Snow & sleet hit Delaware & Otsego counties
Stonington, CT
/ Joe Cascio
UPDATE #2:
As promised, I wanted to share some notable pictures from across the northeast regarding the nor'easter that smacked much of New England yesterday. A potent retrograding storm intensified in the Gulf of Maine Sunday night into Monday morning and produced a swath of wind damage, power outages and rain in Maine to a mix of rain, snow and sleet across many sections of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Long Island, eastern New York and even as close as Otsego and Delaware counties of central New York, where as much as 5.4 inches of snow fell by sunset Monday. There are several interesting satellite pictures posted on this website that show how the system formed, spun, and moved in a semi-erratic pattern. Click on each linked city location to see the pictures from yesterday's nor'easter. It's pretty amazing to see that snow occurred in Long Island, while several hundred miles north in Portland, Maine that received heavy gale force wind and rain. Here is the list:
Albany, NY #1
Albany, NY #2
Scituate, MACenter Moriches, N.Y. (Long Island)
Brewster, NY
Manchester, CT
West Bath, ME
Eastport, NY (Long Island)
Connecticut College
Niantic, CT
Durham, ME
Portland, MESouth Portland, ME
Wayne, ME
Stonington, CT
Yale University, CT
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Snow, sleet and freezing rain in New England plus, heavy wind and rain has caused quite a mess for the start of the work week. Over 58,000 people in Maine alone are without power as of mid-morning due to winds of nearly 50 MPH in Portland. Power lines and trees have been blown down by a menacing northerly wind and strong rainfall. Precipitation around this nor’easter is being pushed back westbound into inland Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and finally into eastern New York as of 9:00 AM. Numerous reports of snow, sleet and freezing rain has caused accidents and tough road conditions that caused many travelers off guard. Hereis a picture from Stonington, CT that shows snow covering driveways. Even Yale University has seen snow and sleet this morning. In fact, the first measurable snow of the season has occurred in southern Connecticut, northern Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
Snow has already pushed into eastern New York and will at least push further westbound into portions of the Adirondacks and Catskills. The mountains of the extreme eastern sections of the Adirondacks and Catskills may pick up 1-3” with up to 6” near the Vermont border. The question is will central New York and our local area receiving anything from this system? I have included the probability for any steady precipitation with this web story. As you click on it, you will see that the highest risk (75%-100%) is located along roughly a line corresponding to the Route 12 and 28 corridors, which includes Norwich, Utica, Alder Creek and Old Forge and all points east. Within this zone, Old Forge and the higher elevations of Herkimer county plus Richfield Springs, Cooperstown and the higher elevations of Otsego county may be able to squeeze out sleet and snow with a Coating to less than 1” of accumulation. Otherwise, the lower elevations of this zone should not receive any accumulation. Note on the precipitation probability map that the threat for any rain or mixture at all drops dramatically to about 33% for the I-81 corridor and to about 20% or less across the Finger Lakes. This probability map includes late this afternoon and through tonight. Having said all of this, you can note that the best chance for precipitation will be located over the east third of our viewing area and points east into eastern New York and the Hudson Valley. Any precipitation within the I-81 corridor appears to be light and spotty towards late today or this evening with only a 33% risk for any precipitation to occur at all.
By the way, JFK international airport in New York City has even seen some wet flakes of snow mixing in with the rainfall.
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