STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 4 AM EST WED MAR 9 2005 ...WINTER STORM RAGES ON IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND... WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF VERMONT...NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND MAINE. THE WARNINGS THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR MASSACHUSETTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR THE HUDSON VALLEY IN NEW YORK...PORTIONS OF VERMONT AND MAINE...FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND BRUTALLY COLD WIND CHILLS. AT 4 AM EST...HEAVY SNOWFALL CONTINUED OVER MOST OF THE STATE OF MAINE...BUT HAD GENERALLY TAPERED TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES OVER THE REST OF NEW ENGLAND. STRONG WINDS CONTINUED TO BUFFET NEW ENGLAND AS WELL...COMBINING WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES WELL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 90 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 105 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT MOUNT WASHINGTON NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WIND GUSTS WELL IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE COMMONPLACE...AND SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY MANY BUOYS IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF NEW ENGLAND AS WELL AS COASTAL NOVA SCOTIA. AT 4 AM EST...THE MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OF THIS SYSTEM WAS 962 MILLIBARS OR 28.41 INCHES OF MERCURY. THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED AT 44.5 NORTH LATITUDE AND 66.7 WEST LONGITUDE OR 100 MILES EAST OF BANGOR MAINE. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THE INTENSITY OF SNOWFALL OVER MOST OF MAINE IS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY WITH TIME AS THE SYSTEM ADVANCESS NORTHEASTWARD. HOWEVER...HEAVY SNOWFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS MOST OF MAINE WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. ....SELECTED SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES THROUGH 3 AM EST.... NEW YORK... AVERILL PARK..........18.0 STEPHENTOWN...........10.0 BRUNSWICK..............9.5 GANSEVOORT.............9.0 ALBANY.................6.2 MAINE... PORTAGE...............15.0 VAN BUREN.............15.0 LILLE.................14.0 MADAWASKA.............14.0 SAINT FRANCIS.........12.0 MOUNT CHASE...........12.0 STOCKHOLM.............11.8 CARIBOU...............10.5 GUILFORD..............10.5 WATERBORO.............10.0 MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHFIELD.............8.0 WILBRAHAM..............8.0 BECKET.................8.0 GOSHEN.................8.0 GARDNER................8.0 RUTLAND................7.5 SAVOY..................7.0 COLRAIN................7.0 WINCHESTER.............7.0 WORCESTER..............4.7 VERMONT... SUTTON................10.0 MONTGOMERY............10.0 UNDERHILL..............8.2 ISLAND POND............7.0 SPRINGFIELD............7.0 WINDHAM................6.0 WORDFORD...............6.0 HARDWICK...............6.0 DANBY..................6.0 STOWE..................5.0 NEW HAMPSHIRE... WHITEFIELD............12.0 RANDOLF...............11.0 SUNAPEE...............11.0 TWIN MOUNTAIN.........10.5 FRANCONIA NOTCH.......10.0 LOST RIVER............10.0 COLEBROOK.............10.0 PORTSMOUTH.............9.0 CONNECTICUT... WINDSOR LOCKS..........7.1 NORTH BRANFORD.........6.0 EAST HARTFORD..........6.0 NEW FAIRFIELD..........5.0 BURLINGTON.............5.0 NEW PRESTON............5.0 THE NEXT STATEMENT FROM THE HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON THIS STORM WILL BE ISSUED AT 10 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. FRIES