STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR ALBERTA CLIPPER SNOW
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM EST WED DEC 5 2007

...ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING SNOWFALL FROM THE
APPALACHIANS EASTWARD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN OHIO EASTWARD TO THE
MID-ATLANTIC. PLEASE REFER TO HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LARGEMAP.PHP
FOR CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

AT 330 PM EST...A 999 MILLIBAR LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED IN
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS
AND CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE
PRECIPITATION WAS EXTENDING FROM WEST VIRGINIA EASTWARD INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING WITH THIS
SYSTEM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE MASON-DIXON LINE IN NORTHERN MARYLAND.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 200 AM EST TUESDAY
DEC 4 UP THROUGH 300 PM EST WEDNESDAY DEC 5...UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED...


...MARYLAND...

FRIENDSVILLE 4.8 SW                5.0 
HANCOCK                            3.5 
MILLERS                            3.3 
SMITHSBURG                         3.0 
FREDERICK                          3.0 
CUMBERLAND                         2.5 
BALTIMORE                          1.5 

...VIRGINIA...

BLUEMONT                           2.6 
VIENNA                             2.5 
HAYWOOD                            2.4 
RESTON                             2.1 
LEESBURG                           2.0 
LURAY                              2.0 

...PENNSYLVANIA...

BOSWELL                            4.0 
YORK                               3.5 
UPPER STRASBURG                    3.5 
NEW OXFORD 3 N                     3.0 
SEVEN VALLEYS                      2.8 
SOMERSET                           2.5 

...WEST VIRGINIA...

FAIRMONT                           5.0 
STAR CITY                          3.0 

...OHIO...

COSHOCTON                          5.3 
MOUNT STERLING                     4.1 
FAIRBORN                           4.0 
BEAVERCREEK                        3.8 
SPRINGFIELD                        3.4 
TROY                               3.3 
COSHOCTON                          3.0 
AMSTERDAM                          3.0 

...INDIANA...

WALKERTON 5.7 ENE                  7.0 
NORTH WEBSTER 2N		   6.9
LA PORTE 1.6 SW                    6.6 
SHIPSHEWANA 6.8 NNW                5.9 
GOSHEN 2.4 NW 			   5.8 
ELKHART 3.1 SSE                    5.6 
SIMONTON LAKE                      5.5 
WAKARUSA 0.3 WSW                   5.5 
MILLERSBURG 0.5 SW                 5.5 
LEESBURG 4.7 E                     5.5 
KINGSBURY 0.3 WNW                  5.5 
VALPARIASO 2.0 WSW                 5.5 
CHESTERTON 0.5 SE                  5.5 
GEORGETOWN 0.9 ESE                 5.5 
GRANGER 1.6 N                      5.2 
COLUMBIA CITY 0.5 NNE              5.2 
FORT WAYNE 5.4 WSW                 5.0 

...ILLINOIS...

BUFFALO GROVE 1.5 N                9.2 
LAKE BLUFF 1.3 W                   8.0 
BEACH PARK 1.4 W                   7.5 
GURNEE 2.5 NE                      7.5 
PARK RIDGE 1.0 NNE                 7.2 
HARWOOD HEIGHTS 2.6 SE             7.0 
LONG GROVE 1.1 NNE                 7.0 
WAUKEGAN 2.2 N                     7.0 
HAWTHORN WOODS 0.6 N               7.0 
STREAMWOOD 1.1 SW                  6.7 
CARY 1.8 N                         6.7 
ELK GROVE WILLAGE 2.2 WSW          6.5
DE KALB0 0.8 SSW                   6.5 
NAPERVILLE 2.5 ESE                 6.5 
LINCOLNSHIRE 1.3 WSW               6.5 
CHICAGO - NW SIDE                  6.1 

...IOWA...

WAUKON                             5.9 
VOLGA 1 NE                         3.0 
EDGEWOOD                           2.5 
WEST UNION 0.2 NE                  2.5 
ELMA                               2.0 
SABULA 4.4 WNW                     2.0 
ANAMOSA 2.5 SSW                    2.0 

...MICHIGAN...

HARBOR BEACH                       7.0 
NILES                              4.6 
BRONSON                            3.2 
STEVENSVILLE                       3.0 
BUCHANAN                           2.0 

...MINNESOTA...

MARSHALL			   8.0
POLK				5 TO 7
RUSH CITY			   6.0
LITTLE FALLS			   6.0
KITTSTON			   6.0
ROSEAU				   6.0
RED LAKE			   6.0
OTTERTAIL			   6.0
CLEARWATER			   6.0
FOREST LAKE                        5.6 
CHANHASSEN			   5.3 
ANNANDALE                          5.3 
NEW BRIGHTON			   5.0
DULUTH				   4.5
ST PAUL		                   4.0

...WISCONSIN...

KENOSHA 2.2 SW                     8.0 
MADISON 3.2 WSW                    6.5 
MIDDLETON 0.5 E                    6.4 
ARKDALE                            6.0 
MILWAUKEE 10 NW                    6.0 
BURLINGTON                         6.0
WATERFORD                          6.0 
REEDSBURG                          6.0 
WARRENS 5 WSW                      5.8 
CEDARBURG                          5.6 
NEILLSVILLE 4NNE		   5.5
CUBA CITY 2 NW                     5.5 
OSSEO				   5.5
STOUGHTON                          5.5 
ARGYLE                             5.5 
BROOKFIELD 1.8 SSE                 5.5 

...NORTH DAKOTA...

CAVALIER			6 TO 9
PEMBINA				6 TO 8
RAMSEY				6 TO 7
WALSH				6 TO 8
STEELE				   7.0
CASS				   6.0

THE LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE
EASTWARD TOWARD THE EAST COAST THIS EVENING. WHILE THIS IS NOT A
MAJOR SNOWSTORM...CLIPPERS SUCH AS THIS ARE KNOWN TO PRODUCE
NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW...AS WAS THE CASE IN NORTH
DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...AND ILLINOIS. AMOUNTS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC
WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL
END OVERNIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO