STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10:00 PM EDT FRI JAN 21 2005

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...GREAT LAKES...MID WEST...MID
ATLANTIC...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES...MID
WEST...MID ATLANTIC...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND.  BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT OVER
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA..WESTERN MINNISOTA...MOST OF THE NEW YORK
CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND.   HEAVY SNOW
WARNINGS AND BLIZZARD WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 

WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY
IN EFFECT ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA..SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN VIGINIA...WESTERN TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA....THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...SOUTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...UPSTATE NEW YORK AND CENTRAL NEW
ENGLAND.

....SELECTED SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 6PM CST....

MINNESOTA...
CHASKA.................7.0
STILWATER..............6.5
ALBANY.................6.0
KERKHOVEN..............6.0
BUFFALO................6.0
MURDOCK ...............5.5
ROCHESTER..............5.5
EDINA..................5.3
CHANHASSEN.............4.5
MINNEAPOLIS............3.7


WISCONSIN...
LA CROSSE..............4.0
WEST SALEM.............3.0
TOMAH..................2.5
WAUSAU.................1.0


AT 9PM CST AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED NEAR 45N LAT 94W
LON OR APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.  
THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD
TONIGHT AND BE LOCATED ALONG THE CENTRAL INDIANA/ILLINOIS BORDER
BY SATURDAY MORNING.   THIS STORM IS THEN FORECAST TO PUSH
EASTWARD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES DURING SATURDAY.  BY
SATURDAY EVENING...A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OFF OF THE DELMARVA COAST.  THIS LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO
STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY SATURDAY NIGHT AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD OFF OF
THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST AND TOWARD THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS PRESENTLY FALLING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA...EASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.  THIS MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO PUSH EAST SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS...NORTHERN INDIANA...THE SOUTHERN LOWER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL OHIO.  SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6-10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THESE AREAS.

DURING SATURDAY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO
PENNSYLVANIA...MARYLAND..NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN
VIGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. 
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6-10 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS.

HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THE NEW YORK
CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW
ENGLAND AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY OFF
OF THE DELMARVA COAST RESULTING IN WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUST TO 40 MPH. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE
OVER SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 4AM EST SATURDAY JANUARY 22 2005.



REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES.

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