STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 4 PM EST WED MAR 9 2005 ...WINTER STORM MOVING AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND... A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AND NORTHERN MAINE UNTIL 8PM EST. A FLOOD STATEMENT FOR HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE LOCAL FIELD OFFICE IN CARIBOU MAINE AND EXPIRES AT 10 PM EST. AT 3 PM EST...LIGHT SNOWS WERE FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MAINE. HEAVY SNOWS WERE LIMITED TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MAINE. IN SOME AREAS OF MAINE NEARLY 3 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED. STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WERE CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS AFTERNOON A GUST OF 64 MPH WAS RECORDED AT ROBBINSTON MAINE. SNOW TOTALS WITH THIS STORM RANGED FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO TWO FEET. AT 4 PM EST...THE MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OF THIS SYSTEM WAS 976 MILLIBARS OR 28.82 INCHES OF MERCURY. THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED AT 52.1 NORTH LATITUDE AND 67.8 WEST LONGITUDE OR 400 MILES NORTH OF BANGOR MAINE. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH TODAY WITH SNOWS ENDING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AND WINDS WEAKENING THROUGH THE DAY. ....SELECTED SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 12 PM EST.... MAINE... MADAWASKA.............25.0 FORT KENT.............24.0 STOCKHOLM.............20.3 WELLINGTON............18.5 LILLE.................18.0 CARIBOU...............11.7 VERMONT... CAMBRIDGE.............11.5 SUTTON................10.0 MONTGOMERY............10.0 NEW HAMPSHIRE... WHITEFIELD............12.0 RANDOLF...............11.0 SUNAPEE...............11.0 TWIN MOUNTAIN.........10.5 FRANCONIA NOTCH.......10.0 LOST RIVER............10.0 COLEBROOK.............10.0 PORTSMOUTH.............9.0 THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FROM THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON THIS STORM. PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. SZATANEK