STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHERN APPALACHIANS WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
1100 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009
 
...EARLY SEASON SNOW STORM IS IN PROGRESS OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...
 
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WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 PM EDT... A 997 MB LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ABOUT
300 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS. THIS LOW HAS BEGUN TO
MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST.
NEVERTHELESS...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO SHOW A
LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION BETWEEN THE OFFSHORE LOW AND A SURFACE
TROUGH ALONG THE APPALACHIANS. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION COVERED
PARTS OF THE MIDWEST...ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...NORTHERN
MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES...INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. LIGHT SNOW WAS
REPORTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AS WELL AS
NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. SOME OF THE SNOW HAS CHANGED OVER TO
FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT THU OCT
15 THROUGH 1100 PM EDT THU OCT 15...

...CONNECTICUT...
WINSTED                               1.8                     

...NEW JERSEY...
ALLAMUCHY                             2.0                     
BLAIRSTOWN                            1.8                     
GREEN POND                            1.0                     
MARCELLA                              1.0                     
SPARTA                                1.0                     
VIENNA                                1.0                     
HIGH POINT STATE                      0.5                     

...NEW YORK...
PAWLING                               2.0                     
HALCOTT                               0.5                     
STORMVILLE                            0.5                     
LEXINGTON                             0.3                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
TOBYHANNA                             4.3                     
STORMSTOWN                            4.0                     
WILMOT                                4.0                     
HANEYVILLE                            3.3                     
BOALSBURG                             3.0                     
LAKE HARMONY                          3.0                     
CENTRE HALL                           2.7                     
STATE COLLEGE                         2.5                     
EAST WEISSPORT                        1.5                     
TOBYHANNA                             1.4                     
BANGOR                                1.0                     
RINGTOWN                              1.0                     
STATE COLLEGE                         0.3                     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...NEW JERSEY...
HARVEY CEDARS                           46                     
SEASIDE HEIGHTS                         45                     


THE AREA OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SAME GENERAL
AREA TONIGHT AND THEN SLOWLY EDGE NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NEW
ENGLAND BY THE EARLY HOURS OF FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES HOVERING AT OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SNOW IN THE
INTERIOR SECTIONS. SLIGHTLY MILDER AIR FROM THE ATLANTIC COULD
CHANGE SOME OF THE SNOW TO RAIN CLOSER TO THE COAST. 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
SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH EARLY ON
FRIDAY.

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

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