STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR SOUTHEAST WINTRY MIX
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
0400 AM EST WED JAN 17 2008

...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATING ACROSS SOUTHERN STATES...

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC
STATES...FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTH
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. 

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 0400 AM EST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED IN THE
NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO AND IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW
AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN....SOME SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN
GEORGIA...NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
EASTERN TENNESSEE. 

THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
WHILE HIGH PRESSURE TO ITS NORTH IS RESULTING IN NORTHEASTERLY
FLOW AND COLD AIR FUNNELING DOWN THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
APPALACHIANS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 100 PM
EST WED JAN 16 THROUGH 300 AM EST WED JAN 17...

...NORTH CAROLINA...
LAKE TOXAWY			      4.3
ROBBINSVILLE			      3.0
WAYNESVILLE			      2.1
MURPHY                                2.0
WATAUGA COUNTY			      1.5

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
TIGERVILLE			      4.0
MARIETTA			      3.0
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG ARPT	      2.7
BOILING SPRINGS 		      2.4
CHESTERFIELD			      2 TO 3
LANCASTER			      2 TO 3
KERSHAW				      2.0
LONGTOWN			      1.5
LAURENS  			      1.0 

...GEORGIA...
TALLULAH FALLS			      3.5
ROCKMART 4 SE                         3.0 
HIAWASSEE                             2.0 
CANTON                                2.0 
CORNELIA                              1.5 
CLEVELAND                             1.5 
WOODSTOCK                             1.5 
TALLULAH FALLS                        1.4
CLAYTON				      1.2 
CUMMING                               1.0 
BALL GROUND                           1.0 
DACULA                                1.0 
ATLANTA                               0.4 

...TENNESSEE...
COLUMBIA 6 E                          1.5 
LAWRENCEBURG                          1.2 
CENTERVILLE 13 W                      1.0 
ST. JOSEPH                            1.0 
TELLICO                               1.0 

...SELECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 100 PM EST WED JAN 16
THROUGH 300 AM EST JAN 17...

...GEORGIA...
ATLANTA (MIDTOWN AND VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS)         0.25


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE
SOUTHEAST COAST TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY THURSDAY EVENING
AND TO NEAR THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST BY FRIDAY MORNING.
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON....MAKING TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN AND NORTHERN
VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND.  

WHILE THE STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY... IT WILL
STILL BRING A FEW TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA NORTHEASTWARD TO
JUST WEST OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL. CONDITIONS WILL THEN IMPROVE
RAPIDLY ONCE THE STORM SYSTEM PASSES TO THE NORTHEAST.

AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND
COAST ON FRIDAY...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COASTLINE FROM NEW JERSEY TO NEW ENGLAND...LIKELY SPARING THESE
LOCATIONS ANY HEAVY SNOWFALL. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM EST THU JAN 17. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THIS EVENT.

KOCIN/COLLINS