THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM EST MON FEB 08 2016

...SNOW BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO COASTAL NEW ENGLAND AS STRONG LOW
OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST MOVES NORTH AND CONTINUES TO DEEPEN... 

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...LONG ISLAND AND MOST OF
NEW ENGLAND.

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

AT 900 AM EST...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
975 MB...28.79 INCHES...WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 350 MILES SOUTH
OF NANTUCKET...MASSACHUSETTS. THIS LOW WAS CONTINUING TO DEEPEN AS
IT MOVES NORTHWARD ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS LONG ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...RHODE
ISLAND...AND COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. WINDS ALONG THE COAST FROM
MASSACHUSETTS TO NOVA SCOTIA WERE GUSTING BETWEEN UP TO 45 MPH. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM EST WED FEB
08 THROUGH 900 AM EST SAT FEB 08...

...MASSACHUSETTS...
CENTERVILLE                           3.5                    
FALMOUTH 1 NNW                        3.0                    
MASHPEE                               3.0                    
OSTERVILLE                            3.0                    
MARSTONS MILL                         2.0                    
WAQUOIT                               2.0                    
YARMOUTH 1 WSW                        1.6                    
TAUNTON NWS OFFICE                    0.6                    


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND EAST AWAY
FROM THE EAST COAST BY TUESDAY EVENING. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXPECTED ALONG
COASTAL NEW ENGLAND. FARTHER INLAND...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. SNOW
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TAPER OFF BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH MIDWEEK AS OTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVE ALONG THE NEW
ENGLAND COASTLINE. 

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

FANNING




Last Updated: 934 AM EST MON FEB 08 2016