THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST MAJOR WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 
1000 PM EST FRI FEB 08 2013

...MAJOR WINTER STORM CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE
NORTHEASTERN U.S. WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME PLACES...    

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE COASTAL SECTIONS
OF THE NORTHEAST...FROM NEWARK NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK CITY NORTHWARD
TO SOUTHERN MAINE.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA NORTH AND
EASTWARD INTO MAINE.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS IN SOUTHERN
DELAWARE AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 PM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 979 MB...
28.90 INCHES... WAS CENTERED APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES OFF THE COAST
OF LONG ISLAND NEW YORK...AND MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH-NORTHEAST.
THE SECOND LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT TO THE WEST HAD WEAKENED
AND WERE BECOMING ABSORBED INTO THE MAIN SYSTEM. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A WIDESPREAD
AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA... MUCH OF NEW YORK... AND NEW ENGLAND. SOME HEAVIER
SNOW WAS ALSO FALLING CLOSER TO THE COAST ACROSS CONNECTICUT AND
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.   

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST WED FEB
06 THROUGH 900 PM EST FRI FEB 08...

...CONNECTICUT...
LISBON                               13.0                    
NORTH BRANFORD                       13.0                    
MONTVILLE                            12.5                    
MILFORD                              12.0                    
NORTH GUILFORD                       12.0                    
NORTHFORD                            11.7                    
HADDAM                               11.5                    
YALESVILLE                           11.0                    
NORWICH                              10.5                    
GALES FERRY                          10.0                    
GILMAN                               10.0                    
NEW HAVEN                            10.0                    

...MASSACHUSETTS...
NEW BEDFORD                           7.5                    
HANOVER                               7.0                    
NORTH EASTON                          7.0                    
ROCKLAND                              7.0                    
ATTLEBORO                             6.5                    
TAUNTON                               6.2                    
REHOBOTH                              6.0                    
HINGHAM                               5.5                    
FOXBORO                               5.0                    
FRAMINGHAM                            5.0                    
NORTH OTIS                            5.0                    

...MAINE...
PORTLAND JETPORT                     10.5                    
FERRY BEACH 1 NW                     10.0                    
GORHAM                                9.0                    
SWEDEN                                9.0                    
AUGUSTA                               8.0                    
OTISFIELD 1 W                         7.5                    
BIDDEFORD                             7.0                    
KENNEBUNK 2 NE                        7.0                    
KITTERY                               7.0                    
SCARBOROUGH                           7.0                    
TURNER 4 S                            7.0                    

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
PINKHAM NOTCH                         9.0                    
CRAWFORD NOTCH                        8.5                    
JACKSON                               8.0                    
NORTH CONWAY                          7.2                    
LIVERMORE                             7.0                    
MADISON 1 N                           6.0                    
WEBSTER 3 SSW                         6.0                    
BOW                                   5.8                    
DEERFIELD 1 NNE                       5.0                    
DIXVILLE NOTCH                        4.5                    
LACONIA                               4.5                    

...NEW JERSEY...
HILLSDALE                             7.5                    
WAYNE                                 7.0                    
RIVER VALE                            6.0                    
CEDAR GROVE                           5.8                    
MAHWAH                                5.7                    
VERONA                                5.0                    
HIGHLAND LAKES                        4.7                    
MORRISTOWN                            4.3                    
VERNON VALLEY                         4.1                    

...NEW YORK...
EAST SETAUKEY                        13.0                    
OGDENSBURG                           13.0                    
STONY BROOK                          11.0                    
MOUNT SINAI                          10.8                    
MADRID                               10.2                    
MILLER PLACE                         10.0                    
SAINT JAMES                           9.8                    
PARISHVILLE                           8.5                    
WHIPPLEVILLE                          7.6                    
LOCKPORT                              7.0                    
MALONE 1 WSW                          7.0                    
WESTVILLE CENTER                      7.0                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
TUNKHANNOCK                           4.5                    
BRACKNEY                              4.0                    

...RHODE ISLAND...
WEST GLOCESTER                        8.5                    
WEST WARWICK                          8.3                    
WEST COVENTRY                         8.0                    
WEST GREENWICH                        8.0                    
CHARLESTOWN                           7.8                    
WESTERLY                              7.0                    
NORTH FOSTER                          5.3                    

...VERMONT...
JOHNSON                              10.0                    
WATERBURY CENTER 2 NNE               10.0                    
MILTON 3 NNE                          9.0                    
MORRISVILLE                           9.0                    
WILLIAMSTOWN                          9.0                    
SOUTH BURLINGTON 1 NE                 8.8                    
JEFFERSONVILLE                        8.0                    
MOUNT MANSFIELD                       8.0                    
ELMORE                                7.0                    
ESSEX CENTER 1 S                      6.8                    
SMUGGLERS NOTCH 1 SSE                 6.3                    
JONESVILLE                            6.0                    

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

...CONNECTICUT...
GROTON AIRPORT                        51                    
PORT CHESTER 1 ENE                    50                    

...MASSACHUSETTS...
BUZZARDS BAY                          71                    
FORT INDEPENDENCE 1 SSW               59                    
NANTUCKET 2 ESE                       59                    
BROOKLINE                             58                    
WELLFLEET BY THE SEA 1 E              58                    
EAST FALMOUTH                         55                    
FIRST ENCOUNTER 1 W                   52                    
VINEYARD HAVEN 3 S                    52                    

...NEW YORK...
PLUM ISLAND 4 ENE                     52                    

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

...ILLINOIS...
BEACH PARK                            7.0                    
GRAYSLAKE                             6.1                    
CAPRON                                4.0                    

...MICHIGAN...
MUSKEGON 5.5 ESE                     11.6                    
BAY PORT 0.1 NE                      10.7                    
MOUNT PLEASANT                       10.5                    
GRANDVILLE 1.3 WSW                   10.4                    
BAY CITY 4.8 N                       10.0                    
COMSTOCK PARK 3.7 NNE                10.0                    
BYRON CENTER 2.9 NE                   9.0                    
LEOTA                                 9.0                    
HOLLAND 4 WSW                         8.7                    
ALMA                                  8.4                    
WALKER 2 WSW                          8.4                    
AUBURN                                8.2                    
WELLSTON                              8.0                    
DUTTON 1 SSW                          7.0                    
PORT HURON                            6.5                    

...NORTH CAROLINA...
CATAWBA                               3.0                    
LOVILL 3 NE                           3.0                    
BOONE 1 S                             2.0                    

...VIRGINIA...
BLUE RIDGE                            5.0                    
HOLLINS                               5.0                    
MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS EAST                 5.0                    
REVA                                  5.0                    
ROANOKE                               5.0                    
DALEVILLE                             4.5                    
HAYWOOD                               4.5                    
CAVE SPRING 3 WNW                     4.0                    
WILLIS                                4.0                    
BUCHANAN                              3.0                    
BLACKSBURG 5 NNE                      2.3                    

...WISCONSIN...
KENOSHA 6 NW                          9.0                    
RACINE 2 WSW                          8.0                    
VALDERS                               8.0                    
DARBOY 2 NW                           6.8                    
BURLINGTON                            6.7                    
MENOMONEE FALLS                       6.0                    
PERSHTIGO                             6.0                    
MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL ARPT          5.8                    
PLEASANT PRAIRIE                      5.8                    
CUDAHY 1 NE                           5.1                    
LITTLE SUAMICO                        5.0                    


THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OFF THE COAST OF NEW YORK WILL CONTINUE TO
INTENSIFY AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NEW
ENGLAND TONIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
NORTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND WHERE
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HIGHER THAN 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO
THE HEAVY SNOWFALL... WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS
WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

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

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Last Updated: 949 PM EST FRI FEB 08 2013