Zai Nishimura catches air on a hill in Cummings Park, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Stamford, Conn. The storm dumped at least 2 feet of snow throughout Connecticut, paralyzing much of the state. The governor ordered all roads closed Saturday until further notice, and even emergency responders were stuck on highways. (AP Photo/The Stamford Advocate, Lindsay Perry)
The Northeast will for days be digging out from the massive snowstorm that dropped at least 3 feet of snow across a wide area and killed at least 15 in the U.S. and Canada.
It was just the right combination of moisture from a coastal low and cold temperatures from a Canadian low to make for the
record-breaking Nor’easter.
Here are some of the more impressive stats from the storm. Plus, stick around for details on our own snow chances this week.
A swath of snow totals in excess of 30 inches went from New York’s Long Island across Connecticut. Another spot of 30-plus inches was in Maine and New Hampshire. The winner was Hamden, Conn., with 40 inches of snow. That’s about a meter. A meter of snow. No thanks.
Other totals include: 34 inches in New Haven, Conn.; a record 31.9 inches in Portland. Maine; and about 25 inches in Boston and 30 inches in some of the suburbs.
Winds were powerful from the northeast, with the highest at 89 mph.
About 700,000 people lost power during the storm. That number is now down to about 136,000.
Take a look at these photos for some more perspective.
Cars are buried by snow near Hamden, Conn., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much of the New England states. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
In this Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 photo, a Boston Police officer investigates the car where a youth died of carbon monoxide poisoning as he was keeping warm in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Piled snow had blocked the exhaust pipe. (AP Photo/Boston Globe, John Tlumacki)
Scotty Black, a power lineman from South Carolina, treks through thigh deep snow while trying to find the source of a downed feeder line, that services three towns, in Norwell, Mass., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A parking meter pokes out of a snow bank during a blizzard, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Portland, Maine. The storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, breaking the record for the biggest storm on record. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Here is a collection of
time lapse videos people shot during the storm that show how much snow fell and how quickly it fell at times.
So far, it’s been a remarkably snowless winter in Oklahoma. We’re still at just a trace officially in Tulsa. That could change
this week. But, it won’t change much.
A storm system over the western U.S. is headed our way, due to arrive early tomorrow morning as mostly rain here, with the possible change-over to snow late in the day/overnight. Right now, Tulsa is forecast for between a trace and a half inch of snow. But, because of the rain, warm ground and warm surface layer, don’t expect much to stick around long.
Areas in western Oklahoma could see as much as 6 inches of snow tomorrow. There is a winter storm watch for areas west of Interstate 35 to the Panhandle, with winter storm advisories and warnings in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. It won’t be a crippling snow event, just a nice bit of moisture for Oklahoma, with a quarter inch to inch of liquid possible.
In the snow contest, two people guessed we’d have less than an inch of snow. As we get closer and closer to spring, odds are looking good they were the wisest.
--Jerry Wofford
