STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR AUTUMN MID-ATLANTIC TO NORTHEAST U.S.
MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011
 
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM UNFOLDING FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
INTO THE NORTHEAST...                     
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FROM VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA NORTHEASTWARD INTO
NEW ENGLAND.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 AM EDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1010
MB...29.83 INCHES...HAS DEVELOPED OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS.
THIS SURFACE LOW IS MOVING NORTHWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW CROSSING SOUTHERN
GEORGIA AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. A COLD POLAR AIRMASS HAS
MOVED INTO MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S. BEHIND THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION COVERED MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S.
FROM THE CAROLINAS NORTHWARD TO PENNSYLVANIA. MOST OF THIS
PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS RAIN...WITH SNOW FALLING WELL INLAND
AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. RAIN AND SNOW WERE GENERALLY LIGHT TO
MODERATE ACROSS THE REGION.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT FRI OCT
28 THROUGH 400 AM EDT SAT OCT 29...

...VIRGINIA...
MUSTOE 1.2 SW                         1.5                     

...WEST VIRGINIA...
CHERRY GROVE 6 WSW                    4.0                     


THE SURFACE LOW OFF THE CAROLINA COAST IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHWARD TO THE DELMARVA COASTAL WATERS BY EARLY AFTERNOON
TODAY...AND OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES
NORTHWARD...COLDER AIR WILL BE PULLED IN BEHIND THE
SYSTEM...CHANGING RAIN OVER TO SNOW AT LOWER ELEVATIONS FROM
VIRGINIA NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
COME TO AN END ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT AND ACROSS
NEW ENGLAND BY LATE SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
INLAND AREAS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEASTERN STATES. LIGHTER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE
I-95 CORRIDOR. HEAVY WET SNOWS ACCUMULATING ON TREES THAT HAVE NOT
YET LOST LEAVES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE
REFER TO PRODUCTS FROM YOUR LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE FOR
DETAILS SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA

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.

RYAN