![]() ![]() ![]() The storm intensified so rapidly that it formed an eye like feature Friday evening which it maintained through the day Saturday.Īfternoon Visible Satellite Picture of the New England Blizzard on Saturday Februas it moved away from the New England coast. Wind gusts across the southeast and eastern New England coasts ranged from 55-77 mph, along with lightning and thunder at times from Long Island through coastal CT and Rhode Island. In these states this storm was an epic blizzard producing 20”-36” of snow (locally higher amounts up to 40” in Connecticut) with many hours of blinding three to four inch per hour snowfall rates. Further east and south from New York City and Long Island up through Connecticut, Rhode Island, central and eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, the storm was very different. Heavier snow accumulations of 9”-16” were common in the mid Hudson valley, Berkshire and Litchfield counties. On average a 6”-10” snow accumulation occurred with pockets of 9”-11” in the Mohawk valley and Schoharie and southwest Albany counties. A moderate to heavy snow storm impacted eastern New York and western New England from February 8-9 with the brunt of the snow accumulation occurring from late Friday afternoon through 3am Saturday morning. ![]()
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