On Sunday morning at 1AM eastern time, the storm had a central pressure Just over 1000 millibars. The nor'easter achieved bombogenesis when the pressure dropped a staggering 41 mb in 24 hours, ending at 1AM eastern time Monday morning . So indeed this is one of the strongest nor'easters on record.
The following map Is just estimates But it gives you an idea of where the hardest hit areas were. As far as snowfall there was a sharp cutoff.
A few of the highest snowfall totals I know of.
Providence Rhode Island Picked up a total of 37.9"
List corner Massachusetts 37"
Newport Rhode Island 34"
Dartmouth Massachusetts 33"
Central ISLIP, NY 31"
Mount Stonington Connecticut 30.8
Lindenhurst New Jersey 30.7"
Montauk New York 28.1"
Mystic Connecticut 24"
New York city laguardia 22.5"
Long neck Delaware 21"
Atlantic city New Jersey 16.9
Boston Massachusetts 16.9
NE Philadelphia Pennsylvania 16"
Some official wind reports
Nantucket airport 83 miles an hour
Sussex beach Massachusetts 74 miles an hour
Wellfleet Massachusetts 77 miles an hour
Martha's vineyard Massachusetts 71 miles an hour
This was a very impressive and historic blizzard
I know some of you are scoffing at the term blizzard. But this was a Northeast blizzard. The above numbers Show very strong winds leading to blowing snow that caused extremely reduced visibility, resulting in an official blizzard For New Jersey, Delaware up through New York City, Long Island and into southern New England.
Moving on
Looking at the surface chart, radar and satellite
We have high pressure in control behind our departing nor'easter. Today is gonna be cold with below average temperatures. But it will be fairly tranquil. The gusty winds are adding to the wind chill making it feel very cold indeed. Satellite shows some of us are dealing with some clouds. While others are seen a mix of sun and clouds.
This week we're gonna be on a temperature rollercoaster.
Looking at the surface map and radar we can see our weak clipper heading towards the Great Lakes. This will be approaching and moving through our region Tonight and to tomorrow.This is going to bring gusty winds And a little bit of snow to parts of the region. For the most part Snowfall is gonna be light with a dusting to possibly 3 inches across parts of the region. Those most likely to see accumulating Snow will be Across western and northern Pennsylvania, across New York State and into New England. Those in the lower elevations will see the lower end of the scale. While those in the higher elevations will see the higher end of the scale
With the clipper We're going to have a leading warm front that will allow temperatures to warm up on our Wednesday. Across Pennsylvania and the middle Atlantic This will be primarily All rain but as you get into New York State and New England There could be Off and on snow. Then as the front moves through As the temperature is warm Lower elevations will see snow change over to a mix and then possibly rain. While the higher elevation stay more in the way of snow. For the most part Accumulation should be very light. Once we get into the afternoon on Wednesday Lake effect snow is going to develop east and south east of lake Ontario, General lake snow amounts should be 1-4 ". But there could be some locally higher amounts. Then a trailing cold front will come through For Wednesday night into Thursday cooling us all back off again to slightly below average temperatures.
Images courtesy of tropical tidbits
We're also going to be seen energy over the Pacific Northwest move over the Rocky's and slide south and east.
As this moves into the eastern United States It looks to become amplified at least a little bit. So we need to keep an eye on it.
The area of low pressure looks to be sliding over the Middle Atlantic region Thursday afternoon into Friday. This is not gonna be a powerhouse system and will be rather weak. Depending on the track, a bit of snow on the northern side around the Mason Dixon line into southern Pennsylvania, Northern New Jersey and possibly southern New England. General snow accumulations are looking to be a dusting to perhaps 3". There will be a risk for a mix of sleet and some freezing rain over parts of Maryland, Delaware into southern New Jersey.
Friday we're going to have high pressure move in overhead behind that departing southern system. In spite of all the sun that we're going to see it's still going to be a bit chilly for this time of year. But, We're going to warm up a bit as we move into the weekend But then on Sunday we're going to be watching a front dropping back south and this is going to reintroduce cold air back in the region for next week. As far as snow and rain the weekend should be fairly dry; but we will have a weak trough moving through on Sunday that could kick off a few isolated rain or snow showers.
Monday we're going to see high pressure to our north with a low pressure system approaching from the south and west. On Tuesday this system is going to pass to our west with a leading warm front and a trailing cold front. We will likely see initial snow turn over to some rain Before the cold fronts slides through changing any rain back over to a mix and snow. So this is going to be a forecasting challenge as to the snow mix and rain and who sees what. But there's a chance this could be at least somewhat impactful for parts of our region. The dynamics of the entire setup suggest we could end up with some flooding out of this so keep that in mind.
The sun angle is getting higher and we're seeing daylight last longer. So even if the conditions are cool we can still see melting of the snow pack. So remember Meteorological spring begins on March 1st. Astronomical spring is only 24 days away. But all of that doesn't mean we're completely done with snowstorms and cold air outbreaks. I still envision March overall being at least a bit cooler than average. With the cold we will have the chance for some snowstorms. This general pattern could extend into April as well.
There is still plenty of cold air in the pattern. And the long range storm signals and teleconnections are pointing towards possible storms as we move into march. Along with chances for cold air to bleed back into the region during March.
That's it for today stay safe and warm and remember if you're going to be shoveling snow take your time as snow is extremely heavy and it will cause a lot of exertion on your heart Especially if you're elderly or out of shape.
