ACUS44 KWBC 171437 SCCNS4 STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 09 FOR NORTHERN APPALACHIANS WINTER STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 1100 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009 ...RECORD SETTING EARLY SEASON SNOW STORM IS SLOWLY COMING TO AN END... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV AT 1000 AM EDT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...1005 MB...ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS...NORTH CAROLINA...WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS CROSSING THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN APPALACHIANS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MIXED RAIN AND SNOW FALLING OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED WHICH IS LEADING TO MORE RAIN THAN SNOW. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT THE AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LESS THAN PREVIOUS DAYS AS THE EXTEND OF COLD AIR CONTINUES TO SHRINK. ...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT THU OCT 15 THROUGH 1100 AM EDT SAT OCT 17... ...CONNECTICUT... AVON 2.7 WINSTED 2.0 PROSPECT 1.8 NW 1.0 SHARON 0.5 ...MASSACHUSETTS... GRANVILLE 3.0 ...NEW JERSEY... WANTAGE TWP 2.9 WNW 2.7 RANDOLPH TWP 0.8 W 2.2 ALLAMUCHY 2.0 BLAIRSTOWN TWP 2.0 SE 2.0 ANDOVER TWP 1.7 W 1.6 GREEN POND 1.0 KNOWLTON TWP 5.2 SSE 1.0 MARCELLA 1.0 ROXBURY TWP 1.7 S 1.0 SPARTA TWP 3.7 E 1.0 VIENNA 1.0 ...NEW YORK... WELLSVILLE 5.5 CAMPBELL 4.0 CATLIN 4.0 FRIENDSHIP 4.0 OLEAN 4.0 WHITESVILLE 4.0 MAVYILLE 3.8 SOUTHPORT 3.8 SSW 3.8 SOUTH VESTAL 3.6 NEWFIELD 2.5 S 3.5 MECKLENBURG 3.2 CANISTEO 7.0 ENE 3.0 ERWIN 3.0 HORNELL 3.0 PERRYSBURG 0.1 ENE 3.0 ...PENNSYLVANIA... CENTRE HALL 2W 9.0 PLEASANT GAP 9.0 GERMANIA 8.0 ULYSSES 7.0 HANEYVILLE 6.0 PORT MATILDA 2.2 ESE 6.0 STORMSTOWN 6.0 WELLSBORO 5.9 SYLVANIA 3.3 SSW 5.5 PLEASANT GAP 5.0 STATE COLLEGE 2.6 NW 5.0 BOALSBURG 4.9 WESTFIELD 3.7 S 4.5 WILMOT 4.5 HANEYVILLE 4.4 NESCOPECK PASS 4.3 TOBYHANNA 4.3 POCONO PEAK LAKE 4.2 ULYSSES 4.0 LAKE HARMONY 3.0 ALTOONA 1.0 MIXED LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTO NORTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE COASTAL LOW CONTINUES TRACKING NORTHEAST. THE DOME OF COLD AIR THAT SUPPORTED WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW IS SHRINKING AND WILL LEAD TO MORE RAIN VERSUS SNOW TODAY. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE LEAVES. ALSO...STRONG WINDS ALONG THE NORTHERN MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME COASTAL FLOODING INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ECKERT $$