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FLAKES FLYING IN NORTHEAST? SAY IT ISN'T SNOW!
Jan
26, 2005 — The NOAA National Weather
Service is tracking snow returning to the Northeast for Wednesday
and Thursday morning, only two days after an historic blizzard dumped
record snowfall, and it could set records of its own. With four to eight
inches of snow predicted, this likely will become the snowiest January
on record in Boston, Mass., and Providence, R.I. (Click NOAA
image for larger view of NOAA satellite snow cover analysis of the United
States for Jan. 25, 2005. Click
here for latest view. Please credit “NOAA.”)
January is typically the snowiest month for Boston and Providence, according the NOAA National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., with an average of 10.6 inches and 9.7 inches, respectively. This month, already the second snowiest January on record, will be no exception.
In
Boston, 37.7 inches of snow fell the first 25 days of this month and
is approaching the record 39.8 inches that fell during January 1966.
For Providence, 34.5 inches of snow has fallen through Tuesday and is
within reach of the record held by January 1996 with 37.4 inches. Records
date back to 1872 in Boston and 1904 in Providence. (Click NOAA
satellite image for larger view of snow cover in the Northeast USA taken
at 10:43 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2005, following a storm system that brought
heavy snow and winds to the region. Click
here for high resolution version, which is a large file. Please
credit “NOAA.”)
Cape Cod and Nantucket, which bore the brunt of last weekend's snow, could also receive the highest accumulations this time around. Between five and nine inches could pile on top of the two to three feet that fell last weekend.
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Blowing and drifting snow could again lower visibilities and cover cleared pavement as winds increase to between 15 mph and 30 mph inland and 30-40 mph along the coast. Gusts up to 55 mph are possible.
Temperatures
in New England are forecast to stay below freezing into the weekend.
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Relevant Web Sites
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NOAA Weather Service Suite of Official Weather Products
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Media
Contacts:
Chris
Vaccaro, NOAA National Weather
Service, (301) 713-0622 ext. 134
National Media: Carmeyia Gillis,
NOAA Climate Prediction Center,
(301) 763-8000 ext. 7163
NOAA Weather Service Eastern Region:
Greg Romano, (301) 713-0622
ext. 169
NOAA Weather Service Southern Region:
Ron Trumbla, (817) 978-1111
ext. 140
NOAA Weather Service Central Region:
Pat Slattery, (816) 891-7734
ext. 621
NOAA Weather Service Western Region:
Greg Romano, (301) 713-0622 ext. 169