MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0171
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0655 PM CST WED FEB 14 2007
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NRN NY/VT/NH/NRN AND CNTRL ME
   
   CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW 
   
   VALID 150055Z - 150530Z
   
   ...HISTORIC SNOWSTORM APPEARS TO BE WINDING DOWN...WITH MUCH OF THE
   HEAVIEST SNOW TO END WITHIN THE NEXT 2-4 HOURS. ALREADY MORE THAN 2
   FEET OF SNOW HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF VERMONT. IN ADDITION TO
   THE HEAVY SNOW...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS
   PORTIONS OF NRN NEW ENGLAND...
   
   LATEST WV IMAGERY SHOWS INITIAL UPPER WAVE NOW LIFTING NORTH ACROSS
   SRN ME WITH MID LEVEL DRY SLOT WORKING INTO NH/SRN ME. LONG RADAR
   LOOPS PORTRAY A GENERAL DECREASE IN HEAVY SNOW OVER THE PAST COUPLE
   OF HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PA/SE NY AND SRN NEW ENGLAND. SFC LOW
   CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN NEAR CAPE COD WITH LATEST PRESSURE NEAR
   978 MB AT 15/00Z...A DECREASE OF NEARLY 8 MB OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS.
   WITH SFC PRESSURE FALLS OF NEARLY 3-4MB/HR FOCUSED JUST SOUTHWEST OF
   PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND...CONTINUED DEEPENING IS LIKELY AS LOW LIFTS
   NORTH TONIGHT. 
   
   HEAVIEST SNOWS OVER NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE FROM ALB TO BTV...WHICH
   HAS EVOLVED FROM EARLIER BRIGHT BANDING EVIDENT ACROSS NERN PA/ERN
   NY. ALSO...HEAVY SNOWS ARE FORECAST ACROSS NRN AND CNTRL ME...NORTH
   AND WEST OF A LINE FROM IZG TO BGR. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A MIX
   OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE FROM PORTLAND TO BANGOR
   AND COASTAL AREAS...AS INTENSE LOW LEVEL WAA CONTINUES /PER 00Z
   PORTLAND ME SOUNDING/ AND MID LEVEL DRYING COMMENCES.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 02/15/2007
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CAR...GYX...BOX...BTV...ALY...
   
   45726738 45066944 43047222 43247342 44097450 44957497
   45047286 45067149 45517066 46687006 47236955 47506840
   47036761