Storm description, surface observations, snowfall totals, and images courtesy of the National Climatic Data Center, the National Centers of Environmental Prediction, the Climate Prediction Center, the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, the Mount Holly National Weather Service Office, the Upton National Weather Service Office, Rutgers University, Plymouth State University, the University of Illinois, the American Meteorological Society, Weather Graphics Technologies, AccuWeather, and the Weather Channel.

Table of Contents Storm Summary Regional Surface Observations National Weather Service Forecasts Surface Maps Satellite Imagery Sea Level Pressure and 1000 to 500 Millibar Thickness Maps 850 Millibar Maps 700 Millibar Maps 500 Millibar Maps 300 Millibar Maps 200 Millibar Maps National Radar Imagery Local Radar Imagery Fort Dix Doppler Radar Imagery

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

TTN - Trenton, NJ

NXX - Willow Grove, PA

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -RA -RA OVC

------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 34F/32F 34F/32F 34F/34F

-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 29.98in 29.96in 29.99in

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- N/A N/A NNW

----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 00mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 05mph/----------

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 300ft 0ft 900ft

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 0.5mi 1.5mi 3.0mi

OVC -SN -SN -SN -IP ZR ZR RA OVC OVC OVC

31F/24F 29F/28F 29F/28F 30F/29F 31F/30F 32F/32F 33F/32F 33F/32F 33F/32F 36F/32F

30.31in 30.23in 30.19in 30.12in 30.04in 29.99in 29.98in 29.92in 29.95in 29.96in

SE SE SE SE SE S ---- N/A N/A W

07mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 07mph/----------

2,100ft 600ft 600ft 600ft 200ft 200ft 400ft 400ft 600ft 600ft

7.0mi 1.0mi 1.0mi 3.0mi 4.0mi 4.0mi 4.0mi 5.0mi 2.5mi 4.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

PNE - Northeast Philadelphia, PA

WRI - Wrightstown, NJ

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

OVC -SN -SN -SN ZR ZR RA OVC OVC OVC

32F/23F 30F/28F 30F/28F 30F/29F 31F/31F 32F/32F 33F/32F 33F/33F 34F/33F 37F/36F

30.34in 30.27in 30.21in 30.14in 30.07in 30.00in 30.00in 29.94in 29.96in 29.98in

S SE SE ESE N/A N/A NW N/A NW W

05mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 09mph/----------

2,300ft 300ft 1,000ft 200ft 200ft 200ft 400ft 200ft 200ft 700ft

10mi 0.8mi 1.3mi 2.0mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 2.0mi 7.0mi

OVC -SN -SN -SN -RA -RA -RA -RA OVC OVC

32F/25F 32F/25F 30F/28F 32F/32F 34F/32F 36F/34F 37F/37F 36F/36F 36F/36F 36F/36F

30.37in 30.30in 30.22in 30.16in 30.07in 30.00in 30.00in 29.96in 29.94in 29.97in

S ESE SSE ESE SE ---- W WNW WNW W

03mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 09mph/----------

2,500ft 2,500ft 1,500ft 1,000ft 1,000ft 1,000ft 700ft 500ft 700ft 500ft

5.0mi 5.0mi 0.5mi 0.5mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 4.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

NEL - Lakehurst, NJ

BLM - Belmar-Farmdale, NJ

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- OVC OVC

------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 41F/39F 39F/38F

-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 29.93in 29.96in

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- WNW WNW

----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 05mph/---------- 05mph/----------

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 200ft 300ft

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.0mi 5.0mi

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

36F/25F 36F/25F 36F/27F 36F/30F 36F/30F 37F/34F 39F/34F 39F/36F 39F/36F 37F/34F

30.31in 30.28in 30.22in 30.10in 30.06in 29.99in 29.93in 29.94in 29.88in 29.92in

S SSE SSE S SSE SSE S W WNW NW

05mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 09mph/17mph 14mph/21mph 13mph/21mph 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 09mph/----------

1,800ft 1,800ft 1,100ft 700ft 700ft 600ft 500ft 400ft 300ft 200ft

10mi 10mi 5.0mi 10mi 10mi 5.0mi 7.0mi 5.0mi 10mi 10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

EWR - Newark, NJ

MMU - Morristown, NJ

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

OVC OVC -SN -SN SN -SN -RA -RA OVC OVC

33F/25F 33F/26F 32F/32F 31F/31F 32F/32F 33F/33F 34F/34F 34F/34F 34F/34F 35F/35F

30.36in 30.30in 30.22in 30.16in 30.08in 30.00in 30.00in 29.95in 29.95in 29.95in

SW SSW S WSW SSE S W N/A NNE WNW

10mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 06mph/----------

2,800ft 2,000ft 900ft 500ft 300ft 1,500ft 1,500ft 1,500ft 1,100ft 700ft

10mi 10mi 1.0mi 0.8mi 0.5mi 2.5mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 2.0mi

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- OVC OVC

------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 34F/32F 34F/32F

-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 29.98in 29.98in

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- N/A N/A

----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 00mph/---------- 00mph/----------

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 700ft 700ft

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 7.0mi 2.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

ABE - Allentown, PA

PHL - Philadelphia, PA

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

OVC -SN -SN -SN -SN -ZR -ZR OVC OVC BKN

31F/20F 28F/27F 28F/27F 29F/28F 30F/29F 31F/30F 32F/31F 32F/31F 32F/31F 33F/32F

30.29in 30.24in 30.17in 30.11in 30.02in 29.99in 29.96in 29.94in 29.96in 29.96in

SSE ESE ESE ESE SSE SW N/A N/A NW N/A

14mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 00mph/----------

2,300ft 700ft 600ft 800ft 900ft 800ft 700ft 700ft 800ft 700ft

10mi 1.0mi 1.0mi 1.0mi 2.0mi 2.0mi 7.0mi 10mi 4.0mi 3.0mi

OVC -SN -SN -SN RA RA +RA OVC OVC OVC

33F/24F 31F/30F 31F/31F 32F/32F 33F/33F 34F/34F 34F/34F 36F/36F 36F/36F 38F/37F

30.33in 30.27in 30.21in 30.14in 30.07in 30.01in 30.00in 29.95in 29.95in 29.99in

SE SE SE ESE ESE SSE N/A WSW WSW W

07mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 09mph/----------

2,100ft 500ft 300ft 300ft 700ft 1,400ft 400ft 300ft 1,500ft 700ft

10mi 1.0mi 1.3mi 5.0mi 5.0mi 4.0mi 2.5mi 4.0mi 6.0mi 7.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

JFK - New York, NY

LGA - New York, NY

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

OVC OVC -RA -SN -RA RA RA RA -RA OVC DZ

36F/27F 37F/29F 38F/32F 38F/35F 38F/35F 38F/35F 40F/38F 40F/39F 41F/39F 41F/39F

30.37in 30.32in 30.25in 30.17in 30.10in 30.01in 30.00in 29.97in 29.95in 29.95in

S SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S S SW WNW

15mph/---------- 14mph/---------- 14mph/---------- 23mph/28mph 22mph/28mph 17mph/25mph 10mph/---------- 10mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 10mph/----------

2,300ft 2,100ft 2,000ft 1,300ft 1,200ft 900ft 800ft 800ft 700ft 600ft

10mi 10mi 8.0mi 7.0mi 6.0mi 7.0mi 6.0mi 7.0mi 10mi 4.0mi

OVC OVC -SN -SN -RA -RA -RA -RA OVC OVC

35F/25F 36F/27F 36F/33F 34F/33F 36F/34F 36F/34F 38F/36F 39F/38F 40F/38F 39F/38F

30.35in 30.30in 30.23in 30.15in 30.08in 30.00in 29.98in 29.95in 29.93in 29.94in

S SSW S S S S S S SW WNW

13mph/21mph 16mph/---------- 14mph/19mph 08mph/---------- 16mph/25mph 17mph/24mph 10mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 09mph/----------

2,500ft 2,100ft 1,800ft 1,900ft 600ft 700ft 700ft 1,200ft 600ft 1,400ft

10mi 9.0mi 2.0mi 2.0mi 2.5mi 3.0mi 4.0mi 4.0mi 5.0mi 2.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

NYC - New York, NY

TEB - Teterboro, NJ

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

OVC OVC -SN -SN -SN -RA RA -RA -RA OVC

34F/25F 35F/28F 34F/31F 34F/32F 35F/33F 35F/34F 37F/36F 39F/37F 39F/37F 37F/37F

30.36in 30.31in 30.23in 30.16in 30.08in 30.01in 30.00in 29.96in 29.95in 29.95in

SW SSW SSW ---- ---- ---- ---- S W ----

08mph/---------- 13mph/18mph 08mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 07mph/16mph 07mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 05mph/----------

2,500ft 2,100ft 1,700ft 600ft 600ft 600ft 800ft 800ft 1,400ft 500ft

10mi 10mi 1.8mi 1.3mi 3.0mi 4.0mi 4.0mi 6.0mi 7.0mi 1.8mi

OVC OVC -SN -SN -SN -RA -SN -RA -RA -RA OVC

34F/25F 34F/26F 33F/31F 32F/32F 33F/32F 34F/32F 33F/32F 34F/33F 35F/34F 35F/34F

30.37in 30.32in 30.24in 30.17in 30.09in 30.02in 30.01in 29.98in 29.96in 29.97in

S SSW SSW SSW S S WSW N/A N NNW

13mph/---------- 11mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 06mph/----------

2,600ft 2,200ft 2,000ft 300ft 500ft 300ft 700ft 1,400ft 500ft 1,300ft

10mi 10mi 1.3mi 0.8mi 0.8mi 1.5mi 2.5mi 2.5mi 1.5mi 1.3mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

CDW - Caldwell, NJ

RDG - Reading, PA

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

OVC ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- OVC OVC

30F/21F ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 32F/32F 34F/34F

30.37in -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 29.96in 29.96in

SSW ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- N/A ----

06mph/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 00mph/---------- 03mph/----------

15,000ft ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 800ft 800ft

15mi ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.5mi 1.8mi

-SN -SN ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- OVC OVC BKN

30F/27F 30F/27F ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 34F/32F 36F/32F

30.28in -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 29.94in 29.96in 29.97in

S S ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- W NW WNW

17mph/---------- 11mph/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 05mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 07mph/----------

300ft 0ft ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 800ft 900ft 900ft

1.0mi 1.0mi ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 7.0mi 2.0mi 2.5mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

ILG - Wilmington, DE

MIV - Millville, NJ

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

-SN -SN -SN RA RA RA -RA OVC OVC OVC

33F/32F 32F/32F 32F/32F 33F/33F 37F/36F 35F/35F 35F/35F 35F/35F 36F/35F 39F/38F

30.32in 30.25in 30.19in 30.13in 30.05in 30.02in 29.99in 29.95in 29.95in 29.99in

S SE ESE ESE S WSW SW S W W

08mph/---------- 10mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 10mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 09mph/----------

1,000ft 400ft 200ft 200ft 1,500ft 1,000ft 2,800ft 1,700ft 500ft 6,000ft

1.0mi 1.0mi 4.0mi 4.0mi 4.0mi 3.0mi 4.0mi 6.0mi 4.0mi 7.0mi

OVC -RA IP RA -RA -RA RA RA -RA OVC OVC

28F/28F 34F/30F 34F/32F 36F/36F 39F/37F 41F/39F 43F/41F 41F/41F 41F/39F 41F/39F

30.35in 30.31in 30.22in 30.16in 30.08in 30.01in 30.00in 29.99in 29.96in 30.00in

ESE SSE ESE SE SSE SSW WSW W W NW

06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 11mph/---------- 11mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 11mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 12mph/----------

2,100ft 2,100ft 1,000ft 500ft 300ft 300ft 400ft 400ft 2,300ft 700ft

7.0mi 5.0mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 2.0mi 2.0mi 2.0mi 6.0mi 10mi 10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

ACY - Atlantic City, NJ

ISP - Islip, NY

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

OVC -RA UP -RA -RA RA RA -RA OVC OVC

37F/30F 36F/31F 37F/31F 40F/29F 40F/38F 41F/39F 42F/41F 43F/42F 42F/41F 43F/41F

30.34in 30.27in 30.23in 30.14in 30.05in 29.99in 29.94in 29.94in 29.92in 29.96in

SSE SE S SSE SE SSE SSE W WSW W

05mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 13mph/---------- 14mph/---------- 12mph/---------- 12mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 17mph/24mph

2,900ft 2,600ft 3,000ft 2,600ft 900ft 700ft 500ft 500ft 500ft 1,200ft

10mi 6.0mi 9.0mi 9.0mi 10mi 6.0mi 5.0mi 5.0mi 10mi 10mi

BKN OVC OVC -RA -RA RA RA RA -RA -RA

34F/25F 34F/27F 36F/28F 37F/32F 36F/34F 34F/34F 37F/36F 39F/37F 39F/39F 39F/39F

30.37in 30.33in 30.28in 30.18in 30.11in 30.05in 30.00in 29.97in 29.94in 29.92in

S S S S SSE SSE SSE SSW N/A NNW

10mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 14mph/---------- 12mph/17mph 14mph/---------- 12mph/18mph 12mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 06mph/----------

2,400ft 2,000ft 3,000ft 2,000ft 800ft 700ft 200ft 300ft 300ft 300ft

10mi 10mi 10mi 6.0mi 6.0mi 4.0mi 2.0mi 2.0mi 2.0mi 1.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

FRG - Farmingdale, NY

HPN - White Plains, NY

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

BKN OVC BKN -RA -RA ---- ---- -RA OVC OVC

30F/23F 36F/28F 36F/28F 37F/34F 36F/34F ------/------ ------/------ 39F/37F 39F/39F 39F/39F

30.35in 30.36in 30.30in 30.21in 30.14in -------- -------- 29.96in 29.92in 29.91in

S S S S S ---- ---- S N/A N/A

11mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 16mph/---------- 21mph/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 05mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 00mph/----------

20,000ft 2,000ft 2,000ft 2,000ft 1,000ft ------ ------ 500ft 300ft 300ft

15mi 10mi 10mi 7.0mi 6.0mi ---- ---- 6.0mi 1.5mi 1.0mi

OVC OVC -SN -SN ---- -SN -SN -SN DZ -RZ

30F/21F 30F/21F 32F/28F 32F/28F ------/------ 32F/28F 34F/30F 34F/30F 34F/28F 34F/28F

30.33in 30.27in 30.22in 30.13in -------- 30.00in 29.98in 29.97in 29.92in 29.92in

SSE S SSE S ---- S S S N/A N/A

07mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 11mph/---------- 11mph/---------- ----------/---------- 11mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 00mph/----------

2,500ft 2,000ft 300ft 3,000ft ------ 200ft 200ft 200ft 100ft 100ft

15mi 15mi 1.5mi 1.5mi ---- 0.5mi 0.5mi 0.5mi 0.9mi 0.9mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

LNS - Lancaster, PA

APG - Aberdeen, MD

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- OVC BKN SCT

------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 34F/32F 34F/34F 36F/34F

-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 29.95in 29.98in 29.98in

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- N WNW W

----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 05mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 12mph/----------

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 1,100ft 2,200ft Unlimited

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 15mi 3.0mi 5.0mi

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- OVC OVC SCT

------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 39F/37F 39F/37F 43F/39F

-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- WSW W W

----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 08mph/---------- 12mph/---------- 07mph/----------

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 1,000ft 2,500ft Unlimited

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 5.0mi 6.0mi 7.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

DOV - Dover, DE

WWD - Wildwood, NJ

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

-SN -RA -RA -RA -RA -RA -RA -DZ BKN BKN

34F/30F 34F/32F 36F/34F 37F/37F 37F/37F 39F/39F 37F/37F 37F/37F 39F/39F 43F/41F

30.31in 30.26in 30.20in 30.13in 30.05in 29.99in 29.99in 29.97in 29.95in 30.00in

S SE S S S SW NW WSW W WNW

06mph/---------- 02mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 11mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 10mph/---------- 12mph/21mph

7,000ft 6,000ft 4,000ft 2,000ft 1,500ft 1,000ft 500ft 2,000ft 12,000ft 10,000ft

6.0mi 6.0mi 6.0mi 5.0mi 4.0mi 3.0mi 3.0mi 4.0mi 5.0mi 6.0mi

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

39F/34F 39F/36F 41F/37F 41F/37F 41F/39F 43F/41F 45F/43F 39F/37F 39F/39F 43F/39F

30.33in 30.29in 30.26in 30.18in 30.10in 30.03in 29.96in 29.98in 29.96in 29.98in

SE ESE SSE SSE SSE S SSE WNW W WSW

05mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 15mph/---------- 18mph/---------- 13mph/23mph 23mph/29mph 11mph/16mph 06mph/---------- 12mph/18mph

3,400ft 3,400ft 4,600ft 2,300ft 3,400ft 800ft 500ft 400ft 800ft 600ft

10mi 7.0mi 5.0mi 7.0mi 10mi 7.0mi 5.0mi 10mi 10mi 10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

FOK - Westhampton Beach, NY

BDR - Bridgeport, CT

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

BKN ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -RA

36F/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 45F/------

30.36in -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 29.92in

S ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- N/A

11mph/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 00mph/----------

3,000ft ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 300ft

15mi ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.0mi

BKN OVC OVC -SN -SN -SN -SN -SN -RA UP

32F/23F 33F/25F 34F/27F 34F/30F 35F/33F 34F/33F 33F/32F 32F/32F 33F/32F 33F/33F

30.37in 30.32in 30.27in 30.18in 30.11in 30.03in 30.01in 29.99in 29.95in 29.94in

S S S SSE S S S N/A NE N

10mph/---------- 13mph/---------- 10mph/---------- 12mph/---------- 15mph/19mph 15mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 06mph/----------

11,000ft 2,700ft 2,500ft 2,300ft 1,100ft 600ft 400ft 1,000ft 1,600ft 300ft

10mi 10mi 10mi 2.0mi 5.0mi 4.0mi 1.3mi 1.5mi 1.0mi 1.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

CXY - Harrisburg, PA

MDT - Middletown, PA

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- OVC SCT SCT

------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 37F/34F 36F/34F 39F/34F

-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 29.98in 29.99in 30.00in

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- W NW NW

----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 07mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 12mph/----------

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 1,000ft Unlimited Unlimited

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 10mi 6.0mi 10mi

-SN -SN -SN -RA -IP -RA -RA OVC OVC BKN SCT

32F/32F 32F/32F 34F/32F 36F/34F 36F/36F 36F/36F 37F/36F 37F/36F 36F/34F 39F/36F

30.26in 30.20in 30.14in 30.08in 30.02in 29.99in 29.96in 29.98in 29.99in 30.00in

SE SE SE SSE SSE S E W W NW

13mph/---------- 14mph/---------- 14mph/---------- 18mph/---------- 14mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 12mph/---------- 06mph/----------

700ft 1,000ft 1,200ft 1,000ft 1,000ft 1,000ft 1,200ft 1,200ft 8,000ft Unlimited

1.0mi 3.0mi 4.0mi 3.0mi 4.0mi 12mi 12mi 12mi 7.0mi 6.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

MTN - Baltimore, MD

BWI - Baltimore, MD

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- BKN OVC OVC

------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ ------/------ 39F/37F 39F/37F 39F/37F

-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 29.95in 29.96in 29.96in

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- SSW W W

----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- ----------/---------- 09mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 09mph/----------

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 1,100ft 4,800ft 4,800ft

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 7.0mi 7.0mi 7.0mi

-RA -RA -RA -RA RA RA OVC BKN BKN SCT

36F/36F 37F/37F 37F/37F 38F/38F 39F/39F 39F/39F 40F/40F 39F/39F 40F/40F 42F/40F

30.26in 30.21in 30.16in 30.09in 30.03in 30.00in 29.97in 29.95in 29.98in 30.02in

---- SSE N/A ---- ---- ---- ---- WSW W W

03mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 00mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 06mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 09mph/----------

7,000ft 900ft 700ft 900ft 900ft 1,200ft 700ft 9,000ft 3,800ft Unlimited

6.0mi 10mi 10mi 10mi 7.0mi 7.0mi 10mi 10mi 10mi 10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

DCA - Washington, DC

ADW - Camp Springs, MD

0400Z 10 Mar 97 0500Z 10 Mar 97 0600Z 10 Mar 97 0700Z 10 Mar 97 0800Z 10 Mar 97 0900Z 10 Mar 97 1000Z 10 Mar 97 1100Z 10 Mar 97 1200Z 10 Mar 97 1300Z 10 Mar 97

2300EST 09 Mar 97 0000EST 10 Mar 97 0100EST 10 Mar 97 0200EST 10 Mar 97 0300EST 10 Mar 97 0400EST 10 Mar 97 0500EST 10 Mar 97 0600EST 10 Mar 97 0700EST 10 Mar 97 0800EST 10 Mar 97

-RA -RA -RA -RA OVC -RA OVC BKN BKN BKN

39F/33F 39F/32F 39F/32F 39F/31F 41F/30F 40F/30F 41F/30F 41F/32F 41F/31F 44F/32F

30.26in 30.21in 30.17in 30.11in 30.04in 29.99in 29.99in 29.97in 29.97in 30.04in

SSE S S S S SSW SSW SW SSW N

14mph/---------- 16mph/---------- 16mph/---------- 13mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 03mph/---------- 05mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 05mph/----------

7,000ft 7,000ft 1,300ft 900ft 2,000ft 900ft 1,100ft 8,000ft 7,500ft 4,700ft

10mi 15mi 15mi 7.0mi 10mi 7.0mi 12mi 15mi 7.0mi 7.0mi

-RA -RA -RA -RA -RA -RA OVC BKN -RA BKN

36F/32F ------/------ 37F/36F 37F/36F 37F/37F 39F/37F 39F/39F 39F/37F 39F/37F 41F/37F

30.27in 30.22in 30.16in 30.10in 30.04in 29.99in 29.99in 29.96in 29.96in 30.03in

SSE SSE S S SSW SSW SW SW SSE WNW

10mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 09mph/---------- 08mph/---------- 11mph/---------- 11mph/---------- 10mph/---------- 10mph/---------- 07mph/---------- 10mph/----------

8,000ft 5,000ft 3,500ft 3,500ft 3,500ft 2,000ft 2,000ft 5,000ft 5,000ft 4,000ft

6.0mi 6.0mi 6.0mi 6.0mi 6.0mi 6.0mi 7.0mi 7.0mi 6.0mi 7.0mi

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