STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTH-CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1100 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2009
 
...EARLY SEASON SNOW STORM DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTH-CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...WHILE WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 AM EDT... A 1005 MB LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ABOUT
100 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO
INTENSIFY TODAY AS IT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC
COAST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOW A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAINFALL FROM THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC REGION. SNOW WAS REPORTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ALONG
THE HIGHER RIDGES.


THE AREA OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND INTENSIFY
TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE COASTAL LOW DEEPENS AND MOVES NORTH.
COLDER AIR WILL GET PULLED INTO THE NORTHERN MIDDLE ATLANTIC
REGION WITH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND
INTERIOR PENNSYLVANIA SEEING ACCUMULATING SNOWS. THE HIGHEST PEAKS
COULD SEE IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES OF SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING.
ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...COASTAL AREAS OF NEW JERSEY COULD SEE
WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 500 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ECKERT