STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR NORTHERN APPALACHIANS WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
500 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009
 
...A HEAVY...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES SURROUNDING THE
WARNINGS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 AM EDT... A 994 MB LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ABOUT
240 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTAUK POINT NEW YORK AND MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO SHOW A
LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION FROM NORTHEAST OHIO...ACROSS THE
NORTHERN APPALACHIANS INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES ARE CLOSE TO OR A BIT ABOVE
FREEZING WITH LIGHT SNOW BEING REPORTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW
YORK. A COLD RAIN WAS FALLING ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE AFFECTED
REGION.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT THU OCT
15 THROUGH 500 AM EDT FRI OCT 16...

...CONNECTICUT...
WINSTED                               1.8                     
SHARON                                0.5                     

...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...
SOUTH VESTAL                          2.8                     
PAWLING                               2.0                     
CATON                                 1.0                     
HALCOTT                               0.5                     
STORMVILLE                            0.5                     
LEXINGTON                             0.3                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
HANEYVILLE                            4.4                     
TOBYHANNA                             4.3                     
STORMSTOWN                            4.0                     
WILMOT                                4.0                     
BOALSBURG                             3.0                     
LAKE HARMONY                          3.0                     
SYLVANIA                              3.0                     
CENTRE HALL                           2.7                     
STATE COLLEGE                         2.5                     
EAST WEISSPORT                        1.5                     
BANGOR                                1.0                     
RINGTOWN                              1.0                     


THE AREA OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE TODAY...CONTINUING
TO AFFECT THE SAME GENERAL AREAS INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY
EDGING EAST ON SATURDAY AS A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
STRENGTHENS ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC.
TEMPERATURES HOVERING AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING SHOULD
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SNOW IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS WITH A RAIN/SNOW
MIX ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY INTO
SOUTHERN UPSTATE NEW YORK DURING THE DAY TODAY. THE HIGHEST PEAKS
OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL SIX INCHES OF SNOW
BY SUNDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...THIS STORM IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
INTO THE MID ATLANTIC COASTS DUE TO GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1100 AM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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