Low pressure across the Tennessee Valley and the Gulf states tracked tracked north, and redeveloped and intensified rapidly off the Mid Atlantic coast. A wet snowfall occurred across Southern Connecticut, with heavy wet snow across the western half of Southern Connecticut and interior Eastern Southern Connecticut mostly away from the immediate coast.
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Low pressure across the Tennessee Valley and the Gulf states tracked tracked north, and redeveloped and intensified rapidly off the Mid Atlantic coast. A wet snowfall occurred across Southern Connecticut, with heavy wet snow across the western half of Southern Connecticut and interior Eastern Southern Connecticut mostly away from the immediate coast. Lesser amounts were reported across southeastern portions mainly due to marginal surface temperatures which precluded higher snow amounts in some urban locations and further east.
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7 heavy snow, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A very heavy wet snowfall occurred across Northern Fairfield County. Reports from trained spotters included; 13.2 inches at 2 NNW Bethel, 11.5 inches at 4 SSE Sherman, 11.4 inches at 4 NNE Bethel, and 9.7 inches at 5 ENE Redding.
A heavy wet accumulating snow occurred across Southern Fairfield County. Snowfall totals from trained spotters included; 6.2 inches at 2 N Stamford, 6.0 inches at 1 SE Norwalk, 9.2 inches at New Canaan, 7.4 inches at Weston, and 6.5 inches at 3 NNE Stamford. Bridgeport Airport reported 7.6 inches.
Heavy wet snow fell across Northern New Haven with the public reporting 12.5 inches in Waterbury, and trained spotters reporting 11.0 inches in Middlebury, 9.1 inches in Hamden, with Amateur radio reporting 10.0 inches in Wallingford.
Heavy wet snow fell across Southern New Haven County. Trained spotters reported 8.6 inches in Madison and 8.0 inches in New Haven. Amateur radio reported 9.0 inches in Milford.
Heavy wet snow fell across Northern Middlesex County. A trained spotter reported 11.5 inches in Cromwell. Amateur radio also reported 10.0 inches in Durham and 7.0 inches at 1 NNW Killingworth.
Heavy wet snow fell across Southern Middlesex, especially away from the immediate coast. A trained spotter over in Madison on the border of Southern New Haven and Southern Middlesex reported 8.6 inches. Running just along the northern edge of the zone 2.7 WNW Chester Center reported 7.5 inches via Cocorahs, and 1 NNW Killingworth reported 7.0 inches, thus half the zone estimated to have reached warning criteria on a line oriented WSW to ENE running just away from the shoreline.
Heavy wet snow fell across Northern New London County. A trained spotter reported 7.5 inches in Norwich and 6.0 inches at 2 SSE Ledyard Center.
Wet snow accumulated across Southern New London County, but warning criteria snow was met in consistent fashion just north of the northern boundary of the zone. There was one report of 6.0 inches at 1 NNE New London, but it was the only report of 6 inches. Stonington only reported 1.2 inches as of 0900. Other coastal locations in New London County like East Lyme, Old Lyme, and Mystic which all reporting under 2 inches by mid morning did not report again.
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