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    New England snowstorm memories.

    in New England

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    Well, not true OES, but a couple of Cape specials that were likely OES enhanced.

    2/3/96. This storm got se mass and the Cape hard, I remember I had close to 7" in Brockton, but it was a very cold storm.

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    Potent little clipper on 2/26/94. This one I remember got me excited, because there was thundersnow over the Midwest with this. I think I only had 5" at home, but it literally came in about 2-3hrs.

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    When I was in college in 76 there was a tremendous OES event from SECT to the Cape on SE winds, think Westerly had 12 inches, just inland 7 miles had zippo. Arctic air was entrenched, temps were near 5 when the slight flow off the Atlantic deposited the bands, very neat event but extremely localized.

    New England snowstorm memories.

    in New England

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    Wonder how many remember the other 1983 major storm. Jan 15th and 16th was a strong storm which raked the NE, places like ALB had 25 Burlington 18. A real CF set up in my area of Ashaway RI in SW RI. My notes read , Jan 14 th NWS has winter storm watch up for expected 8-16 on the 15-16th. Sat the 15th- major storm began at 11am,very strange precip with heavy snow to rain to snow every hour, final total eight inches, reports from Mass of 18 and Northern CT 20. Winds sustained 25-30 with gusts to 50 total precip 1.75

    The below map shows that I sat on the boundary line.anybody else remember this one?

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    New England snowstorm memories.

    in New England

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    One of my favorite snowstorms occurred on Feb 17th 2003. PD 2 I believe It was a great storm from ACK to NH, a windwhipped frenzy storm with 2-3 per hour rates. Descriptions and pics below. Great times at WWBB on this one as weenies were chucked , DT flipped out, but in the end it was a cold fantastic storm.

    With an exceptionally strong high pressure system over New England, a low pressure system developed off the Mid Atlantic Coast. Periods of light snow developed as northeast winds increased to around 15 mph across Southern CT Sunday evening, February 16th. Snow became widespread and heavy, falling at rates up to 2 to 3 inches per hour Sunday night and Monday, February 17th. Heavy snow blown by northeast winds 20 to 30 mph caused near blizzard conditions throughout the area. Record heavy snowfalls crippled mass transit. In addition, widespread minor tidal flooding accompanied this system. Storm Total Snowfall ranged from around 13 to 24 inches. Here are selected specific snowfall amounts for: Fairfield County: from 16.0 inches at Norwalk to 24.0 inches at New Fairfield. At Sikorsky Airport in Bridgeport, 17.0 inches was measured. New Haven County: from 15.0 inches at Milford to 24.0 inches at Wolcott. Middlesex County: from 15.0 inches at Haddam to 15.7 inches at Old Saybrook. New London County: from 13.0 inches at Taftville to 21.0 inches at Preston. major winter storm impacted southern New England with heavy snow and strong winds as it tracked southeast of Nantucket. Snowfall totals of 12 to 20 inches were widely observed in Hartford, Tolland, and Windham counties. A major winter storm impacted southern New England on Presidents Day with heavy snow and strong winds. This was the most significant snowstorm of the winter, with totals of 1 to 2 feet reported throughout the state. The highest totals, around 2 feet, were reported in two areas: one from the east slopes of the Berkshires into northern Worcester County, and the second over Boston's South Shore communities. This snowstorm ranked in the top 10 for Boston and Worcester in detailed records dating back to at least the early 1900s. Despite the tremendous snowfall totals, the overall impact of the storm was minimal since it occurred on a holiday and during school vacation week. However, numerous minor accidents were reported. In addition, no significant damage was reported due to the fluffy, light nature of the snow. Officially, the storm total at Logan International Airport in Boston was 27.5 inches, which set a record for the greatest snowstorm in Boston. The total eclipsed the previous record of 27.1 inches set during the Blizzard of 1978 on February 6th and 7th, though it should be noted that this storm had much less of an impact on the region and pales in overall comparison to the Blizzard of 1978. That storm produced high winds, significant coastal flooding, and more than 3 feet of snow in some areas, crippling the state for several days. The 27.5 inches of snow in Boston also set a record for the greatest 24 hour snowfall total, breaking the previous record of 25.4 inches set during the April Fools Blizzard on March 31st and April 1st 1997. The snowstorm also helped set the February snowfall record in Boston, which reached 41.6 inches and broke the previous record of 41.3 inches set in 1969. Other official snowfall totals included 24.7 inches at Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, 20.8 inches at Worcester Airport, and 17.8 inches at the National Weather Service office in Taunton. Some specific snowfall totals, as reported by trained spotters, included 28 inches in Rockport; 27 inches in Winthrop and Brookline; 26 inches in South Weymouth; 25 inches in Montgomery, Milton, and Hanson; 24 inches in Townsend and Topsfield, 23 inches in Ashfield, Leverett, Petersham, Norwood, and Hingham; 20 inches in Sunderland, Easthampton, Shrewsbury, Boxboro, Framingham, Manchester, West Medway, and Mansfield, 18 inches in Deerfield, Hampden, Worthington, Westborough, Hudson, Hopkinton, Acushnet, and Marshfield; 16 inches in Springfield, Westhampton, downtown Worcester, Sterling, Pepperell, Amesbury, Newburyport, Pocasset, and Chatham; 15 inches in Holyoke, Wilbraham, Leominster, Natick, North Andover, Hyannis, and Nantucket; 13 inches in Edgartown; and 12 inches in Stoneham

    New England snowstorm memories.

    in New England

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    My first weenie memory was an Easter storm early 60s, I woke everybody in the house up yelling it's snowing it's snowing at like 5 am, my Dad was pissed, my brothers hit me, my sisters screamed at me, my Mom looked out the window with me and said, some day you will be a weatherman or a snow plow guy but today you are a kid so get back to bed. Of course I stared out my window at the streetlight until daybreak.

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