STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
300 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2009
 
...SNOW EXPANDING INTO PENNSYLVANIA...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND
NORTHERN INDIANA EASTWARD THROUGH MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO THE NEW
YORK CITY TRI-STATE AREA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN
EFFECT FROM EASTERN IOWA THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO SOUTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY AS WELL AS CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE.  
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS... PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 300 AM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 1009 MB... 29.80 IN... LOW
PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. AN
EAST-WEST ORIENTED BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW STRETCHED FROM
IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LIGHT SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WAS REPORTED ACROSS CENTRAL
ILLINOIS EASTWARD TO CENTRAL OHIO WHILE LIGHT RAIN WAS OBSERVED
NEAR THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARIES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST THU JAN
8 THROUGH 200 AM CST FRI JAN 9...

...ILLINOIS...
GURNEE                                5.5
CHICAGO OHARE ARPT                    3.6
STREAMWOOD 1 SW                       3.5
ELK GROVE VILLAGE 2 WSW               2.8
ROCKFORD AIRPORT                      2.7
MIDWAY AIRPORT                        2.7
GENOA 1.7 N                           2.5

...INDIANA...
LAGRANGE 1 ENE                        4.1
MICHIGAN CITY                         3.4
ELKAHRT 4.8 SW                        2.8
VALPARAISO 3.9 NNW                    1.4

...IOWA...
VAN HORNE 4 SW                        6.0
CEDAR RAPIDS 1 SSE                    6.0
ANKENY                                4.6
WINDSOR HEIGHTS                       4.3
WAUCOMA 3 SE                          4.2
MCGREGOR 4 W                          4.0
NEW HAMPTON                           4.0
POTSVILLE                             3.5
CHARLES CITY                          3.0

...MICHIGAN...
COLDWATER 7 ENE                       5.5
LITCHFIELD                            4.6
KALAMAZOO                             4.3
LAGRANGE 1 ENE                        4.1
BATTLE CREEK                          4.0
NILES                                 3.6
TECUMSEH                              3.5
MANITOU BEACH                         3.4

...WISCONSIN...
OREGON                                8.5
BURLINGTON                            7.5
ALBION                                6.0
WATERFORD                             5.9
UTICA 3 SSE                           5.3
MILTON                                5.0
KIELER                                3.8
MADISON                               3.6

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...NORTH DAKOTA...
MINOT                                10.0                     
CROSBY                                8.0
GARRISON                              7.0
WIMBLEDON 3 N                         6.5
HARVEY                                6.0
NOONAN                                6.0
LANSFORD                              5.8
TURTLE LAKE                           5.5
BISMARK 6 SE                          5.4
WILTON                                5.0

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
HECLA 8.6 W                           3.5
BROWN                                 3.0
ABERDEEN                              2.6
LEOLA                                 2.6
WILMOT                                2.5
ASTORIA 2.2 SE                        2.0

...MINNESOTA...
FAIRMONT                              4.0
WINNEBAGO                             3.0
NEW ULM                               3.0
LEWISVILLE                            3.0
LYLE 2 NE                             3.0

                        
THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS FORECAST TO TRACK EAST ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY SPREADING SNOW INTO THE NORTHEAST BY
SATURDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL MOVE STEADILY OUT TO SEA JUST
SOUTH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
ENGLAND. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE LOW PRESSURE TRACK FROM CENTRAL OHIO INTO SOUTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA WITH PLAIN RAIN FARTHER SOUTH.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO