Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
600 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADING OUR WAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AND
PASS SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT RAPIDLY
INTENSIFIES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/OKX FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

CTZ009-NYZ071>077-230100-
BRONX NY-KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-
QUEENS NY-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-
600 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

...A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

SNOW WILL MOVE IN LATE THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME VERY HEAVY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET TONIGHT AS
WARMER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 14 TO 21
INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS
WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BE QUITE GUSTY TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING...ALLOWING VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THESE
WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AS WELL
AS POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND OR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME
LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD STAY
INDOORS.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING
INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION! PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD COMPLETED BY NOON TODAY!

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY
This Afternoon...Snow...Which May be heavy at Times late. Snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Highs in the mid 20s. Northeast winds around 10 mph...Becoming east 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight...Snow heavy at Times...With slight chance of a thunderstorm. Snow May mix with sleet after midnight. Considerable blowing and drifting snow. Additional snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches. Very windy. Lows around 20. East winds 20 to 30 mph...Increasing to northeast 30 to 40 mph after midnight. Wind chill values as low as 3 below.

Sunday...Snow heavy at Times in the morning...Tapering off in the afternoon. Considerable blowing and drifting snow. Additional snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Total snow accumulation of 14 to 20 inches. Strong winds with highs around 20. North winds 40 to 45 mph...Decreasing to 30 to 40 mph in the afternoon. Wind chill values as low as 4 below.

Sunday Night...Partly cloudy. Areas of blowing snow. Blustery with lows around 6 above. North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph...Becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Wind chill values as low as 8 below.

Heavy Snow Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1023 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005

.A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE REGION.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-222200-
ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA-
COLUMBIA PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-ELK PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-
HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MCKEAN PA-
MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-POTTER PA-
SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA-
UNION PA-WARREN PA-YORK PA-
1023 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM...OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
EVENING...WILL PASS SOUTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ON SATURDAY...PRODUCING A
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION. ACCUMULATIONS IN MOST
AREAS WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH SOME PORTIONS OF EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA RECEIVING AS MUCH AS A FOOT.

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AROUND DAWN...THEN REACH
THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY BY LATE MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL
BETWEEN LATE MORNING AND EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF LIGHTER
SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY AN
INCREASING WIND. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL LIKELY AFFECT
THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELLING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER
SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
534 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-231029-
ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA-
COLUMBIA PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-ELK PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-
HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MCKEAN PA-
MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-POTTER PA-
SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA-
UNION PA-WARREN PA-YORK PA-
534 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR
TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW FALLING TODAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL
AND WEST...AND LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT ACROSS
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY LATE TODAY
...BEFORE REDEVELOPING AND INTENSIFYING NEAR THE DELMARVA PENINSULA
TONIGHT. LOW WIND CHILLS OF 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO AND SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE DANGEROUS ELEMENTS OF THIS STORM.
TRAVEL IS STRONGLY ADVISED THROUGH TONIGHT. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY...ENSURE YOUR VEHICLES HAS EXTRA GAS...ALONG WITH PLENTY OF
BLANKETS AND HIGH ENERGY FOOD SHOULD YOU BECOME STRANDED.

MOST PLACES WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS
MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY TONIGHT...BUT
PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE TONIGHT...WITH
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 12 TO 20 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET
WILL BE COMMON ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA BY
SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY:

WINDS CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO FRO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY.

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Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1250 PM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-221945-
BEDFORD-BLAIR-CAMBRIA-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-ELK-FRANKLIN-FULTON-
HUNTINGDON-JUNIATA-MCKEAN-MIFFLIN-NORTHERN CENTRE-NORTHERN CLINTON-
POTTER-SOMERSET-SOUTHERN CENTRE-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTOONA...JOHNSTOWN...STATE COLLEGE
1250 PM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

.NOW...
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...
ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW. TRAVELERS SHOULD PLAN FOR POOR VISIBILITIES
AND ROAD CONDITIONS AS THEY VENTURE OUT TODAY.

$$

MAYES/JL

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY
Rest Of Today...Cold with snow...Heavy at Times. Accumulation of 7 to 9 inches. Highs around 15. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph and gusty. Some blowing and drifting snow likely. Wind chills around zero.

Tonight...Becoming windy with periods of snow...Tapering to snow showers late. Significant blowing and drifting snow. Total accumulation of 10 to 13 inches. Lows around 10 above. East winds 10 to 20 mph and gusty...Becoming north 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts. Wind chill values around 10 below.

Sunday...Mostly cloudy...Windy and cold with a 30 percent chance of snow showers in the morning...Then becoming partly sunny in the afternoon. Significant blowing and drifting snow continuing. Highs 15 to 20. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Wind chill values 5 to 10 below.

FXUS61 KCTP 221512
AFDCTP

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1010 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

.SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...

RAPID PRESSURE FALLS HERALDING THE ARRIVAL OF STRONG WARM ADVECTION
AND THE BREAKING OUT OF S/S+ ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION AT THIS
HOUR...PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH YESTERDAY'S EXPECTATIONS. 12Z ETA IS
TRICKLING IN AND STILL PRODUCING A GOOD .6" TO 1" QPF. NIGHT SHIFT
BUMPED UP ACCUMS BASED ON HIGH SNOW-WATER RATIOS AND WILL NOT CHANGE
THEM IN MID STREAM AT THIS POINT. IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT IT IS HARD
FOR ALL THE SNOW TO BE REALIZED USING HIGH RATIOS AS RATIONALE
SINCE AFTER A FEW INCHES...SNOW STARTS TO COMPACT ON THE GROUND AND
WE START TO LOSE THE FLUFF FACTOR. THIS MAY KEEP OBSERVED NUMBERS
DOWN A TAD...WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE SERN ZONES MAY FOR A CHANGE BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE
STORM AS COASTAL REDEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BET. BOTH GFS
AND ETA MAKE MOST QPF THERE AND THERE SHUD BE NO QUESTION ABOUT
RAIN/SNOW LINES THIS STORM AS WE ARE VERY COLD.

12Z ETA STILL SHOWS BEST OMEGAS IN THE -15 TO -20 RANGE OVER THE
STATE FOR MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...IMPLYING GOOD SNOW
CRYSTAL GROWTH POTENTIAL SHUD BE REALIZED. OLD GFS LOOKED SIMILAR.
BOTH MODELS ALSO SHOW A SIG DECREASE IN THE ELEVATED STABILITY WITH
THETA-E "FOLD-OVERS" EVIDENT IN PROG CROSS SECTIONS. WITH THE UPPER
LOW CLOSED THRU 700MB AT 12Z...AND FCST TO RAPIDLY CLOSE OFF EVEN
HIGHER AS THE DAY WEARS ON...WILL NOT COME AS A SURPRISE IF BANDS OF
HEAVIER SNOW DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND EVEN SOME THUNDER SNOW
GETS OBSERVED. HOWEVER GFS AND ETA DON'T REALLY PRODUCE THE KIND OF
STACKED-BANDED LOOKING FRONTOGENETIC FORCING I LIKE TO SEE FROM LOW
THRU MID LEVELS...KEEPING A RATHER DISORGANIZED LOOKING PATTERN
MAINLY BELOW 700MB. SO AM NOT AS CONFIDENT THAT LARGE NUMBERS WILL
BE SQUEEZED OUT FROM THESE PROCESSES...MY THINKING IS THAT MUCH OF
THE QPF WILL BE DRIVEN BY WARM ADVECTION. BEST CHANCE FOR
"WRAP-AROUND" LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE THIS EVENING THRU ABOUT THE
MIDNIGHT TIME FRAME AS THE UPPER SYSTEM TRACKS OFF TO OUR SE.

OVERNIGHT COULD BECOME QUITE HAIRY AS WINDS PICK UP WHATEVER SNOW
THAT HAS FALLEN. WITH LOW TEMPS AND GUSTY WINDS...CHILLS AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL BECOME THE MAIN CONCERN AS PRECIP BEGINS TO WIND DOWN.

000
FXUS63 KJKL 221058
AFDJKL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
0555 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

.DISCUSSION...THE PREVIOUS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING
PRECIPITATION WAS CANCELLED. THE RADAR WAS INDICATING MOSTLY VIRGA
COMING FROM MIDDLE CLOUDS WITH NO PRECIPITATION REACHING THE GROUND.
BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS
MORNING...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE THE FREEZING.
CONSEQUENTLY...LITTLE IF ANY ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

THE MESOETA IS THE FAVORED MODEL. THE GFS SEEMS TO BE OVERDOING THE
EXTENT AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION.

A STRONG SHORT WAVE IS MOVING RAPIDLY FROM THE NORTHWEST INTO THE
FORECAST AREA. THE SATELLITE IMAGERY IS SHOWING THAT MOST OF THE
ENERGY WILL PASS TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE FRONTAL
ZONE THAT WILL MOVE OVER THE TOP OF THE JACKSON CWA BEGINNING TO
SHEAR UPSTREAM. ONCE THE COLD FRONT PASSES THIS AFTERNOON...THERE
WILL BE A SECONDARY ARCTIC FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAPIDLY
DEEPENING LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THIS SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MOST OF THE SNOW WHICH WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL
BE ENHANCED BY THE UPSLOPING NORTHWESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE INITIAL
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. AS THE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON...THERE MAY ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY FOR SOME SLEET TO MIX IN
WITH THE SNOW. SOME ISOLATED FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS ALSO
POSSIBLE...BUT SHOULD BE VERY LIMITED AND VERY SHORT LIVED.

THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY IS SHOWING A VERY STRONG AREA OF DARKENING
WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED BEHIND THE
FRONT. THIS...COMBINED WITH THE ARCTIC AIR WILL CAUSE THE WIND CHILL
TEMPS TO DROP QUITE LOW ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
WAS ISSUED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND WIND CHILL VALUES
BELOW MINUS 10.

WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT
Rest Of Today...Snow and sleet likely early this afternoon...Then freezing rain and sleet late this afternoon. Snow accumulation an inch or less. Highs around 30. Southeast winds around 10 mph...Becoming south.

Tonight...Windy. Freezing rain or rain in the evening...Changing to snow. Total snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches. Total ice accumulations one tenth to one quarter of an inch. Lows around 20. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph...Increasing to 20 to 25 mph after midnight.

Sunday...Cloudy in the morning...Then becoming partly sunny. Windy. A chance of snow showers. Highs in the lower 20s. North winds 25 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
953 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

LO PRES LCTD IN SE OH ATTM...W/ CDFNT TRAILING SSW TO NRN MS/LA.
LLVL COLD AIR ENTRENCHED FM MTNS E...W/ WK HINT OF SCNDRY LO PRES
INVOF CHLV2. PRBLM OF THE DAY APRS TO BE QPF AS SYS PASSES BY N OF
RGN...AND THEN INTENSIFIES OFFSHR TNGT. MOD WSWLY FLO 85-7 THIS
MORNING AT RNK/GSO...WOULD SUGG DNSLPG MAY LMT ANY SGFNT PCPN TRYING
TO CRS MTNS INTO RGN. IN AREA OF CURRENT ADVSRY/WRNGS...CONCERN IS
AMT OF PCPN...AS WELL AS PTYPE. XPCTG GENLY LESS THAN 0.25"
EQUIVALENT CNTRL/S PRTN OF FA INTO THIS EVE. FAR NNE SXNS OF
FA...MNLY N OF A FVX TO SBY/OXB LN APRS TO BE THREAT AREA OF PTNTL
WINTER STM WRNG CRITERIA SN (2-4") AND/OR ICE (1/4"). PLAN ON KPG
ADVSRYS/WRNGS AS THEY ARE...BUT AM WARY ABT THE ACTUAL XTNT S...ESP
THE WRNG. WL CONT TO MONITOR INTO THE ERY AFTN HRS...AND MAY NEED TO
ADJST THEN.

This Afternoon: Periods of snow possibly mixed with sleet. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 26. South wind around 15 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Tonight: A chance of snow, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a north wind between 13 and 23 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Sunday: A chance of snow showers before 11am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 24. Blustery, with a north wind between 22 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

FXUS61 KLWX 221655
AFDLWX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1145 AM EDT SAT JAN 22 2005

.UPDATE...15Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS APPROX. 1000 MB LOW PRESSURE
JUST EAST OF MANSFIELD OHIO. RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES THAT SNOW
CONTINUES TO BLOSSOM ACROSS OUR CWA...ESPECIALLY NORTH...WITH WARM
ADVECTION AND INSENTROPIC LIFT STRENGTHENING. EVEN HAVE A FEW
REPORTS OF SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE SNOW THIS MORNING.

WILL KEEP ALL POPS AT 100 PCT TODAY. CONSIDERING VERTICAL
PROFILES...THINK THAT SLEET MIXING IN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA IS A
TEMPORARY PHENOMENON AND MOST OF OUR P-TYPE WILL BE SNOW. THE
EXCEPTION WILL BE OUR EXTREME SOUTHERN CWA (IE, SOUTHERN MD) WHERE
SNOW CAN MIX WITH SLEET/FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. WITH THIS IN
MIND...AND ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT LATEST MODEL QPFS...A HIGH
LIQUID/SNOW RATIO...AND STRONG ISENTROPIC AND DYNAMIC
PROCESSES...WILL UP SNOW ACCUMS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...FOR THE DC
METRO AREA TO 6-10 INCHES...AND FOR OUR EXTREME SOUTHERN CWA TO 3-6
INCHES. NORTHERN MD STILL LOOKS LIKE THE SWEET SPOT WITH 8-12
INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM...WHERE SNOW
RATES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE AOA 2 INCHES/HOUR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005



.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
MODELS CONTINUE TO HANDLE SYSTEM WELL WITH NORTH SHORT WAVE DROPPING
SOUTH RAPIDLY AND EVENTUALLY MERGING WITH THE SHORT WAVE OUT OF THE
PACIFIC NW. EXTREMELY LOW TEMPS AND DPTS WILL BE SLOW TO RISE AS
CLOUDS WILL SPREAD OVER FA BEFORE OR SHORTLY AFTER SUN RISE. SNOW
WILL SPREAD IN RAPIDLY AND SPREAD ACROSS ENTIRE AREA. HEAVIEST SNOWS
WILL BE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR. AS ENERGY TRANSFERS OFF THE COAST AND THE SYSTEM
DEEPENS WINDS WILL PICK UP AND DRIFTING AND BLOWING WILL ENTER THE
MIX. SPEAKING OF MIX...STILL EXPECT SOME RAIN MIXING ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST FROM ATLANTIC COUNTY SOUTH. SNOW WILL END SUNDAY
MORNING WITH DRIFTING AND BLOWING CONTINUING. TOTAL AMOUNTS OVER ARE
GENERALLY 10 TO 18 INCHES

000
FXUS61 KBGM 221442
AFDBGM

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
940 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

.SHORT TERM...
OVERALL, WE BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT FORECAST IS GOOD AT THIS TIME
AND WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE MUCH IF ANY CHANGE. SATELLITE AND RADAR
TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE UPPER SYSTEM IS SOMEWHAT FURTHER NORTH THAN
MODELS WOULD INDICATE WHICH WOULD SLIDE THE DEFORMATION ZONE
EASTWARD FROM S. MICHIGAN TO THE FINGER LAKES AND THEN SOUTHWARD
INTO SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND THE CATSKILLS AS THE TRANSFER TO THE
COAST OCCURS LATER THIS EVENING. MAIN PROBLEM MAY BE THAT SNOW
AMOUNTS ARE A BIT TOO HIGH IN OUR WYOMING VALLEY AND POCONOS ZONES
IF THE MAJOR BAND REMAINS FURTHER NORTH. WE WILL LET THIS RIDE FOR
NOW AND SEE HOW IT DEVELOPS THIS AFTN.

OTHER CONCERN IS FOR WIND/WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW TNGT. WE
USUALLY DON'T SEE WINDS PICK UP UNTIL THE SFC LOW IS LIFTING OUT AND
FLOW COMES ARND TO NWLY, BUT FWC/GFS MOS WIND GUIDANCE SUGGESTS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVRNGT, SPCLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND AREAS E
OF I-81. WE'LL PLAY UP THE WINDS AND INDICATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS. WENT BLO GUIDANCE FOR TDA. MAINLY SINGLE
DIGITS FOR MAXES, WITH SOME LOWER TEENS PSBL ACRS NE PA.

IN SUMMARY - FCST SNOW ACCUMS WILL RNG FROM ARND 7 INCHES IN NRN
ONEIDA, 8-12 NRN FINGER LAKES AND WRN MOHAWK VLY, 10-14 SRN TIER,
AND 14-20 FOR THE POCONOS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TNGT MANY AREAS.

FXUS61 KOKX 221644
AFDOKX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1140 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

.SHORT TERM...THE FRONT EDGE OF THE LIGHT SNOW SHIELD IS JUST
STARTING TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA. THE
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
AT THIS POINT NO CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST...AND IT LOOKS LIKE
ONLY MINOR TWEAKS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE CWA...AS IT APPEARS STRONG
WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE REALIZED THROUGHOUT THE AREA...WITH
VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
IMPRESSIVE UPPER DIVERGENCE/LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE COUPLET ASSOCIATED
WITH JET LEFT EXIT REGION AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING LOW AS IT ENTERS
WESTERN PA WILL GENERATE HEAVY SNOWS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 3
INCHES/HOUR ALONG WITH THUNDER AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM THIS
EVENING AS SECONDARY LOW BOMBS OUT OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST. ETA
SUGGESTS STRONG WAA MAY RESULT IN TEMPS RISING ABOVE 0C AT
H8...CAUSING PRECIP TO MIX WITH SLEET AND/OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS
NYC AND LONG ISLAND...PRECIP COULD ALSO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THERE
FOR A WHILE LATE TONIGHT AS DRY SLOT BRIEFLY WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE
AREA. H5 LOW/H7 DEFORMATION ZONE AND TROWAL WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS
THE AREA VERY LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...MORE IN LINE
WITH SLOWER GFS SOLUTION THAN THE ETA...AND THINK HEAVY SNOWS WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING...TAPERING OFF ONLY GRADUALLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON. OVERALL QPF OF 1.25-1.75 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT WILL BE
THE RULE...GIVING AN GENERAL 18-22 INCH SNOWFALL WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST CT AND IN THE HILLS NORTH AND WEST OF NYC
WHERE OROGRAPHIC INFLUENCE WILL COME INTO PLAY.

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Current Snowfall totals


NEW JERSEY

...ATLANTIC COUNTY...
POMONA 2.0 700 AM 1/23 ACY AIRPORT
HAMMONTON 8.0 837 PM 1/22
ESTELL MANOR 5.5 556 PM 1/22

...BURLINGTON COUNTY...
MAPLE SHADE 13.0 715 AM 1/23
HAINESPORT 11.5 714 AM 1/23
EASTAMPTON 11.3 400 AM 1/23
MOUNT HOLLY 11.3 800 AM 1/23 NWS OFFICE
LUMBERTON 11.0 600 PM 1/22
EASTAMPTON 10.5 842 PM 1/22
FLORENCE 10.5 100 AM 1/23
TABERNACLE 10.0 822 PM 1/22
VINCENTOWN 9.5 600 PM 1/22
MT LAUREL 7.0 525 PM 1/22
BROWNS MILLS 6.0 500 PM 1/22
EDGEWATER PARK 6.0 410 PM 1/22

...CAMDEN COUNTY...
ERIAL 9.5 841 PM 1/22
ATCO 9.0 836 PM 1/22
LINDENWOLD 7.5 535 PM 1/22
SOMERDALE 7.0 430 PM 1/22
STRATFORD 2.0 829 PM 1/22

...CAPE MAY COUNTY...
STONE HARBOR 7.0 430 PM 1/22
STONE HARBOR 2.0 824 PM 1/22 ALL RAIN NOW
STRATHMERE 1.0 714 AM 1/23

...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
NORTH VINELAND 10.0 525 PM 1/22 MIXED PRECIP
VINELAND 10.0 512 PM 1/22
BRIDGETON 8.0 513 PM 1/22
BRIDGETON JUNCTION 7.1 527 PM 1/22
PORT ELIZABETH 7.1 514 PM 1/22
UPPER DEERFIELD 4.5 430 PM 1/22

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Thousands Marooned by Blizzard at Airports
15 minutes ago
By THEO EMERY, Associated Press Writer





Residents dig out as a blizzard dumps some two feet of snow in the area, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, in Boston. Whiteout conditions grounded airplanes and sent fleets of plow and salt trucks trundling through snow-clogged roadways before the storm began to ebb at midday.(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)


BOSTON - A howling blizzard slammed the Northeast on Sunday with more than 2 feet of snow and hurricane-strength wind gusts, halting air travel for thousands of people, keeping others off slippery highways and burying parked cars under deep drifts.


Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri both declared states of emergency.


Up to 31 inches of snow fell north of Boston, parts of New Hampshire got 2 feet, New York's Catskills collected at least 20 inches and 18 inches fell on parts of Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island and the eastern tip of New York's Long Island. The weather system had earlier piled a foot of snow across parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and northern Ohio.


In addition to the snow, temperatures were expected to reach zero in some areas Sunday night, with wind chills dropping as low as minus 15. The wind was fierce across much of the East Coast, with a top wind gust of 152 miles per hour recorded on Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.


At least nine deaths were linked to the weather, three in Ohio, three in Wisconsin, one in Maryland, one in Pennsylvania and one in Iowa.


Wind gusted to 84 mph on Nantucket, and the entire island off the southeast coast of Massachusetts was plunged into darkness Sunday as 9,400 utility customers lost power. On the mainland, some 18,000 customers lost power, the utility NStar said. Smaller outages were reported elsewhere around the Northeast.


Nantucket firefighter Robert Bates said most island roads were drifted over and some parts of the island had been cut off completely. Without heat and electricity, emergency officials brought residents to a shelter at the high school and the island hospital.


"People are coping," he said. "We've had a lot people asking if the shelter had access to the football game" Sunday night between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers.


Because the wind blowing off the ocean coincided with a full moon and high tide, coastal communities were warned of flooding.


"There's a lot of self-evacuations going on. People simply got out of Dodge," said Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. National Guard troops helped evacuate part of Scituate, 20 miles south of Boston, but morning high tide receded without significant flooding, he said.


As state and city officials urged residents to stay off the roads, many people tried to take the storm in stride.


Bill Bush, 32, waded through drifts across the deserted Boston Common to pick up some things at his office for a trip Monday, then headed home for the AFC Championship game between the Patriots and the Steelers.


"I figured it's early and it's nice to get out to see the snow before everyone dirtied it up," he said. "There's nowhere to go, so I'll just grab some friends to come over to watch the game."


Monday classes were called off for many Massachusetts schools, and Romney asked nonessential state workers in the eastern part of the state not to come to work.


The announcement meant the trial of defrocked priest Paul Shanley, one of the highest-profile figures to go to trial in the Catholic church sex abuse scandal, would not begin in Middlesex Superior Court as scheduled Monday.


For others, towering snowdrifts and whiteout conditions wiped out travel plans.


Boston's Logan International Airport closed early Sunday because snowplow crews couldn't keep up with the blinding snow.


"It's more likely we'll open tomorrow morning," said Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for the airport that normally has 900 flights on a Sunday.


Logan's shutdown meant Shawn Simmons, 28, of Nashua, N.J., was stuck at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on his return from a vacation in South America.


"Coming from Brazil, where it was 80 degrees, to 14 degrees and snow up here, is such a pain," said Simmons, who planned to find a train to take him home.


More than 900 flights were canceled Sunday morning at the New York metropolitan area's Newark, Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, in addition to about 700 that were grounded Saturday, Port Authority officials said.


Cassie Szczotka of Marietta, Ga., wound up at a motel in Trenton, N.J., late Saturday after trying all day to get from Atlanta to Fort Dix, N.J., to see her husband, Capt. Chris Szczotka, who is about to be deployed to Iraq for 16 months.


"You have no idea," an exhausted Szczotka said Sunday of her trip, which included canceled and diverted flights, two trains and being stranded with a 7-year-old and a toddler at the Trenton train station until a local resident drove her to the motel. She rented a car Sunday and hoped to see her husband before he went back on duty Monday morning.


Philadelphia's airport was open again Sunday, after a shutdown and flight cancellations on Saturday stranded hundreds of travelers at the terminal overnight, but more than 70 departures were canceled. Nearly 1,300 flights were canceled from Friday through Sunday at Chicago's O'Hare International.


For others, the storm brought ideal conditions for skiing, snowboarding and sledding.


"Once everyone shovels out, we're going to have a great day, a record breaker

Bay State Digs Out From Blizzard '05
Storm Dumps More Than 2 Feet Of Snow In Some Towns

POSTED: 6:42 pm EST January 23, 2005
UPDATED: 7:34 pm EST January 23, 2005

BOSTON -- The blizzard that slammed Massachusetts dumped more than 2 feet of snow and brought hurricane-strength wind gusts, forcing school cancellations for at least two days in some communities.



NewsCenter 5's Janet Wu reported that the snow buried cars and brought Logan International Airport to a standstill. As dusk approached, however, many of Boston's main roads were cleared.

"The issue we have now is people shoveling out and throwing the snow back into the streets. We are just asking folks to help us do a better job. You shouldn't do that," Boston Mayor Tom Menino said.

Menino said it will likely take several days to dig out from the storm and he canceled school on both Monday and Tuesday for Boston Public School students. He also said there will be no trash pickup in the city on Monday. [Hundreds of Bay State schools will be closed Monday. Check our closings list.]

More than 300 cars were towed from the streets of Boston and at least 3,000 parking tickets were issued, but Menino said that most residents are cooperating with his plea to stay off the streets. The parking ban in Boston will stay in effect until Monday. The mayor's hotline for residents' non-emergency questions is 1-800-391-4039.

Jimmy Robichaud, of Boston left his car parked on the street and said that it would take him at least two hours to dig out his car.

"I wasn't really thinking," he said. "I didn’t think it was going to be like this."

Only essential city employees were urged to go to work on Monday, and Menino told businesses to let their employees work from home where possible.

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"We are asking businesses in our city to have a reduced workforce tomorrow so that the public works crews can continue their job of moving the snow," Menino said.

The mayor also asked residents to dig out the fire hydrants in front of their homes and businesses.

After checking out the conditions, Gov. Mitt Romney asked some state employees to stay home.

"I am going to ask state workers in some counties of the state not to come to work -- basically, the counties along the coast -- Essex, Plymouth, Bristol, Middlesex, Suffolk, the Cape and Islands, Norfolk, but folks will be going to work in the state offices in Worcester, Berkshire, Hampden and Hampshire and Franklin counties," Romney said.

All of the county courts in eastern Massachusetts will be closed Monday.

Winthrop, Mass., was one of the hardest hit coastal communities, where there were whiteout conditions for most of Sunday morning. The state of emergency and parking ban made the community a virtual ghost town.

Police officers were forced to patrol the town on their personal sport utility vehicles after the brutal cold and high snowdrifts stopped many patrol cars in their tracks.

A number of firefighters and police officers manned town plows Sunday night, giving weary Department of Public Works employees a much-needed break.

"This is what it comes down to. It is what it is all about, using the resources the town has to offer to get the job done," plow operator Mark LeCalir said.

Some side streets had snowdrifts 6- to 7-feet high. On Winthrop Street, neighbors helped to dig each other out.

"That's Mark. He is terrific. Johnny came over and did the steps. We help each other," one resident said.

On the South Shore, snow continued to fall Sunday night, where the waves along the shore jumped up to 30 feet in the air.

"People shouldn't be out driving at all. I have a plow, but there are a lot of cars that shouldn't be out there," plow operator Mark LeCalir said.

Meanwhile, there were thousands of customers without power on the South Shore and Cape Cod.

NStar said that all the snow is making it hard to get to some of its 16,000 customers without electricity, and Mass Electric has more than 1,000 customers without power.

MassPort officials at Logan said that they hoped to get at least one runway open by late Sunday night.

Blizzard '05 Blasts Bay State
Coastal Evacuations May Be Called For
M.R.F. Buckley, Staff Writer

POSTED: 7:46 am EST January 23, 2005
UPDATED: 6:32 pm EST January 23, 2005

BOSTON -- A blizzard for the record books pounded the Bay State Sunday with gale force winds, moderate flooding and whiteout conditions as residents were warned to stay indoors in life-threatening conditions.


Bay State residents awoke to pounding winds and snow drifts several feet high blocking their doorways Sunday as the Blizzard of 2005 slammed New England. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri both declared a state of emergency during the storm.

Although much of the storm seemed to have passed out to sea by mid-afternoon, more than 9,000 residents on the island of Nantucket were completely without power late Sunday, and Mass Electric said there seemed to be a problem with power coming through the cable that hooks the island to the main electrical grid. Many islanders were going to emergency shelters at the high school and hospital. On Cape Cod, NStar said 13,000 people were without electricity, and an additional 5,000 had no power on the south shore.

On the cape, Dennis, Mass., police and fire officials urged all residents to remain at home for the duration of the storm and to limit the use of candles and space heaters because of possible fire hazards. Building also officials cautioned residents to shovel snow away from direct vent flues in order to prevent the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning. Dennis residents are urged to call the Dennis Police Department at 508-394-1313 if they find they need transportation to a shelter.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said it will likely take several days to dig out from the storm and he canceled school on both Monday and Tuesday for Boston Public School students. He also said there will be no trash pickup in the city on Monday. [Hundreds of Bay State schools will be closed Monday. Check our closings list.]

Menino also said he is requiring only essential city personnel to report for work Monday and is asking other city residents to stay home and off the roads in order to give public works crews a chance to clear the roadways. The mayor's hotline for residents' non-emergency questions is 1-800-391-4039.

Boston EMS chief Rich Serino said his crews were beginning to be about 50 percent busier than usual as they tried to answer emergency calls in the city, sometimes having to carry people down snow-clogged streets to ambulances. He said crews were seeing an increase in the number of cardiac calls as residents tried to start digging out several feet of snow.

The National Guard had more than 400 members on standby in the event coastal communities needed to evacuate towns along the north and south shores of Boston, which were expecting huge waves during the mid-morning high tide Sunday.

Capt. Winfield Danielson said guardsmen were prepared to assist civil agencies with transportation and snow removal if evacuations are necessary, but said it was up to local police and fire officials to decide if residents should leave their homes.

Plymouth, Mass., reported wind gusts of 62 mph and Providence, Mass., wind gusts of 53 mph as the storm pummeled the state. Route 6 in Provincetown was closed Sunday morning, as was Route 128 in the Gloucester, Mass., area. Logan International Airport was also closed, as were the Nahant Causeway and the Revere Beach Parkway.



The National Weather service said a storm surge of around 3 feet and waves of 25 to 35 feet just off the east coast would result in coastal flooding along Massachusetts east coast during the morning high tide.

In Winthrop, on the north shore, and Scituate, on the south shore, waves were breaking over some of the sea walls and there was some moderate flooding, but it was not as severe as anticipated and no injuries were reported. Drifting wind and whiteout conditions were the biggest threat to residents and public works crews.

WeatherCenter 5 meteorologist Dick Albert said the South Shore, Cape Cod and the islands were expected to get between 24 and 36 inches of snow before the storm abates late Sunday. Boston could get as much as 24 inches and possibly more.

Gov. Mitt Romney called for a state of emergency Saturday afternoon just as the snow began to fall, urging residents to stay off the roads.



"The snow is falling not in inches but in feet, we also have a full moon and that means a tidal surge. We expect 3 to 6 feet above normal high tide. That could be a problem on the coast. We're expecting high wind gusts. Very, very high winds gusts. With 4-to 6-feet surges above normal high tide, it could represent a very real problem for a number of homeowners. Shelters are being opened and the reason we're activating the National Guard is to be able to help in sheltering people who need to evacuate and find themselves on higher ground," Romney said.

By Sunday morning, plow operators were reporting abandoned vehicles along Route 9. Visibility was low on all roads because of blowing and drifting snow.

In Boston, Menino warned residents to keep their cars off the roads and off the streets.



"Let the public works departments do their job. It's important that we stay off -- no double-parking, no parking at fire hydrants or crosswalks. And also, during the snow storm and afterward, please, please dig out your fire hydrants," Menino said. Added to that list, he said, there is no parking on main thoroughfares and no throwing snow back out onto plowed streets.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority was reporting delays of about 20 minutes on the 'T,' and buses were only operating on the main roads.

Hundreds of religious organizations canceled services and classes Sunday morning and cities and towns enacted parking bans.


Logan International Airport closed about 3 a.m. Sunday morning after recording 20 inches of snow on the runways. Hundreds of flights were canceled and there was no estimate on when the airport would reopen.

Massport spokesman Phil Orlandella said American Airlines canceled all flights until 5 p.m. Monday, US Airways all flights until 2 p.m. and Delta, Song and Air-Tran all flights until 1 p.m.

Travelers were urged to call their airline or check the Massport Web site before coming to Logan.

Amtrak was also operating on reduced schedule. The rail operator said because of commercial power outages across New England, service between New York and Boston was extremely limited and subject to delay. Service between Washington, D.C. and New York was operating with minimal delay on a reduced schedule.

Passengers were urged to call 1-800-USA-RAIL for information on which trains will operate along the East Coast before going to any station to board a train.

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Snow Tapers Off, But More Expected Monday
Residents Dig Out From Blizzard

POSTED: 3:54 pm EST January 16, 2005
UPDATED: 7:41 pm EST January 23, 2005

BOSTON -- Snow showers will linger into Monday for some areas of Massachusetts as cold air continues to grip the region.

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Residents can expect an additional 1 to 3 inches Sunday evening across Cape Cod and Nantucket. Ocean effect snow will taper off shortly after midnight as winds back to northwest and shift snow bands offshore.

Winds will remain strong, and the wind speeds combined with the cold temperatures will yield bitterly cold wind chills.

Despite the dry weather Sunday evening, it will be another dangerous night to be outdoors with temperatures minus 5 to 5 above across much of the region.

Scattered snow showers will continue Monday as a weak high pressure settles over southern New England Tuesday.

Monday will be partly sunny in the morning with clouds moving in during the afternoon. There is a 30 percent chance of snow. High temperatures will be in the 20s, and lows will be around 10 degrees.

Tuesday will be partly sunny with highs around 20 degrees, and there is a 40 percent chance of snow showers in the evening.

It will be mostly cloudy Wednesday with a 30 percent chance of snow. Low temperatures will be in the single digits.

Gov. Declares Snow State Of Emergency
National Guard Activated; Coastal Evacuations Possible
M.R.F. Buckley, Staff Writer

POSTED: 6:34 pm EST January 22, 2005
UPDATED: 11:47 pm EST January 22, 2005

BOSTON -- As the Bay State hunkered down for a nasty blizzard that's expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in some areas, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney declared a state of emergency, saying coastal town evacuations may be necessary.

Romney made the declaration just as the snow began to fall about 4 p.m. Saturday. As he became swiftly covered with snow, Romney made the announcement at a DPW facility in Lexington, saying with a full moon, there could be critically dangerous conditions for coastal residents.

"The snow is falling not in inches but in feet, we also have a full moon and that means a tidal surge. We expect 3 to 6 feet above normal high tide. That could be a problem on the coast. We're expecting high wind gusts. Very, very high winds gusts. With 4-to 6-feet surges above normal high tide, it could represent a very real problem for a number of homeowners. Shelters are being opened and the reason we're activating the National Guard is to be able to help in sheltering people who need to evacuate and find themselves on higher ground," Romney said.

As plowing and sanding trucks loaded up on sanding materials to begin their runs, the governor warned residents to stay off the roads so that DPW crews can deal with the huge amounts of snow that are anticipated.

"We need people off the roads. Not just tonight, but also tomorrow. With the snow anticipated falling at such a high rate, our plows can't possibly keep up, they'll probably be working right through the night and again right through tomorrow to get things ready for Monday," Romney said.

State DPW officials said they had about 2,000 pieces of equipment on the roads at the start of the snow storm. They have access to more than 5,000 and said, at the height of the storm they may have as many as 4,000 out trying to clear the roads.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino also declared a state of emergency in the city in order to get residents to clear their cars off the streets so plows can do their work.



"The size and intensity of the storm requires us to declare a snow emergency beginning at 4 p.m. this afternoon," Menino said. He said the key to managing public safety in the city during the storm has everything to do with managing automobiles.

"The automobile, and what you do with the automobile before you go to sleep, is going to be a big factor in how we can make our city safe for everybody," said DPW Commissioner Joseph Cassaza.

"Let the public works departments do their job. It's important that we stay off ... no double-parking, no parking at fire hydrants or cross-walks. And also, during the snow storm and afterward, please, please dig out your fire hydrants," Menino said.

Added to that list, he said, there is no parking on main thoroughfares and no throwing snow back out onto plowed streets.

Both Romney and Menino were asking Bay State businesses to voluntarily close down by 11 p.m. Saturday to ensure that employees get off the roads and home safe during the storm.

In communities across the Bay State, blizzard warnings and snow emergencies prompted residents to flock to grocery and hardware stores to stock up for the kinds of provisions that many remember lacking during the notorious Blizzard of 1978.

In Winthrop, Mass., a coastal community along the North Shore, a main thoroughfare was shut down completely as waves battered sea walls. On the South Shore, in Scituate, Mass., fishermen raced to get their boats in safe harbors before fierce seas hammered the coast. In Plymouth, plow drivers were barely able to keep up as thick bands pounded the area and swirling winds filled streets with snow.

The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning until 6 p.m. Sunday evening. Winds are expected to be over 35 mph, with gusts over 60 to 70 mph. Snow is expected to fall at 1 to 3 inches per hour during the height of the storm and visibility will be less than 1/4 of a mile.

During high tide between 10 and 11 a.m. Sunday morning, there could be very strong winds and coastal flooding with damage. More than 2 feet of snow is expected along the South Shore, Cape Cod and the islands, with ranges of 1 to 2 feet inside the Boston, Interstate 495 belt, and 6 to 12 inches further north to Nashua, N.H.

Blizzard continues in southeast Massachusetts

Sun Jan 23, 8:29 PM ET Weather News - weather.com ®


B. Bernard, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel

Blizzard warnings remain posted in parts of southern New England (including Boston) and along the coast of Maine this afternoon. The worst weather is now focusing on southeastern Massachusetts (including Cape Cod and the islands) where winds have gusted as high as 75 mph, driving the snow into huge drifts. Another 6-12 inches may fall on the Cape today, bringing totals there close to 3 feet in some locations.



The snow and wind are gradually letting up from west to east, but blizzard conditions will persist over southeastern New England until this evening. Count on air and ground travel in the area being virtually impossible for at least the next 6 hours.


Some snowfall totals as of midday Sunday: South Hamilton (north of Boston) 29"; Boston 26", Providence, R.I., 23"; New Haven, Conn., 16"; New York City 14". No new reports have been received from Cape Cod since this morning.

Blizzard Buries Northeast

Jan. 23, 2005



East Hit By Blizzard


Airport crews remove snow from LaGuardia Airport in New York Sunday. (Photo: AP)


"There's a lot of self-evacuations going on. People simply got out of Dodge."
Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency


Zoe Szczotka, 7, whose father's deployment to Iraq was delayed by the weather, plays in Trenton, N.J.(Photo: AP)


The sideview mirror of a vehicle sticks out from a snow drift, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, in Portsmouth, N.H. (Photo: AP)



(CBS/AP) A howling blizzard slammed the Northeast on Sunday with more than 2 feet of snow and hurricane-strength wind gusts, halting air travel for thousands of people, keeping others off slippery highways and burying parked cars under deep drifts.

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri both declared states of emergency.

The storm started in the Dakotas, swept down through Illinois and Indiana into the Ohio Valley, and on into the mid-Atlantic, and then the Northeast.

Up to 29 inches of snow fell north of Boston, parts of New Hampshire got 2 feet, New York's Catskills collected at least 20 inches and 18 inches fell on parts of Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island and the eastern tip of New York's Long Island. The weather system had earlier piled a foot of snow across parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and northern Ohio.

At least six deaths were linked to the weather, three in Ohio, two in Wisconsin and one in Pennsylvania.

The football fields in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were clear of snow for Sunday's AFC and NFC championship games.

Wind gusted to 84 mph on Nantucket and the entire island off the southeast coast of Massachusetts and its 9,400 winter customers were plunged into darkness Sunday. On the mainland, some 16,000 customers lost power, the utility InStar said. Smaller outages were reported elsewhere around the Northeast.

Because the wind blowing off the ocean coincided with a full moon and high tide, coastal communities were warned of flooding.

"There's a lot of self-evacuations going on. People simply got out of Dodge," Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, said Sunday morning. National Guard troops helped evacuate part of Scituate, 20 miles south of Boston, but morning high tide receded without significant flooding, he said.

As state and city officials urged residents to stay off the roads, many people tried to take the storm in stride.

Bill Bush, 32, waded through drifts across the deserted Boston Common to pick up some things at his office for a trip Monday, then headed home for Sunday's AFC Championship game between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

"I figured it's early and it's nice to get out to see the snow before everyone dirtied it up," he said. "There's nowhere to go, so I'll just grab some friends to come over to watch the game."

For others, towering snowdrifts and whiteout conditions wiped out travel plans.

Boston's Logan International Airport closed early Sunday because snowplow crews couldn't keep up with the blinding snow.

"It's more likely we'll open tomorrow morning," said Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for the airport that normally has 900 flights on a Sunday.

Logan's shutdown meant Shawn Simmons, 28, of Nashua, N.J., was stuck at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on his return from a vacation in South America.

"Coming from Brazil, where it was 80 degrees, to 14 degrees and snow up here, is such a pain," said Simmons, who planned to find a train to take him home.

Nearly 500 flights were canceled Sunday morning at the New York metropolitan area's Newark, Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, in addition to about 700 that were grounded Saturday, Port Authority officials said.

Cassie Szczotka of Marietta, Ga., wound up at a motel in Trenton, N.J., late Saturday after trying all day to get from Atlanta to Fort Dix, N.J., to see her husband, Capt. Chris Szczotka, who is about to be deployed to Iraq for 16 months.

"You have no idea," an exhausted Szczotka said Sunday of her trip, which included canceled and diverted flights, two trains and being stranded with a 7-year-old and a toddler at the Trenton train station until a local resident drove her to the motel. She rented a car Sunday and hoped to see her husband before he went back on duty Monday morning.

Philadelphia's airport was open again Sunday, after a shutdown and flight cancellations on Saturday stranded hundreds of travelers at the terminal overnight, but more than 70 departures were canceled. Nearly 600 flights were canceled Saturday at Chicago's O'Hare International.

For others, the storm brought ideal conditions for skiing, snowboarding and sledding.

"Once everyone shovels out, we're going to have a great day, a record breaker," said Rod Taylor, owner of Woodbury Ski Area in Woodbury, Conn. "People see the snow and they get excited."

US snowstorms trigger emergencies

The blizzard has been exceptional, even by New England standards
The US states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey have declared emergencies because of continuing fierce blizzards in the north-east.
The National Weather Service warned of "dangerously low" temperatures in some parts, saying people who left their homes were putting their lives at risk.

Snowstorms and heavy winds also badly disrupted travel throughout the region.

Boston Airport was closed on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of domestic and international flights.

Some 3,000 flights across Midwest and the north-east have been cancelled over the last two days, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

School classes cancelled

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney declared a state of emergency in his state where up to 39 inches (96cm) of snow was expected.


Air travel has been badly affected in Midwest and the north-east

In addition, meteorologists warned that temperatures could plummet to zero Fahrenheit (-18 Celsius) in some places.

"This is likely to be a record-setting snowstorm in Boston when comparing against data dating back to 1892," National Weather Service forecasters said.

Monday classes were cancelled for many Massachusetts schools, as officials urged non-essential state workers to stay home.

More than 27,000 households were left without power in some parts of the state.

At least 13 deaths have been linked to the weather in Midwest and the north-east.

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0145 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Milton 42.24N 71.08W
01/23/2005 59 mph Norfolk MA official NWS obs

0321 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Barnstable 41.70N 70.30W
01/23/2005 72 mph Barnstable MA amateur radio

Marstons mills

0355 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Provincetown 42.05N 70.18W
01/23/2005 58 mph Barnstable MA AWOS

0512 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Fairhaven 41.65N 70.82W
01/23/2005 61 mph Bristol MA trained spotter

0515 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Chatham 41.68N 69.96W
01/23/2005 60 mph Barnstable MA emergency mngr

0516 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Salem 42.53N 70.87W
01/23/2005 62 mph Essex MA trained spotter

0543 AM Non-Tstm wnd dmg Plymouth 41.96N 70.68W
01/23/2005 Plymouth MA trained spotter

Inflatable soccer dome/stadium...On natalie
way...Collapsed.

0544 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Falmouth 41.55N 70.61W
01/23/2005 78 mph Barnstable MA trained spotter

0614 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Nantucket 41.27N 70.10W
01/23/2005 61 mph Nantucket MA official NWS obs

0635 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Foxborough 42.07N 71.25W
01/23/2005 53 mph Norfolk MA mesonet

Sensor at gillette stadium

0645 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Edgartown 41.38N 70.53W
01/23/2005 59 mph Dukes MA official NWS obs

0651 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Plymouth 41.96N 70.68W
01/23/2005 62 mph Plymouth MA official NWS obs

0700 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst New Bedford 41.66N 70.94W
01/23/2005 66 mph Bristol MA amateur radio

0712 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Fairhaven 41.65N 70.82W
01/23/2005 63 mph Bristol MA amateur radio

0715 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Scituate 42.19N 70.73W
01/23/2005 68 mph Plymouth MA trained spotter

0722 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Warwick 41.70N 71.42W
01/23/2005 60 mph Kent RI official NWS obs

0730 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Providence 41.82N 71.42W
01/23/2005 63 mph Providence RI trained spotter

0735 AM Storm surge Marshfield 42.09N 70.71W
01/23/2005 0.00 Ft Plymouth MA amateur radio

Esplanade under water in brant rock section

0735 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Provincetown 42.05N 70.18W
01/23/2005 67 mph Barnstable MA AWOS

0745 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst harwich 41.69N 70.07W
01/23/2005 68 mph Barnstable MA trained spotter

0900 AM Storm surge Hull 42.30N 70.90W
01/23/2005 0.00 Ft Plymouth MA amateur radio

Atlantic Ave in the gunstock section closed due to 2-3
feet of water on road.

0904 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Nantucket 41.27N 70.10W
01/23/2005 74 mph Nantucket MA official NWS obs

0905 AM Tstm wnd gst Falmouth 41.55N 70.61W
01/23/2005 62 mph Barnstable MA amateur radio

In east Falmouth.

0905 AM Non-Tstm wnd dmg Nantucket 41.27N 70.10W
01/23/2005 Nantucket MA amateur radio

Numerous trees and wires down...Some blocking roads.

0905 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Nantucket 41.27N 70.10W
01/23/2005 75 mph Nantucket MA amateur radio

0930 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Nantucket 41.27N 70.10W
01/23/2005 84 mph Nantucket MA broadcast media

In madaket section on west side of Island.

0945 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Plymouth 41.96N 70.68W
01/23/2005 72 mph Plymouth MA amateur radio

1000 AM Storm surge Scituate 42.19N 70.73W
01/23/2005 0.00 Ft Plymouth MA amateur radio

Some flooding in Scituate Harbor. In sand hills
section...Numerous shore roads flooded with water up to
500 Ft. Inland.

1000 AM Non-Tstm wnd dmg Scituate 42.19N 70.73W
01/23/2005 Plymouth MA amateur radio

Tree down on a house. Wires down.

1029 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Chatham 41.68N 69.96W
01/23/2005 60 mph Barnstable MA official NWS obs

1052 AM Non-Tstm wnd gst Hyannis 41.65N 70.30W
01/23/2005 66 mph Barnstable MA official NWS obs

1255 PM Non-Tstm wnd gst Sandwich 41.76N 70.50W
01/23/2005 83 mph Barnstable MA amateur radio

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

Spotter reports
National Weather Service Taunton MA
1110 PM EST Sun Jan 23 2005

The first blizzard since the April fools storm of 1997 has blanketed the area with a top 5 historic snowfall, inside 24 hours, along with high winds and bitterly cold temperatures.

The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 10 hours, except wind gust reports since midnight, for the storm that has been affecting our region. Appreciation is extended to highway departments, cooperative observers, skywarn spotters and media for these reports. This summary is also available on our home page at weather.Gov/Boston

********************Storm total snowfall********************


Location storm total time/date comments
snowfall of
(inches) measurement

Connecticut
Hartford County


Southington 12.8 854 PM 1/24 General public
Windsor Locks 12.5 108 PM 1/23 airport ang (bdl)
South Windsor 11.5 114 PM 1/23
Windsor 11.0 820 PM 1/23 St
Unionville 8.8 130 PM 1/23


Tolland County

Stafford Springs 16.0 223 PM 1/23 St
Hebron 12.0 120 PM 1/23
Andover 7.0 309 PM 1/23
Storrs 7.0 123 PM 1/23


Windham County

North Grosvenordale 14.0 218 PM 1/23
Plainfield 9.5 122 PM 1/23
ashford 9.0 116 PM 1/23
eastford 8.0 121 PM 1/23

Massachusetts
Barnstable County


Sagamore Beach 36.0 944 PM 1/23
harwich 35.0 1049 PM 1/23 general public
North Eastham 32.0 528 PM 1/23
Yarmouth Port 30.0 240 PM 1/23
brewster 25.5 820 PM 1/23
Sandwich 24.0 315 PM 1/23 NWS employee


Bristol County

New Bedford 30.0 235 PM 1/23
Taunton 26.0 331 PM 1/23 5 Ft Drifts
Fairhaven 25.5 847 PM 1/23 St
Rehoboth 25.0 247 PM 1/23
Easton 23.0 107 PM 1/23 W.E. 1.71
Acushnet 21.5 304 PM 1/23
Somerset 20.0 303 PM 1/23
Taunton 18.0 700 PM 1/23 NWS Office kbox
Seekonk 15.0 430 PM 1/23 5 Ft drifts


Dukes County

Edgartown 24.0 240 PM 1/23


Essex County

Salem 38.0 256 PM 1/23 Em
Haverhill 36.5 959 PM 1/23 7 Ft drifts
North Andover 33.0 100 PM 1/23 6 Ft drifts
North Beverly 32.0 825 PM 1/23 St
Peabody 30.0 155 PM 1/23
Saugus 30.0 234 PM 1/23
Topsfield 30.0 552 PM 1/23 St
West Peabody 30.0 353 PM 1/23
Marblehead Neck 29.0 234 PM 1/23
Methuen 27.0 204 PM 1/23
Salem 27.0 1040 PM 1/23 Salem state
Manchester 26.5 309 PM 1/23
Beverly 26.0 802 PM 1/23 CO-Op observer
Ipswich 26.0 310 PM 1/23
Marblehead 26.0 941 PM 1/23 St
Lynn 24.0 250 PM 1/23
Rowley 24.0 256 PM 1/23
Swampscott 24.0 353 PM 1/23
Lawrence 23.0 130 PM 1/23


Franklin County

Ashfield 15.5 338 PM 1/23


Hampden County

Chicopee/Westover 14.0 1156 PM 1/23
Granville 12.0 215 PM 1/23
Wilbraham 11.0 207 PM 1/23
Southwick 10.0 223 PM 1/23 St 0.84 we


Hampshire County

Southampton 12.5 206 PM 1/23
Northampton 12.0 232 PM 1/23
South Hadley 11.0 231 PM 1/23
Amherst 10.0 206 PM 1/23
Belchertown 8.5 205 PM 1/23


Middlesex County

Melrose 36.0 116 PM 1/23
Cambridge 30.0 258 PM 1/23
Wakefield 28.0 400 PM 1/23
Billerica 27.5 917 PM 1/23
South Chelmsford 27.0 114 PM 1/23
Everett 26.5 300 PM 1/23
belmont 26.0 918 PM 1/23 St
North Billerica 25.0 100 PM 1/23
Wilmington 25.0 137 PM 1/23 St
Woburn 24.0 1040 PM 1/23
Wayland 22.0 340 PM 1/23
Westford 22.0 526 PM 1/23
Lexington 21.0 249 PM 1/23
stoneham 21.0 123 PM 1/23
ayer 20.3 330 PM 1/23 St
Littleton 19.0 241 PM 1/23
Chelmsford 18.5 219 PM 1/23 St
Dracut 18.2 220 PM 1/23 St
Pepperell 18.0 249 PM 1/23
Townsend 18.0 402 PM 1/23 St
shirley 14.0 105 PM 1/23
Hudson 13.5 300 PM 1/23


Nantucket County

Nantucket 24.0 400 PM 1/23


Norfolk County

Weymouth 28.5 244 PM 1/23
Braintree 28.3 442 PM 1/23
Milton 27.0 400 PM 1/23
South Weymouth 27.0 918 PM 1/23 St
Sharon 26.0 430 PM 1/23
Foxboro 25.1 511 PM 1/23
Millis 25.0 400 PM 1/23
Needham 25.0 921 PM 1/23
Randolph 25.0 819 PM 1/23 St
Franklin 23.0 309 PM 1/23 St
Canton 22.0 259 PM 1/23
Dedham 22.0 400 PM 1/23
Walpole 20.5 240 PM 1/23
Plainville 20.0 248 PM 1/23
Wellesley 17.2 239 PM 1/23


Plymouth County

Plymouth 38.0 702 PM 1/23
Plympton 35.0 1041 PM 1/23 general public
Lakeville 30.0 117 PM 1/23
manomet 28.0 1040 PM 1/23 St
Rockland 27.0 803 PM 1/23
Wareham 26.0 309 PM 1/23
Marshfield 25.0 230 PM 1/23
hanson 24.2 311 PM 1/23
Kingston 24.0 941 PM 1/23 St
West Duxbury 24.0 243 PM 1/23
Whitman 23.0 302 PM 1/23
Scituate 21.5 401 PM 1/23
Brockton 21.2 520 PM 1/23
marion 21.0 835 PM 1/23 St
Hingham 20.5 507 PM 1/23


Suffolk County

Winthrop 28.6 400 PM 1/23 St
Winthrop Square 27.0 1000 PM 1/23
Boston common 26.0 116 PM 1/23 NWS employee
roslindale 25.5 305 PM 1/23 St
east Boston 22.5 700 PM 1/23 Logan kbos


Worcester County

Northborough 26.0 319 PM 1/23
Uxbridge 26.0 129 PM 1/23
Shrewsbury 23.0 325 PM 1/23
Webster 23.0 202 PM 1/23
Gardner 22.0 250 PM 1/23
southborough 22.0 311 PM 1/23
North Grafton 21.0 104 PM 1/23 ret NWS orh oic
Fitchburg 20.7 210 PM 1/23
holden 19.0 204 PM 1/23
lunenburg 18.5 202 PM 1/23
Boylston 18.1 304 PM 1/23
Old Sturbridge 18.0 203 PM 1/23
leicester 17.0 133 PM 1/23 3-4 Ft drifts
Oxford 15.0 207 PM 1/23
west brookfield 15.0 230 PM 1/23
Ashburnham 14.0 917 PM 1/23 St
West Warren 12.5 314 PM 1/23
Athol 12.0 233 PM 1/23

New Hampshire
Cheshire County


Dublin 18.5 121 PM 1/23
alstead 12.5 103 PM 1/23


Hillsborough County

Hollis 19.0 345 PM 1/23
Nashua 18.5 400 PM 1/23 St
New Ipswich 17.5 135 PM 1/23
greenville 16.5 220 PM 1/23
Hudson 15.6 136 PM 1/23 St
South Weare 12.5 429 PM 1/23 St

Rhode Island
Bristol County


Bristol 21.0 502 PM 1/23 St


Kent County

West Warwick 24.5 251 PM 1/23
Warwick 23.4 102 PM 1/23 TF Green (Pvd)
Warwick 20.9 316 PM 1/23
Coventry 17.5 440 PM 1/23 St


Newport County

Little Compton 27.0 410 PM 1/23
Tiverton 21.1 325 PM 1/23


Providence County

Johnston Memorial 22.5 403 PM 1/23 NWS employee
greenville 21.5 113 PM 1/23
Cranston 21.0 253 PM 1/23
Cumberland 20.0 915 PM 1/23
Rumford 19.0 1046 PM 1/23
Woonsocket reservoir 18.9 155 PM 1/23 1.36 we
pawtucket 16.0 210 PM 1/23


Washington County

Hopkinton 21.0 237 PM 1/23
Westerly 20.0 534 PM 1/23 5 Ft Drifts
North Kingstown 17.0 102 PM 1/23

*********************Maximum wind gust*********************

Location maximum gust time/date comments
speed of
(mph) measurement

Massachusetts
Barnstable County


Sandwich 83.0 1255 PM 1/23 Skywarn
Barnstable 72.0 321 AM 1/23 skywarn
Provincetown 67.0 735 AM 1/23 pvc AWOS
Hyannis 66.0 1052 AM 1/23 hya ASOS
Falmouth - east 62.0 905 AM 1/23 skywarn
Chatham 60.0 1029 AM 1/23 cqx ASOS


Bristol County

New Bedford 54.0 651 AM 1/23 Ewb ASOS
Attleboro 52.0 748 AM 1/23 skywarn
Somerset 48.0 715 AM 1/23 skywarn
Taunton 48.0 623 AM 1/23 tan ASOS
Fairhaven 46.0 121 AM 1/23 skywarn


Dukes County

Marthas Vineyard 59.0* 1157 AM 1/23 Mvy ASOS
West Tisbury 48.0 1251 AM 1/23 skywarn


Essex County

Salem 62.0 516 AM 1/23 Salem State
Lawrence 57.0 400 AM 1/23 skywarn


Nantucket County

Nantucket-Madaket 84.0 930 AM 1/23 radio station
Nantucket 75.0 905 AM 1/23 skywarn
Nantucket 74.0 904 AM 1/23 ack ASOS


Norfolk County

East Milton 59.0 145 AM 1/23 mqe ASOS
Blue Hill
Foxboro 53.0 635 AM 1/23 gillette stadium


Plymouth County

Plymouth 72.0 905 AM 1/23 Skywarn
manomet 71.0 1020 AM 1/23 spotter
Scituate 68.0 715 AM 1/23 spotter
Plymouth 62.0 651 AM 1/23 pym ASOS
Brockton 50.0 832 AM 1/23 skywarn


Suffolk County

Boston 55.0 150 AM 1/23 Bos ASOS
Logan arpt


Worcester County

Worcester 47.0 952 AM 1/23 Orh ASOS

Rhode Island
Kent County


Warwick 60.0 722 AM 1/23 Pvd ASOS
TF Green arpt


Newport County

Newport 53.0 926 AM 1/23 Uuu ASOS


Providence County

Providence 52.0 715 AM 1/23 Skywarn


Washington County

Block Island 54.0 1247 AM 1/23 Skywarn
Westerly 52.0 747 AM 1/23 skywarn
Westerly 49.0 723 AM 1/23 wst ASOS
Block Island 48.0 435 AM 1/23 bid AWOS

*Last of several occurrences

Blizzards pile 3ft of snow on New England
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
24 January 2005


Much of north-eastern America was brought to a standstill after a blizzard of near-record intensity swept through the region, kiling at least a dozen people.

Boston and other parts of New England were hit especially hard with up to 3ft of snow, temperatures below 0F (minus 18C) and winds of over 50mph.

The storm closed airports, forcing the cancellation of thousands of flights in Chicago, New York, Boston and elsewhere, while road traffic was reduced to a trickle. Manhattan was buried under 18in of snow.

In Massachusetts, the Governor, Mitt Romney, declared a state of emergency and mobilised the National Guard to help evacuate coastal areas in case of flooding.

At the height of the storm, snow was piling up at the rate of 3in an hour, with ferocious winds piling it into drifts 6ft high. "The snow is falling in feet, not in inches," Mr Romney said, saying the winds and high tides were creating particular problems.

The storm, which moved out of the Midwest, turned into a north-easter as it reached the east coast, picking up moisture from the sea and dumping it back on land as snow.

Midwest, Northeast Dig Out From Winter Storm
Monday, January 24, 2005

The storm dumped more than 3 feet of snow on Massachusetts, and drifts were piled up to the eaves of some one-story buildings.

Frustrated travelers waited for transportation after a weekend in which hundreds of airline flights were canceled, while the roar of snowblowers and the scrape of shovels were heard as residents worked to free their sidewalks and cars from deep mounds of snow.

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (search) asked nonessential state workers in the eastern part of the state not to come to work, and Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri (search) closed all state and municipal offices Monday. School closings were reported from Maine to parts of Virginia.

At least 15 deaths were linked to the weather: three in Connecticut, three in Ohio, three in Wisconsin, two in Pennsylvania, and one each in Maryland, Delaware, Iowa and Massachusetts.

States of emergency were declared in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey.


Among those whose court appearances were delayed: "Survivor" star Richard Hatch (search), who had faced an arraignment date in Rhode Island in a tax case, and defrocked priest Paul Shanley (search), whose trial on abuse charges was delayed in Boston.

On Massachusetts' Nantucket (search) island, where an 84-mph wind gust was reported, the storm plunged the entire island into darkness until most service was restored Sunday night. The island's fire department worked to reach to reach people at risk, such as the elderly and the very young, in areas cut off by drifts up to 6 feet high.

"We just don't have the equipment to handle that amount of snow," said Nantucket deputy fire chief Mark McDougall.

Two eastern Massachusetts communities — Salem and Plymouth — got 38 inches of snow each, according to the National Weather Service (search). Parts of New Hampshire got 2 feet, New York's Catskills collected at least 20 inches and more than a foot fell in parts of New Jersey.

Earlier, the weather system had piled a foot of snow across parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and northern Ohio.

Boston's Logan International Airport (search) was shut down for nearly 30 hours until crews were able to reopen one runway at 8 a.m. Monday.

More than 900 flights were canceled Sunday morning at the New York metropolitan area's Newark, Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, in addition to about 700 that were grounded Saturday, Port Authority officials said.

Philadelphia's airport reopened Sunday, after a shutdown and flight cancellations on Saturday stranded hundreds of travelers at the terminal overnight, but more than 70 departures were canceled. Nearly 1,300 flights were canceled from Friday through Sunday at Chicago's O'Hare International.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (search) reported 3,091 of its customers were without power Saturday afternoon. Workers whittled that number down to 65 by Sunday morning, but that number fluctuated through the day after wind picked up.

Thousands of street and highway workers labored to clear pavement.

"There's just a lot of hard-packed ice and snow," said Rosanne Pack, spokeswoman for the Delaware Emergency Management Agency. "The parking lots are just ice rinks."

The biggest problem in northern Maine was the teeth-chattering wind. Rich Norton of the National Weather Service, said the wind chills Sunday morning were 33 below zero in Frenchville, and 27 below in Bangor and Presque Isle.

The cold air extended all the way south to Florida, where Monday morning lows were in the upper 20s across the northern part of the state. Freezing temperatures registered as far south as Ocala, which fell to 25. Marathon in the Florida Keys reported 49 degrees — with a wind chill of about 37

Northeastern U.S. Gets Sun as Residents Clean Up From Blizzard
Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Residents of the northeastern U.S. are taking advantage of sunshine and an extra day off today to dig out from a weekend blizzard that dumped as much as 3 feet of snow in areas and caused more than 1,000 flight cancellations.

In Boston, where more than 150 plows and snow-removal vehicles worked through the night to clear streets, schools will remain closed until Jan. 26. A number of school districts in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are closed today while others will open as much as two hours behind schedule.

Boston City Hall was closed to all non-essential workers, and many businesses and government offices from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts were closed for the day. Those who did have to go to work were urged to use caution on roads and highways.

``The roads here are adequate,'' Faith Sarafin, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Education Department, said in an interview today from Trenton. ``Traffic is moving, but it will probably take you one-and-a-half times to twice as long to get anywhere.''

At least 14 deaths were tied to the weather: three in Connecticut, three in Ohio, three in Wisconsin, two in Pennsylvania and one each in Maryland, Iowa and Massachusetts, the Associated Press reported.

Snow caused the cancellation of 380 flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport and 400 flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York. At New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport, 454 flights were canceled.

The George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln and Holland tunnels and the Staten Island bridges are all open, according to Alan Hicks, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Boston's Logan International Airport opened this morning after closing yesterday at 5:30 a.m. local time. The airport said delays and flight cancellations should be expected as airlines resume normal operations.

Blizzard wallops northeast of America
By Greg Frost in Boston
January 25, 2005
LARGE parts of the Northeastern United States lay buried under several feet of snow yesterday by a blizzard that severely curbed road and air travel and cut power to thousands of customers.

A powerful "nor'easter" storm that earlier wrought havoc in the US Midwest and mid-Atlantic states battered coastal New England with strong wind gusts and dumped more than 2 feet of snow on some areas.

The storm's impact could be felt across the Atlantic as dozens of flights at London's Heathrow airport were canceled to and from New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington. In all, US carriers reported hundreds of flight cancellations.

Boston's Logan airport shut down as crews could not keep runways clear amid near-whiteout conditions. Major airports in Connecticut and Rhode Island were also shuttered on Sunday.

The storm hit Rhode Island particularly hard, with snow falling on that state at a rate of 8 to 10cm an hour, one official said. Gov. Donald Carcieri ordered most state and municipal government offices closed today and asked businesses to do the same so crews could dig out roads.









"What makes this so bad is the wind," said Lt. Col. Mike McNamara of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency. "The way the wind is drifting everything is making it hazardous to be out on the roads."

States of emergency were declared in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, with National Guard troops helping to clear roads and evacuate citizens from coastal areas. At least 25,000 customers in southeast Massachusetts were without power.

NEW YORK DIGS OUT

New Yorkers began digging out from more than a foot of snow the storm dumped on the region on Saturday and on early on Sunday. A total of 20cm had fallen in Central Park, but 25cm or more were recorded in the worst-hit areas of eastern Long Island, where some 10,000 residents lost power, and in New Jersey's northwestern suburbs.

New York's subway was running, and in line with tradition, the shows went on on Broadway. The snowfall tapered off in the city by midmorning.

All three New York-area airports - John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark International - reported hundreds of cancellations and widespread delays, with the first flight since Saturday arriving at LaGuardia at midmorning on Sunday. Hundreds of passengers were stranded overnight at the airports, sleeping in lounges and waiting areas.

A 747 cargo plane skidded off a runway at JFK on Saturday night, but no one was injured.

New Jersey lifted a travel ban imposed on Saturday on non-emergency vehicles, but officials asked residents to keep off the roads if possible.

About 30cm of snow fell in Philadelphia, where about 1000 workers were clearing Lincoln Financial Field of snow and ice in time for the 3pm kickoff of a National Football League conference championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons.

The National Weather Service warned of "dangerously low" temperatures in the city, with the wind chill expected to fall into the minus-20C range on Sunday night.

The Philadelphia airport's two main runways were open after heavy snow caused the airport to close for five hours on Saturday, causing the cancellation of 960 flights, airport spokesman Mark Pesce said