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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
12:30 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005

...NEW YORK CITY HAS REACHED A NEW RECORD...REACHING 40 INCHES OR 
MORE OF SNOW IN 3 CONSECUTIVE WINTER SEASONS...

ON FRIDAY...MARCH 11TH...A CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA 
GAVE NEW YORK CITY A HALF INCH OF SNOW. THEN...ON THE 12TH...A 
COASTAL LOW DEVELOPED AND INTENSIFIED SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND AND 
TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD. THIS LOW PRODUCED ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW FOR 
THE CITY...BRINGING THIS WINTER'S SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL TO 40 
INCHES. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD FOR THE CITY...RECEIVING 40 INCHES OF 
SNOW OR MORE IN 3 CONSECUTIVE WINTER SEASONS...THE FIRST TIME EVER 
RECORDED SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT. THE PREVIOUS 2 WINTER SEASON 
SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

2003/2004:  42.6 INCHES
2002/2003:  49.3 INCHES

THE PAST THREE WINTER SEASON SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDE SUCH MAJOR 
STORMS AS THE PRESIDENT'S DAY STORM IN FEBRUARY 2003...AND THE 
BLIZZARD THAT OCCURRED BACK IN LATE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. 

MORE SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY...AS YET ANOTHER COASTAL LOW IS 
FORECAST TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE SOME RAIN AND SNOW FOR THURSDAY 
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS IS STILL DAYS AWAY...AND CONFIDENCE IS 
STILL LOW AND SOME MODELS ARE STILL IN DISAGREEMENT. CHECK BACK WITH 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE POSSIBLE WINTER 
STORM ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV

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