MAINE... STOCKHOLM.............11.8 VAN BUREN.............10.0 MADAWASKA..............8.0 EUSTIS.................6.8 CARIBOU................5.2 MASSACHUSETTS... BECKET.................8.0 SAVOY..................7.0 COLRAIN................7.0 GOSHEN.................6.0 NORTH ADAMS............6.0 NORTH AMHERST..........4.0 VERMONT... ISLAND POND............7.0 SPRINGFIELD............7.0 WINDHAM................6.0 WORDFORD...............6.0 HARDWICK...............6.0 DANBY..................6.0 STOWE..................5.0 NEW HAMPSHIRE... LANCASTER..............6.0 TWIN MOUNTAIN..........6.0 SUNAPEE................6.0 WILTON.................4.5 CONNECTICUT... NORTH BRANFORD.........6.0 EAST HARTFORD..........6.0 NEW FAIRFIELD..........5.0 BURLINGTON.............5.0 NEW PRESTON............5.0 THE NEXT STATEMENT FROM THE HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON THIS STORM WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. FRIES