THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR NEW ENGLAND WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016

...A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING COASTAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A
QUICK ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM THE POCONO MOUNTAINS NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...AS WELL AS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR DOWNEAST
MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND

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

AT 300 PM EST...A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 998 MB...29.47 INCHES OF MERCURY...WAS MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD JUST OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST TOWARDS SOUTHEASTERN
NEW ENGLAND. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A
REINFORCING SURGE OF COLD AIR WAS PUSHING EASTWARD ACROSS UPSTATE
NEW YORK AS WELL AS ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY... WAS MOVING
EASTWARD ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK INTO MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.  MEANWHILE...PRECIPITATION WAS IN THE
FORM OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND JUST AHEAD OF THE
INTENSIFYING COASTAL LOW.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST THU DEC
29 THROUGH 300 PM EST THU DEC 29...

...CONNECTICUT...
TOLLAND                               1.0                    

...MASSACHUSETTS...
BLANDFORD                             3.5                    
SOUTHWICK                             3.0                    
WESTFIELD                             3.0                    
LUNENBURG                             2.5                    
SHELBURNE                             2.5                    
PLAINFIELD                            2.2                    
PEPPERELL                             2.1                    
CONWAY                                2.0                    
MONTGOMERY                            2.0                    
NORTHAMPTON                           2.0                    

...MAINE...
DURHAM                                1.1                    

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
BEAR BROOK STATE 2 ENE                2.3                    
DANBURY 2 ESE                         2.3                    
WEARE 4 SE                            2.3                    
HENNIKER 1 SSE                        2.0                    
MANCHESTER                            2.0                    
AMHERST                               1.8                    
BERWICK 1 N                           1.5                    
ANTRIM                                1.0                    
BOSCAWEN                              1.0                    

...NEW YORK...
HESSVILLE                             4.5                    
GANSEVOORT                            4.0                    
GLENS FALLS                           4.0                    
FULTON LOCK O3                        3.7                    
LOMONTVILLE                           3.5                    
QUEENSBURY                            3.5                    
GREENE                                3.3                    
RHINEBECK                             3.2                    
WELLS                                 3.1                    
GLEN                                  3.0                    
GREENVILLE CENTER                     3.0                    
ROCKTON                               3.0                    
SPECULATOR 10 SSW                     3.0                    
MC GRAW                               2.9                    
KENMORE                               2.6                    
BINGHAMTON REG ARPT                   2.5                    
ELMA 3 WSW                            2.3                    
HAMBURG                               2.2                    
SARATOGA SPRINGS                      2.1                    
NIAGARA FALLS 6 E                     2.0                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
MINERSVILLE                           3.5                    
GRANTVILLE                            3.1                    
GIBSON                                2.5                    
TUNKHANNOCK 4 NW                      2.5                    
CHANDLERS VALLE 1 SE                  2.0                    

...VERMONT...
MIDDLESEX                             5.0                    
WORCESTER 2 WNW                       4.5                    
MILTON 2 E                            3.0                    
SOUTH BURLINGTON 1 NE                 1.8                    

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

...OHIO...
PIERPONT 2SE                          2.1                    


THE COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY
AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT.  SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO MAINE THIS EVENING AND
WILL BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND
THROUGH TONIGHT.  NEAR THE COAST OF MAINE...THE STORM WILL DRAW
MILDER AIR FROM THE ATLANTIC AND SHOULD CHANGE THE SNOW OVER TO
RAIN AS THE STORM CENTER APPROACHES OVERNIGHT.  TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS...ACROSS INTERIOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TO ONLY AN INCH OR TWO ALONG COASTAL MAINE.  THE STORM CENTER
SHOULD MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA DURING THE
DAY ON FRIDAY WITH THE SNOW RAPIDLY TAPERING OFF OVER NEW ENGLAND.
 FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...AS COLDER AIR IS FORCED UP THE WESTERN
SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST
ACROSS PARTS OF WEST VIRGINIA.  SOME GREAT-ENHANCED SNOWFALL CAN
BE EXPECTED DOWNWIND OF LAKE EIRE AND LAKE ONTARIO.  IN
ADDITION...HIGH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE COAST.

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

KONG




Last Updated: 422 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016