Low pressure off Cape Hatteras moved north towards Long Island late February 1st through early February 3rd. Snow showers developed along the western ridge of the Allegheny Front in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia around noon on February 2nd and continued through the late morning hours of February 3rd.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Low pressure off Cape Hatteras moved north towards Long Island late February 1st through early February 3rd. Snow showers developed along the western ridge of the Allegheny Front in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia around noon on February 2nd and continued through the late morning hours of February 3rd. Snowfall amounts ranged between 4 inches in Mt. Storm, WV., and 6 inches in Bayard, WV.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 2, 10:13 AM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1013 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... RADAR PPINE...AFTR AN ELY MRNG W/ LGT RTNS IN WRN BURBS OF DC/BALT. A GLANCE AT 12Z IAD SNDG EXPLAINS THE PL REPORTS /ABV FRZG LYR BTWN H9-8...MAX TEMP +2C/. THAT THREAT IS GONE...AND SFC TEMPS SHUD BE RISING ABV FRZG AREAWIDE TAFTN. THERE MAY EVEN BE A FEW SPLASHES OF SUNSHN /PER VSBL SATPIX FM JUST N OF SHD TO W54/. WONT BE LONG LASTING AS SFC CDFNT AND UPR VORT PIVOT THRU. AREA OF SNW IN MTRS FM UPR OHVLY ATTM IN ASSOC W/ THESE FEATURES. LTST GDNC ALL SUGGESTS LGT QPF PSBL. THINK BEST CHC WL BE IN FVRD UPSLOPE RGNS. PTYPE WL BE A BIT OF AN ISSUE AGN...BUT ONLY RA VS SN. SHUD BE MOSTLY RA DUE TO BNDRY LYR TEMPS...XCPT MAY BE COLD ENUF FOR SN OR SNRA MIX PTMC HIGHLANDS. CRRNT FCST HAS THAT HNDLD SUFFICIENTLY. UPDTD FCST WL FEATURE SMALL CHGS MNTND ABV. BIGGEST PURPOSE THO WL BE TO RMV ELY MRNG MIXED PCPN REFERENCES. && .AVIATION... MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ATTM...THO MAY BECOME VFR LCLLY. PREDOMINANT CONDS SHUD BCM VFR TAFTN. STILL MAY BE LCL RESTIRCTIONS...BUT TOO FEW FOR TAF MNTN. COMMS ISSUE AT MRB CONTS. TAF WL REMAIN NIL TIL OBS FLOW ONCE AGN. /THEY HV HIEST RISK OF REDUCED CIGS VSBYS W/ AFTN FEATURE./ && .MARINE... LGT WNDS TDA. INCRSD NW FLOW TNGT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 340 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM 06Z SHOWS SEVERAL WEAK WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS HOVERED AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. LOCAL COMPOSITE RADAR SHOWS A BROAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE..WHILE REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS LIGHT ECHOES WEST OF THE ALLEGANY FRONT. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL PUSH NORTHWARD TODAY....PULLING WITH IT THIS ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. WILL INCLUDE A PRE-FIRST PERIOD IN THE ZONES THIS MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR POCKETS OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW BASED ON OBSERVATIONS AS WELL AS A FEW SPOTTER CALLS EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH SUNRISE. ANOTHER VERY WEAK LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING AND PUSH NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...MERGING WITH A CLIPPER SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES BY 00Z. THIS LOW...WITH AT LEAST SOME UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION...WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH FOR THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE REGION. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LEVELS...THANKS TO A PUSH OF WARM ADVECTION FROM THE SOUTH...WILL PRODUCE A RAIN/SNOW LINE AT OR AROUND A WASHINGTON DC TO BALTIMORE LINE. PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN SNOW ALONG THE FAR WESTERN AND NORTHERN FORECAST AREA BORDERS...WITH A MIX SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. EVEN WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER TODAY...WARM ADVECTION SHOULD ALLOW SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...SO ANY SNOW SHOULD MELT ON CONTACT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. AVIATION... TRICKY AVIATION FORECAST TODAY. FIRST WAVE OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD EXIT TO THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING BY 12Z. EXPECT A BRIEF BREAK BEFORE WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER WEST VIRGINIA AND LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL PRODUCE PRECIPITATION ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE HIGHEST FOR KMRB AND DECREASE TO THE SOUTH. CLOUD COVER TODAY WILL LINGER INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY LIFTING. BKN-OVC CEILINGS NEAR 3000FT WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL TERMINALS TODAY...WITH MOS GUIDANCE DROPPINGS CEILINGS TO NEAR 1500FT AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES SHOULD REMAIN MVFR OR BETTER. WILL CONTINUE TO NIL THE KMRB TAF DUE TO AN ABSENCE OF OBSERVATIONS. MARINE... WINDS TODAY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO WEST AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...APPROACHING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA LATER TONIGHT. WILL HOLD WINDS AT 15 KNOTS AND NOT RAISE FLAGS FOR THE MORNING FORECAST PACKAGE. AT 08Z...TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOUT A HALF FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST...WATER LEVELS SHOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. NEAR SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY WITH WHAT IS LEFT OF THE FIRST BLAST OF COLD ADVECTION AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE SECOND BLAST OF COLD ADVECTION. AVIATION /09Z-06Z/... CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER TO MVFR LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION SPREADS NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WITHIN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS...IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. WILL LOOK INTO IFR POSSIBILITIES WITH THE 12Z PACKAGE. A MIX OR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...KCHO AROUND 22Z AND TERMINALS FURTHER NORTH BETWEEN 00Z AND 02Z. LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... FROM COLD TO COLDER WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL COVER MOST OF THE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIOD. REMNANT COLD ADVECTION FROM THE FRIDAY NIGHT BLAST WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY. THEN SATURDAY NIGHT A SECOND SHOT OF EVEN COLDER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE IN WITH UPSLOPE MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS RETURNING. FINALLY LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY THE THIRD AND FINAL SHOT MOVES THROUGH WITH MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS AND THE COLDEST WEATHER OF THE SEASON AND PROBABLY THE COLDEST WEATHER IN TWO YEARS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH TEMPS ON MONDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE 20S FOR MOST OF THE REGION WITH A BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WIND. COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. OTHER THAN IN THE MOUNTAINS... NO SIG CHC OF PRECIP SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && UPDATED SHORT TERM/AVIATION/MARINE...HTS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...SAR/STRONG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1110 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-501-502- VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ050>055-501>504-031000- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- 1110 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... WESTERN MARYLAND... AND NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THESE AREAS MAY SEE UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS ALONG AND WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY FRONT DURING THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE SPREAD OUT OVER THE WEEKEND. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE MARINE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE FOR HIGH ELEVATION AREAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... AND ARE VERY LIKELY FOR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS COULD PUSH WIND CHILL VALUES TO MINUS 5 OR MINUS 10 AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ANY SNOW REPORTS RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. HTS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A Cooperative Observer in Bayard, WV., reported 4 inches of snow. A Cooperative Observer in Mount Storm, WV., reported 6 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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