Snow Exits, Arctic Cold Remains in East

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Snow Exits, Arctic Cold Remains in East
8AM EST, January 15, 2004

An "Alberta Clipper" that streaked from
Minnesota to the Atlantic Coast in less
than 24 hours has dropped a stripe of
heavy snow across the Great Lakes
and northern Mid-Atlantic. The snow fell
from Wednesday to early Thursday
morning. The same storm was ushering
in another round of bitter cold winds to
the Northeastern U.S.

The storm dropped a fluffy stripe of
heavy snow across central Michigan,
northern Ohio, much of Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, and even southern
New York.

The heaviest snow amounts ranged
from 5-12" in Michigan, with Mt.
Pleasant getting 11", Flint 10" and
Detroit 7". Cleveland, Ohio saw from 2-
7" with Erie, Pennsylvania getting 6".
Central Pennsylvania was whitened by
2-7" with State College receiving 7" and
Altoona was coated with 5".
From Eastern Pennsylvania to
Southern New York snow amounts
ranged from 2-7". Monroe County,
Pennsylvania is digging out of 7" of
snow this morning while Newark, New
Jersey got 6". A beautiful scene will
greet residents around Central Park in
New York City this morning as 5" has
covered the park.

Lighter snow whitened northern
Maryland and Delaware with generally
less than 1". A dusting of snow coated
the Baltimore and Washington D.C.
metro areas.

The storm producing the snow was
quickly exiting the East Coast early
Thursday and cold winds were ushering
bitter cold temperatures and
dangerously low wind chills. Advisories
for extremely cold wind chill
temperatures had been issued from
Virginia northward through New
England.

Air temperatures had dropped below
zero from Boston to Buffalo and single
digit readings were seen across New
York City and eastward across New
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Winds were dropping the wind chill
below zero into northern Maryland.
Most areas of New England were
experiencing wind chills from -10 to -40
degrees. The temperature had dropped to 29
below in Milan, New Hampshire and
wind chill values were touching the 50
below zero mark.

The bitter cold and winds are expected
to continue through Thursday and into
Friday with even colder afternoon
temperatures expected. Residents in
these areas should take every
precaution to insure their safety against
the cold.