THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 8 FOR UPPER MIDWEST TO NEW ENGLAND WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM EST THU MAR 01 2012
 
...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...        
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST U.S. FROM EASTERN NEW YORK TO
CENTRAL MAINE.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM EST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1003 MB...29.62 INCHES...WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN LAKE
ONTARIO...ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE...AND MOVING EAST
NORTHEASTWARD. A SECONDARY LOW IS ALSO LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF RHODE
ISLAND...AND IS MOVING EASTWARD.  A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED
SOUTHWARD FROM THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES AND INTO THE DEEP SOUTH...AND IS BEGINNING TO MOVE
OFFSHORE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO LOWS ARE CAUSING LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW TO FALL ACROSS AREAS FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE
EASTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MAINE. CLOSE TO THE COAST...FROM
MAINE TO MASSACHUSETTS...GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WERE REPORTED
AT TIMES. ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW...INCLUDING BOSTON AND
PROVIDENCE AND INTO SYRACUSE...PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING IN THE
FORM OF RAIN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING
PORTIONS OF THE DEEP SOUTH...AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.             
                 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EST TUE FEB
28 THROUGH 300 PM EST THU MAR 01...

...CONNECTICUT...
SHELLBURNE                           11.0                     
HEATH                                 9.5                     
GREENFIELD                            8.0                     
LEYDEN                                7.0                     
SOUTHWICK                             6.9                     
NORTH GRANBY                          5.8                     
ASHFORD                               5.3                     
KILLINGLY                             5.0                     
NEW HARTFORD                          5.0                     
EAST HARTFORD                         1.0                     

...MASSACHUSETTS...
SHELBURNE                            11.0                     
SAVOY                                 9.0                     
WESTHAMPTON 2 SW                      8.0                     
BOYLSTON                              7.5                     
PEPPERELL                             7.2                     
PITTSFIELD                            7.0                     
TOWNSEND                              6.9                     
WORCESTER                             6.5                     
LANESBOROUGH                          6.0                     
TAUNTON                               3.2 NWS OFFICE          

...MAINE...
SCARBOROUGH 3 WSW                    10.5                     
VAUGHAN WOODS 2 ESE                  10.0                     
PORTLAND                              9.7                     
SANFORD 2 NNW                         9.0                     
BIDDEFORD                             8.0                     
KENNEBUNK 2 NE                        8.0                     
WESTBROOK 4 ENE                       6.6                     
JEWETT 1 SE                           6.0                     
GRAY NWS OFFICE                       1.5                     

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
PETERBOROUGH                         13.0                     
NEW BOSTON                           11.0                     
MERRIMACK                            10.5                     
GREENVILLE 1.1 ENE                    9.7                     
EAST SANDWICH 1 E                     9.0                     
RAYMOND 3.3 WNW                       8.5                     
STRAFFORD 2 SSE                       8.5                     
WAPOLE                                7.8                     
GOFFSTOWN                             7.5                     
NEWBURY 4 SE                          5.7                     
STRATHAM 2 ENE                        5.5                     
DERRY 3 ENE                           5.0                     
SALISBURY                             5.0                     
NORTHWOOD 2 WSW                       4.6                     
WILTON                                4.5                     
NELSON                                4.0                     
CONCORD ASOS                          2.1                     

...NEW YORK...
LUDLOW                               12.5                     
NORTH SPRING FIELD 3 SSW             12.0                     
CHESTER                              11.0                     
WELLS                                10.6                     
FONDA 5 W                             9.8                     
PRINCETOWN                            9.5                     
SOUTH BERNE                           9.5                     
DELANSON 3 NNE                        9.0                     
KNOX                                  9.0                     
AMSTERDAM                             8.8                     
CHERRY VALLEY 6 S                     8.6                     
RICHMONDVILLE                         8.2                     
GREENVILLE                            7.5                     
ALBANY                                7.0                     
MEDUSA                                6.0                     

...RHODE ISLAND...
WEST GLOCESTER                        5.8                     
NORTH FOSTER                          5.6                     
FOSTER                                5.3                     
BURRILLVILLE                          5.0                     
SCITUATE                              5.0                     
GREENVILLE                            4.8                     
WEST WARWICK                          4.0                     
PROVIDENCE                            3.7                     

...VERMONT...
LANDGROVE                            11.2                     
CHESTER                              11.0                     
PUTNEY 2.0 WNW                       11.0                     
LUDLOW 3.4 S                         10.3                     
WEST HALIFAX 0.2 SE                   7.5                     
WOODFORD                              5.2                     
STAMFORD                              4.5                     
DORSET                                3.0                     
ROCKINGHAM                            3.0                     
WEST TOPSHAM                          3.0                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...MICHIGAN...
IRON MOUNTAIN 6 N                    16.0                     
NORWAY 2 SSE                         15.5                     
DAGGETT                              15.0                     
MARENISCO 8 SSE                      14.5                     
BESSEMER 1 ENE                       13.5                     
CARNEY                               12.5                     
BARK RIVER 1 W                       12.0                     
ESCANABA                             12.0                     
GLADSTONE 4 NW                       10.0                     
THOUSAND ISLAND LA 1 SW              10.0                     
ISHPEMING 7 NNE                       9.3                     
IRON RIVER 5 WSW                      9.0                     

...MINNESOTA...
HINCKLEY 18 E                        20.0                     
BRUNO 4 SSW                          15.5                     
BEAVER BAY                           15.0                     
WEBSTER 12 NW                        13.0                     
ALEXANDRIA                           12.0                     
BOWLUS                               11.5                     
PRINCETON 3.2 WSW                    10.0                     
ST CLOUD                              9.5                     
DULUTH 2 NE                           8.0                     
MINNEAPOLIS 5 NW                      3.1                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
DURBIN 5.4 WNW                        8.4                     
HAZELTON 4 NW                         7.2                     
LINTON 5 NW                           7.0                     
LIDGERWOOD                            6.0                     
ELLENDALE                             5.0                     

...NEBRASKA...
VALENTINE                            10.0                     
ATKINSON 3 SW                         6.0                     
CHERRY                                6.0                     
STUART 8 NW                           6.0                     
WOOD LAKE                             5.0                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
MILANVILLE                            3.0                     
MILANVILLE 1.5 SE                     3.0                     
PLEASANT MOUNT                        3.0                     
DINGMANS FERRY 3.9 WSW                2.4                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
GANN VALLEY 16 NW                    14.0                     
TURTON 11.4 W                        13.6                     
SISSETON 3.8 W                       12.2                     
LEMMON 11 S                          10.5                     
MILLER 10.2 NW                       10.5                     
ROY LAKE STATE PARK                   9.0                     
SISSETON                              8.0                     
HOOVER 12 SSE                         7.0                     
IDEAL 3 W                             7.0                     
NEWELL 13 NE                          7.0                     
ROSCOE                                6.7                     
ABERDEEN 1 SE                         6.2                     

...WISCONSIN...
CLAM LAKE 4 W                        20.0                     
BUTTERNUT 3 N                        19.0                     
CORNUCOPIA                           18.0                     
MINOCQUA                             18.0                     
CRANDON 0.3 N                        17.0                     
PARK FALLS 4 SE                      16.0                     
BRUCE 13 NNE                         15.9                     
WEBB LAKE 2.2 SW                     15.0                     
TRIPOLI                              14.0                     
MEDFORD 4 NW                         13.3                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET AMOUNTS IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...

...MICHIGAN...
FLINT                                 0.20                     
FOSTORIA 3 SE                         0.20                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...

...MICHIGAN...
IONIA                                 0.10                     
WHITE LAKE                            0.10                     

...MINNESOTA...
WABASHA 3 WNW                         0.20                     

...NEW JERSEY...
WANTAGE                               0.10                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
PLEASANT MOUNT                        0.10                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ARDMORE 1 NNW                         0.10                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...MARYLAND...
COLUMBIA 2 N                          2.33                     
WHITACRE 1 ESE                        2.09                     
GAITHERSBURG 3 NE                     2.04                     

...VIRGINIA...
JORDAN TOP IFLOWS                     2.80                     
NICHOLLS KNOB IFLOWS                  2.63                     

...WEST VIRGINIA...
KLINE GAP 2 NE                        3.25                     
FAIRMONT                              3.10                     
KEYSER 2 SSW                          2.69                     
DAVIS 2.9 SE                          2.54                     
NEW CREEK 3 NW                        2.41                     
SPRINGFIELD 2 ESE                     2.19                     
BUNKER HILL 1 WNW                     2.08                     


THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE
WEAKENING TODAY AS IT MOVES TOWARD NEW ENGLAND...THEN WILL
DISSIPATE. SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY
ACROSS AREAS FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK INTO CENTRAL MAINE. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEW YORK...AND
ALONG THE COAST OF MAINE. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS NEW
ENGLAND TONIGHT BEFORE EVENING ON EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF SOME LINGERING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS.       

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FANNING




Last Updated: 602 PM EST THU MAR 01 2012