STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2005

...WINTER STORM TO DELIVER SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TO PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND...

A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NOW OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY MONDAY.
 AS THIS LOW MOVES NORTHEAST...AMPLE GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE IS
SURGING NORTHWARD BRINGING WITH IT A WIDE SWATH OF PRECIPITATION
FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN U.S.  LOW LEVEL COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TO
CAUSE AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID
ATLANTIC...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS OF WESTERN
VIRGINIA...WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN MARYLAND AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA.  FARTHER NORTH ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA INTO
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...THE HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK AND PORTIONS
OF INLAND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...THE TEMPERATURE PROFILE WILL BE
COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT MOSTLY SNOW.  IN THIS REGION 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES AND ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN
VIRGINIA...WESTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL TO NORTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  WINTER STORM
WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER TO MIDDLE HUDSON
RIVER VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 AM EST BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND THE LATEST WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS
ISSUED BY THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

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