STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR NEW ENGLAND WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
1000 AM EST MON FEB 23 2009
 
...A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING HEAVY
SNOWS TO NEW ENGLAND... 

WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHERN VERMONT AND
NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MAINE. 
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS...SHIP AND BUOY DATA INDICATE A 983 MB...29.03 INCHES
OF MERCURY LOW LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN BAY OF FUNDY.  THIS LOW
IS INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AT
APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH.  AT 915 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A BAND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
MAINE STRETCHING INTO NEW BRUNSWICK. MEANWHILE...LIGHTER SNOWFALL
WAS BEING REPORTED ACROSS VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST SUN FEB
22 THROUGH 1000 AM EST MON FEB 23...

...CONNECTICUT...
SHARON                                4.5                     

...MASSACHUSETTS...
CLARKSBURG                            8.0                     
SAVOY                                 7.5                     
COLRAIN                               7.0                     
JIMINY PEAK                           7.0                     
ALFORD                                6.0                     
CHESTERFIELD                          6.0                     
GOSHEN                                6.0                     

...MAINE...
FRYEBURG                             24.0                     
SOUTH PARIS                          24.0                     
WELLINGTON                           23.0                     
OTISFIELD                            22.5                     
SEBEC LAKE                           22.5                     
JAY                                  22.0                     
HARTFORD                             21.0                     
NEW SHARON                           21.0                     
WILTON                               21.0                     
TURNER                               19.0                     
GUILFORD                             18.0                     
HEBRON                               18.0                     
TOPSFIELD                            17.0                     
BRIDGTON                             16.3                     
RUMFORD                              16.0                     
RAYMOND                              14.0                     
CORRINA                              13.5                     
LAKEVILLE                            13.5                     
ORONO                                12.5                     
BANGOR                               12.0                     
     
...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
LOST RIVER                           21.0                     
SUNAPEE                              15.5                     
MADISON                              14.5                     
DIXVILLE NOTCH                       14.0                     
FRANCONIA NOTCH                      13.0                     
WOLFEBORO                            12.9                     
ALTON BAY                            12.5                     
COLEBROOK                            12.0                     
SUNAPEE                              10.5                     
CLAREMONT                            10.0                     
WOLFEBORO                            10.0                     

...VERMONT...
SUTTON                               20.6                     
LYNDONVILLE                          16.0                     
CHELSEA                              15.5                     
JAY PEAK                             15.0                     
CANAAN                               14.0                     
MARSHFIELD                           13.0                     
BELVIDERE CENTER                     12.0                     
NORTH MONTPELIER                     12.0                     
STRAFFORD                            12.0                     
MORETOWN                             10.0                     

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

...MASSACHUSETTS...
MARBLEHEAD                              54 AT 1220 AM             
EAST MILTON                             52 AT 103 AM              
LYNN                                    51 AT 1215 AM             

...MAINE...
CUTLER RAINWISE                         65 AT 1200 AM             
WEST QUODDY RAINWISE                    56 AT 630 AM              
HOULTON                                 55 AT 530 AM              
PASSAMAQUODDY TIDE                      51 AT 630 AM              


THE LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE MAINE COAST IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
INTENSIFY THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AS IT PUSHES
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.  HEAVY SNOWS WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS CENTRAL TO NORTHERN MAINE THIS
MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL INTENSITIES DECREASING BY THIS AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER MAINE ON
MONDAY...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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