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Winter Storm Clocking Eastern New England

February 5, 2016
UPDATED By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Chad Merrill

A taste of winter is scraping the East Coast just in time for the work week to wrap up. A quick-hitting storm system is producing just enough snow to showcase a winter wonderland from the eastern Mid-Atlantic into eastern New England.

Snow blowers are humming on Long Island this afternoon where 10 inches have fallen in Islip, N.Y., 7 inches have coated Hartford, Conn., a half-foot has pummeled Springfield, Mass., while Providence, R.I., is up to 4 inches.

The same cold front that brought midweek rain to the East Coast stalled out upon exiting the East Coast while fresh low pressure developed on its southern heels. Cold enough air spilled in behind the front before the moisture from the low pressure surged north along the coast. This is causing the outbreak of light snow along and east of Interstate 95 in New England.

The low pressure will rapidly slide north and east, with snow ending during the evening rush hour in Providence, R.I., and Boston.

Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories stretch across southeastern New England, including Hartford, Conn., Boston, Providence, R.I., and Portland, Maine.

Additional accumulation of 1 to 3 inches will pile in eastern New England before the storm ships out into the Atlantic this evening.

More than 90,000 power outages have resulted from the storm on Long Island and eastern New England. The heavy, wet snow on trees combined with increasing winds will bring on more power outages as the day unfolds.

In the storm’s wake, high pressure will bring a quiet weather pattern through the weekend for the Mid-Atlantic and much of New England. Only the interior Northeast will see a few snow showers from a passing cold front Sunday.