ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL
ACUS11 KWNS 051655 
SPC MCD 051655 
NJZ000-PAZ000-MDZ000-DEZ000-VAZ000-DCZ000-WVZ000-052300-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0125
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1055 AM CST THU MAR 05 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SRN/ERN WV...SE PA...SRN NJ...NRN
VA...MD AND DE

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW 

VALID 051655Z - 052300Z

SUMMARY...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND...WITH RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER
HOURS WILL SAG SOUTHWARD FROM FAR SOUTHEAST WV THROUGH NORTHERN VA
INTO FAR SOUTHERN NJ...ENCOMPASSING THE WASHINGTON D.C. AND
BALTIMORE AREAS BY 18Z.

DISCUSSION...HEAVY SNOW WITH WIDESPREAD RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. AS STRONGER
850-700 MB BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS SAGS SOUTHWARD...SO WILL THE
HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOWFALL. UP TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RATES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS BAND FROM FAR SOUTHEAST WV...ACROSS NRN VA INTO
FAR SRN NJ BETWEEN 18-21Z. THIS INCLUDES THE WASHINGTON D.C. AND
BALTIMORE METRO AREAS. WHILE RATES FURTHER NORTH ACROSS SE PA INTO
CENTRAL NJ SHOULD BEGIN TO LOWER AFTER ABOUT 20Z...HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH THROUGH ABOUT 00Z TONIGHT.

..LEITMAN.. 03/05/2015

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...PHI...AKQ...CTP...LWX...RNK...PBZ...RLX...

LAT...LON   38648066 39137996 39547854 40157584 40377432 40217360
            39687341 39377356 38977395 38627459 37787650 37357939
            36998076 37378149 38318097 38648066 

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