THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR EASTERN U.S. COASTAL WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EST WED JAN 3 2018
...MAJOR COASTAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
WINDS TO MUCH OF THE EAST COAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA TO VERMONT
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA TO
NORTHERN MAINE
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS FROM EXTREME
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA TO EASTERN NEW ENGLAND
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 400 PM EST...THE LATEST RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ARE
INDICATING AN INCREASING AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FROM
EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A RAPIDLY
INTENSIFYING SURFACE LOW...CURRENTLY NEAR 995 MB EAST OF
JACKSONVILLE...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SNOW DEVELOPING FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME RAIN AND MIXED
PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING NEAR THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AS SOME WARMER AIR FROM THE ATLANTIC IS
PRESENT.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM EST WED
JAN 3 THROUGH 400 PM EST WED JAN 3...
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
BLUFFTON 4.0
KNIGHTSVILLE 1NNW 4.0
CHARLESTON AIRPORT 1ESE 3.0
JAMES ISLAND 2SSW 3.0
RAVENEL 3.0
SHADOWMOSS 5WSW 3.0
GIVHANS 3N 2.8
GOOSE CREEK 3S 2.5
JOHNS ISLAND 5NNW 2.5
SANGAREE 1SW 2.5
LADSON 3SSW 2.3
SUMMERVILLE 1S 2.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1200 AM EST WED JAN 03 THROUGH 400 PM EST WED JAN 03...
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHARLESTON 2NNW 0.20
JAMES ISLAND 1SW 0.20
MOUNT PLEASANT 4ENE 0.19
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...GEORGIA...
BROXTON 3.5
BAXLEY 1N 3.0
DIXIE UNION 2W 3.0
MELDRIM 3.0
POOLER 3.0
ALMA 2.5
MEINHARD 2SW 2.0
PATTERSON 2.0
PEMBROKE 2.0
LANIER 1.5
WHITE BLUFF 1WSW 1.2
METTER 1.0
UVALDA 1.0
STILLMORE 0.8
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...
...FLORIDA...
LAKE CITY 0.25
...GEORGIA...
BRUNSWICK 0.50
FOLKSTON 3ENE 0.50
ST. SIMONS 0.12
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
ISLE OF HOPE 0.08
LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA IS BEGINNING TO
UNDERGO RAPID CYCLOGENESIS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LATEST SATELLITE
IMAGERY IS INDICATING AN EXPANDING MID-UPPER LEVEL CLOUD SHIELD TO
THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE STORM CENTER...WITH WIDESPREAD
CONVECTION DEVELOPING OFFSHORE. THIS INTENSIFICATION IS FORECAST
TO ACCELERATE GOING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THURSDAY
MORNING AS THE LOW TRACKS ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC ABOUT 200
MILES OFFSHORE. WHILE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN OFFSHORE...THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO AFFECT MAINLY COASTAL AREAS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO
MAINE...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 6 TO 12
INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA TO EASTERN NEW
ENGLAND...WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF A
FOOT OF SNOW BY THURSDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
AT TIMES CLOSER TO THE COAST AS WINDS GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
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.
HAMRICK
Last Updated: 429 PM EST WED JAN 03 2018