Pacific storms slamming the Western US helped drive temperatures to historic levels east of the Rockies with Denver hits 80F for the first time in February while Oklahoma ties it’s February record with an astonishing 99F.
Where it got warm along the Front Range, it turned downright hot on the Plains!
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99 degrees ties the Oklahoma February record. Yes, it’s been that warm before!
Rio Grande, TX takes the prize for the nation’s first 100F.
Arctic air across the Northern Tier and summer warmth spreading east across the Southern Tier set the stage for not one but two weather bombs off New England and Nova Scotia within just 4 days.
Large temperature spread within a relatively short distance tends to result in a powerful jet stream and downward energy transfer in which surface winds often exceed 100 mph over ridges.
Telluride, CO saw a gust of 119 mph. An 18 wheeler was blown onto a police cruiser in Wyoming after getting hit by a 90 mph gust!
Top wind gust in Wyoming was 92 mph.
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With the added support of a warm Atlantic, this is the result!
Weather bomb 1
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A snowy Queens, NY
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2ft of snow dumped on eastern Maine.
In between storms, it got cold over Maine…
Weather bomb 2
Heavy snow and 20s in New England vs 80s in Virginia!
Perfect atmospheric and oceanic ingredients for rapid cyclogenesis.
Jesse Ferrell
Pressure got down to at least 966mb over Georges Bank off Nova Scotia.
Two weather bombs within 4 days!
Wind was by far the biggest aspect of this storm from DC to New York while snow was the big factor up in New England and particularly Maine.
The squall line which brought 50-65 mph winds through the DC metro with a 66 mph gust recorded at Reagan National were the strongest since the June 2012 derecho.
Scaffolding that was blown off a house on Capitol Hill. A wind gust of 64 mph was recorded in the vicinity Sunday night. (Dan Watson via Twitter)
Andrews Air Force base recorded a gust of 72 mph.
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Credit: Capital Weather Gang
40″ in Maine!
Jesse Ferrell
Snowfall Totals
Here is a list of some of the heaviest and notable snowfall totals from Orson by state.
- Connecticut: 6.4 inches in Norfolk; 6.0 inches in Winsted; 5.6 in Staffordville; 5.5 inches in Newtown; 5.1 inches at Windsor Locks (Bradley Field)
- Maine: 36 inches near Jonesboro; 34.1 inches in Bangor; 30.5 inches near Cary; 16.1 inches in Portland
- Massachusetts: 16 inches in Heath; 15.2 inches in Rowe; 3.7 inches at Boston-Logan Airport
- New Hampshire: 29 inches in Jefferson; 28 inches in Bristol; 8.1 inches in Concord
- New Jersey: 3.8 inches in Vernon
- New York: 19 inches estimated in Standish; 12.8 inches in Syracuse; 10.4 inches in Binghamton; 7.9 inches in Albany (NWS office)
- Pennsylvania: 5.4 inches in Susquehanna; 4.4 inches in Hawley
- Rhode Island: 5.6 inches near Harrisville; 3.6 inches in Providence
- Vermont: 20.5 inches in Woodford; 11.2 inches in Burlington; 12 inches in East Montpelier
Buoy in Georges Bank off Nova Scotia measured a pressure drop of 24mb within just 15 hours! Wow!
Full blown Blizzard for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
System reaches maximum strength off Nova Scotia with eye-like feature within 966mb low. Strongest winds and heaviest snow for Canadian Maritimes.
Biggest snowfall in Fredericton, NB since 1967!
Halifax, NS
Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon @BJMCBC
Fredericton, NB
Didier Lacroix @Didier_Wx
Didier Lacroix @Didier_Wx
Gagetown, NB
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These storms should be of no surprise given this is the climatological heart of the Major Northeast snowstorm season.
Jonathan Erdman @wxjerdman
After being hit by 2 major snowstorms inside a week, snow depth is between 4-6 FEET in parts of Maine!
YET ANOTHER SNOWSTORM IS ON THE WAY FOR NEW ENGLAND IN THE NEXT 24/36 HOURS.
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