STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHERN APPALACHIANS WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
500 PM 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NEARBY
AREAS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK STATE. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE
IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE. 
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 500 PM EDT... A 1000 MB LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ABOUT
130 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO
INTENSIFY TONIGHT AS IT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH JUST OFF THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC COAST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LARGE
AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE MIDWEST...LOWER GREAT
LAKES...NORTHERN MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES...AND SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND. LIGHT SNOW WAS REPORTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WITH MEASURABLE ACCUMULATIONS
ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. SNOW WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE LOWER
HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT THU OCT
15 THROUGH 400 PM EDT THU OCT 15...

...NEW JERSEY...
HIGH POINT STATE                      0.5                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
TOBYHANNA                             1.4                     
STATE COLLEGE                         0.3                     


THE AREA OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND INTENSIFY
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 1100 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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