STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR NORTHERN APPALACHIANS WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
1100 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009
 
...A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY BEFORE THE NEXT
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACTS THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT
AND INTO THE WEEKEND...
 
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WITH THIS AREA BEING SURROUNDED BY
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES. IN ADDITION...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW YORK. 
 
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WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 AM EDT... A 986 MILLIBAR LOW WAS CENTERED APPROXIMATELY
295 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOSTON...MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD AT 30 MPH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADARS SHOWED WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOWFALL IMPACTING CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA AND STRETCHING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW YORK. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF
LIGHT SNOW HAVE BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS AREAS OF CONNECTICUT AND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY HAD BEEN RESTRICTED TO
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS...BUT SNOW HAS
BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS AS WELL WHERE TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE TO RESIDE NEAR FREEZING.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT THU OCT
15 THROUGH 1100 AM EDT FRI OCT 16...

...CONNECTICUT...
WINSTED                               2.0                     
PROSPECT 1.8 NW                       1.0                     
SHARON                                0.5                     

...MASSACHUSETTS...
GRANVILLE                             3.0                     

...NEW JERSEY...
WANTAGE TWP 2.9 WNW                   2.7                     
RANDOLPH TWP 0.8 W                    2.2                     
ALLAMUCHY                             2.0                     
BLAIRSTOWN TWP 2.0 SE                 2.0                     
ANDOVER TWP 1.7 W                     1.6                     
GREEN POND                            1.0                     
KNOWLTON TWP 5.2 SSE                  1.0                     
MARCELLA                              1.0                     
ROXBURY TWP 1.7 S                     1.0                     
SPARTA TWP 3.7 E                      1.0                     
VIENNA                                1.0                     

...NEW YORK...
WELLSVILLE                            5.5                     
CATLIN                                4.0                     
FRIENDSHIP                            4.0                     
OLEAN                                 4.0                     
WHITESVILLE                           4.0                     
MAVYILLE                              3.8                     
SOUTHPORT 3.8 SSW                     3.8                     
SOUTH VESTAL                          3.6                     
NEWFIELD 2.5 S                        3.5                     
MECKLENBURG                           3.2                     
CANISTEO 7.0 ENE                      3.0                     
ERWIN                                 3.0                     
HORNELL                               3.0                     
PERRYSBURG 0.1 ENE                    3.0                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
PORT MATILDA 2.2 ESE                  6.0                     
STORMSTOWN                            6.0                     
PLEASANT GAP                          5.0                     
STATE COLLEGE 2.6 NW                  5.0                     
BOALSBURG                             4.9                     
WESTFIELD 3.7 S                       4.5                     
WILMOT                                4.5                     
HANEYVILLE                            4.4                     
NESCOPECK PASS                        4.3                     
TOBYHANNA                             4.3                     
POCONO PEAK LAKE                      4.2                     
ULYSSES                               4.0                     
LAKE HARMONY                          3.0                     
SYLVANIA                              3.0                     


THE AXIS OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHTER IN NATURE
TODAY AS IT SLOWLY DEPARTS OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...MANY OF THE SAME
LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TO
WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN EARLIER. BY SATURDAY...A SECOND AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...TEMPERATURES
HOVERING AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
SNOW IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE UPPER MID-ATLANTIC AND LOWER
NEW ENGLAND STATES WITH A RAIN/SNOW MIX ACROSS EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY INTO SOUTHERN UPSTATE NEW YORK
DURING THE DAY TODAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM REACHES THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. EARLIER
SNOWFALL HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA. ACCOMPANYING THE FORECAST FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING FROM THE
MID-ATLANTIC COASTS NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DUE TO
GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.

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.

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