Public Information Statement- Taunton, MA & Gray, ME NWS

[ColdFront77]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

National Weather Service Taunton MA
243 PM EST Sun Dec 7 2003

30 Inch snows just northwest of Boston


Pockets of 28-35 inch snowfall occurred in the two day snowstorm that is now very slowly winding down in Eastern New England. Mesoscale banding, narrow bands of enhanced snowfall rates, occurred near Interstate 95 just west and north of Boston from everett to Peabody. At times this was directly attributable to the oscillation of the coastal front. That front separated chilly marine near freezing air, blowing in from the ocean on gale force northeast winds, from the colder polar airmass just to west of the front, where north winds prevailed. The subtle but significant convergence of the differing moisture and temperature airmasses, provided the necessary lift to increase a 20 inch snowstorm in the Boston area to 30 inches in spots, just north and west of the City.

Mesoscale banding tends to occur in many storms, including the noreasters that affect Southern New England.

The following is a summary of snowfall reports of 2 inches or more for the major snowstorm which began Friday evening December 5th and will by and large be ending today the 7th. For many areas south of the Mass turnpike this will be a 40 to 48 hour snow storm while in Southern New Hampshire the duration will be shorter on the order of 30 to 38 hours.

Amounts listed in coastal southeast Massachusetts, mainly Cape Cod and the islands, were primarily at the beginning of the storm, late Friday evening into mid morning Saturday, then rain compacted and or melted the snow there.

NWS Criteria wind reports..A sampling of..Will follow the snow report section.

Two adjacent reports of the same town but different amounts are from different observers located at different locations (and possibly elevations) within the City limits.

Thanks to cooperative observers, skywarn spotters, and the media for your help.

This summary is also available on our home page at (small letters) http://www.NWS.NOAA.Gov/er/box {hmm, capital letters work, too}


New Time/date comments
Location snow

NWS And former long term NWS locations
Taunton NWS 1PM 20.0

Boston 1PM 16.4
Providence 1PM 16.5
Worcester 1PM 14.2
Bradley 1PM 19.0 (10 On the ground now)


Northern Connecticut

Hartford County

Windsor Locks (Bdl) 19.0 1 PM 12/7
Manchester 13.8 final
Manchester 12.0 1 PM 12/7
Glastonbury 12.5 final
West Hartford 9.5 final
East Hartford 12.0 final
South Windsor 12.0 final
New Britain 12.0 1 PM 12/7
Burlington 11.0 9 AM 12/7
North Granby 9.5 830 AM 12/7
East Granby 9.5 final
Wethersfield 9.0 final
Wethersfield 7.5 final
Enfield 9.0 final
Avon 8.5 final
Farmington 7.8 final

Tolland County

Stafford Springs 18.5 9 AM 12/7
Stafford Springs 13.5 7 AM 12/7
Stafford 12.3 9 AM 12/7
Union 13.3 Final
Vernon 12.0 final
Somers 11.0 final
Mansfield 8.0 final


Windham County

East Killingly 20.0 final
East Killingly 13.0 9 AM 12/7
Dayville 20.0 9 AM 12/7
Pomfret 16.0 9 AM 12/7
Pomfret 11.5 7 AM 12/7
Woodstock 18.2 11 AM 12/7
Woodstock 13.0 7 AM 12/7
Putnam 14.0 final
Putnam 13.0 final
Eastford 14.0 final
Ashford 12.5 final


Massachusetts

Barnstable County

Marstons mills 7.5 700 AM 12/6
Pocasset 7.5 600 AM 12/6
West Falmouth 10.5 1 PM 12/7
East Falmouth 9.3 noon 12/7 (includes 3.7 tdy)
East Sandwich 7.0 515 AM 12/6
Hyannis 6.5 415 AM 12/6
South Hyannis 6.0 600 AM 12/6
Sandwich 6.0 415 AM 12/6
Eastham 5.0 600 AM 12/6
Orleans 4.5 845 AM 12/6
Chatham upper air stn 4.0 630 AM 12/6 W.E.


Bristol County

East Mansfield 23.8 930 AM 12/7 W.E. 2.31
Norton 22.0 7 AM 12/7 W.E. 2.39
Easton 21.0 Noon 12/7
NWS Taunton 20.0 1230 PM 12/7 W.E. ~ 2"
North Attleboro 20.0 1 PM 12/7
Seekonk 18.0 1 PM 12/7 4 Ft drifts
North Acushnet 17.8 7 AM 12/7 W.E. 2.52
Attleboro 17.2 7 AM 12/7
Fairhaven 16.0 7 AM 12/7 W.E. 2.85
New Bedford 16.0 Noon 12/7
Somerset 14.0 950 PM 12/6


Dukes County

West Tisbury 5.8 600 AM 12/6


Essex County

Peabody 35.6 Noon 12/7
Peabody 32.0 noon 12/7
Topsfield 25.0 8 AM 12/7
Beverly 32.0 noon 12/7
Beverly 23.0 noon 12/7
Beverly 17.0 noon 12/7
North Andover 19.5 10 AM 12/7
Manchester 19.5 11 AM 12/7
Manchester 18.7 11 AM 12/7
Newburyport downtown 15.0 noon 12/7
Gloucester 14.0 10 AM 12/7
Methuen 12.0 7 AM 12/7
Rockport 10.5 noon 12/7


Franklin County

Ashfield 21.0 Final
Heath 19.0 final
Northfield 17.0 final
Whatley 11.5 9 AM 12/7
Leverett 14.0 final
Leverett 10.0 final
Sunderland 7.6 9 AM 12/7


Hampden

Wilbraham 19.0 Final
Wilbraham 13.5 9 AM 12/7
Monson 18.5 10 AM 12/7
Hamden 17.0 1 PM 12/7
Westover 16.0 final
Tolland 16.2 7 AM 12/7
Westfield 15.0 final
Montgomery 14.3 10 AM 12/7
Springfield 14.0 final
Chicopee 13.5 1 PM 12/7
Ludlow 12.5 final
Longmeadow 12.0 final
Southwick 11.5 10 AM 12/7
Granville 11.5 10 AM 12/7
Agawam 9.0 1 PM 12/7


Hampshire County

Goshen 22.0 9 AM 12/7
South Hadley 22.0 final
Northampton 13.0 final
Worthington 11.5 7 AM 12/7
Ware 12.0 final
North Amherst 9.5 8 AM 12/7
Amherst 8.0 final


Middlesex

Everett 28.5 noon 12/7 drifts to 6'
North Woburn 25.5 11 AM 12/7
Malden 25.0 11 AM 12/7
Wakefield 21.3 7 AM 12/7
Reading 23.0 10 AM 12/7
Reading 21.2 10 AM 12/7 W.E 2.1
East Cambridge 21.5 noon 12/7
North Billerica 19.0 1 PM 12/7
Stoneham 18.0 930 AM 12/7
Maynard 17.0 10 AM 12/7
Natick 16.0 7 AM 12/7
Belmont 15.0 1 PM 12/7
Littleton 14.5 1135 AM 12/7
North Framingham 14.0 1130 AM 12/7
West Concord 13.0 1 PM 12/7
Chelmsford 12.5 1130 AM 12/7
Pepperell 12.7 130 PM 12/7
Tewksbury 12.0 10 AM 12/7
Lincoln 12.0 noon 12/7
Groton 9.3 8 AM 12/7
Ashland 9.2 1210 AM 12/7
Hudson 7.3 1205 AM 12/7


Nantucket County

Nantucket 6.8 1020 PM 12/5


Norfolk County

Millis 25.0 1145 AM 12/7
Foxborough 24.3 2 PM 12/7
Needham Heights 24.0 1130 AM 12/7
Norwood 23.0 610 AM 12/7
Westwood 23.0 10 AM 12/7
Randolph 22.5 8 AM 12/7
Dedham 21.0 9 AM 12/7
Walpole 21.0 11 AM 12/7
Dover 21.0 10 AM 12/7
West Medway 20.0 7 AM 12/7
Braintree 19.0 10 AM 12/7
Quincy 18.0 1 PM 12/7


Plymouth County

Brockton 24.0 8 AM 12/7
Rockland 20.0 10 AM 12/7
Bridgewater 18.0 8 AM 12/7
West Bridgewater 17.0 10 AM 12/7
Duxbury 10.0 10 AM 12/7 W.E 2.27
Duxbury Had 7.5 then r+, then 3 this morning.
Marion 9.0 11 AM 12/7`
Marshfield 8.5 total 9 AM 12/7
5 ydy..Melt and now new 3.5 this morning.

Onset 8.0 1 PM 12/7
Marion 4.5 1140 PM 12/5 (part one)


Suffolk County

Logan Intl (bos) 16.4 1 PM 12/7
East Boston 22.0 10 AM 12/7 6 foot drifts
Winthrop 20.3 noon 12/7
Jamaica Plain 19.0 11 AM 12/7
Dorchester 18.5 10 AM 12/7


Worcester County

Barre 20.0 10 AM 12/7
Brookfield 19.0 final 12/7
West brookfield 18.0 8 AM 12/7
Warren 17.0 9 AM 12/7
Warren 14.0 10 AM 12/7
Sturbridge 16.0 10 AM 12/7 fiskdale section
Worcester (not airpt) 14.0 10 AM 12/7
Sterling 14.0 10 AM 12/7
Sterling 13.5 1 PM 12/7
Shrewsbury 13.0 10 AM 12/7
Fitchburg 11.5 8 AM 12/7
Charlton 12.0 1 AM 12/7
Webster 12.3 9 AM 12/7
Spencer 12.0 10 AM 12/7
Southbridge 12.0 10 AM 12/7
Leicester 12.0 final
Worcester (orh) 14.2 1 PM 12/7
Ashburnham 11.0 150 AM 12/7
Boylston 11.0 7 AM 12/7
Holden 11.0 10 AM 12/7
Clinton 10.0 10 AM 12/7
Auburn 10.0 10 AM 12/7
Westborough 10.0 10 AM 12/7
Leominster 10.0 10 AM 12/7
Dudley 10.0 10 AM 12/7
Lancaster 9.0 8 AM 12/7 .77 W.E


New Hampshire

Hillsborough

Rindge 19.5 final
Peterborough 18.0 7 AM 12/7
Bennington 18.0 9 AM 12/7
South Weare 14.5 7 AM 12/7
Hillsborough 21.0 9 AM 12/7
Hillsborough 15.0 9 AM 12/7
Greenfield 16.0 10 AM 12/7
Greenfield 13.3 noon 12/7
Wilton 15.3 10 AM 12/7
Amherst 14.2 1130 AM 12/7
Manchester 12.0 1 PM 12/7
Nashua 8.0 9 AM 12/7
Hudson 7.6 1 PM 12/7


Cheshire

East alstead 23.0 7 AM 12/7
Marlow 23.0 1 PM 12/7
Westmoreland 19.0 1 PM 12/7
Keene 17.9 7 AM 12/7
Walpole 16.7 7 AM 12/7
Swanzey 16.0 7 AM 12/7
Winchester 14.5 final


Rhode Island

Bristol County

Barrington 15.0 1055 PM 12/6
Bristol Harbor 9.5 9 AM 12/7

Kent County

Coventry 16.8 135 PM 12/7
TF Green (Pvd) 16.5 1 PM 12/7
East Greenwich 9.0 400 PM 12/6
West Greenwich 13.0 1 PM 12/7
Warwick (5SW TF Green)10.0 2 PM 12/7
...Newport County...
Tiverton 13.6 7 AM 12/7 W.E. 1.6
Little Compton 10.0 7 AM 12/7


Providence County

North Foster 20.8 10 AM 12/7 W.E. 1.44
Burrillville 17.0 Noon 12/7
Johnston 17.0 7 AM 12/7 3 foot drifts
Cranston 15.8 930 AM 12/7
Providence 15.3 7 AM 12/7 MT. Hope Sec
Woonsocket 14.0 10 AM 12/7


Washington County

North Kingstown 16.0 10 AM 12/7
South Kingstown 14.0 1210 AM 12/7
Exeter 12.0 750 PM 12/6
Westerly 11.5 810 PM 12/6
Hope Valley 8.0 400 PM 12/6


Wind reports

Sustained greater than 30 mph

Plymouth 43 Mph 939 PM 12/6
Logan intl (bos) 39 mph 602 AM 12/6
Marthas Vineyard 39 mph 321 AM 12/6
Logan intl (bos) 39 mph 440 PM 12/6
Blue Hill Milton MA 38 mph 418 PM 12/6
Chatham 36 mph 412 PM 12/6 **
Nantucket 35 mph 448 PM 12/6
Providence 35 mph 718 PM 12/6
Block Island 33 mph 435 AM 12/6
Newport 33 mph 708 PM 12/6
Worcester 32 mph 846 PM 12/6
Westerly 31 mph 1017 PM 12/6
Hyannis 31 mph 847 PM 12/6
Lawrence 31 mph 0058 AM 12/7 **
Logan intl (bos) 31 mph 1135 PM 12/5


Gusts greater than 45 mph

Provincetown 58 Mph 1215 AM 12/7
Plymouth 55 mph 938 PM 12/6
Blue Hill Milton MA 51 mph 611 AM 12/6
Marthas Vineyard MA 48 mph 502 AM 12/6
Chatham 48 mph 307 PM 12/6
Logan intl (bos) 48 mph 439 PM 12/6
Block Island RI 47 mph 435 AM 12/6
Worcester 46 mph 1017 PM 12/6

** Last of several occurrences

[wx247]

Wow. A 35"+ snowstorm. Incredible!

[Dave C]

This certainly was a storm to remember for my area as well as many others. The snow wound down around 11am with breaks of sun and some random flurries this afternoon. All totaled from Fri. eve until now a total of 20 in. fell. If temps had been below freezing during daylight on Sat. we would have much more. We never changed to rain here but periodically mixed during Sat. afternoon. It was amazing to see how much fell between 10pm last nite and 7am this morning (had to sleep,all worn out) . One problem with big storms is having to work extra shifts as nobody could make it to work and I only live 1 mile away

[Valkhorn]

Check the totals in Maine... they are around the same amounts as well, with a few 28-34 inch reports of snow.

[ColdFront77]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
810 AM EST SUN DEC 7 2003

...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTS SOUTHERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...

HERE ARE SOME SPOTTER REPORTS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
RECEIVED THROUGH 800 AM.


TOTAL TIME/DATE
LOCATION SNOWFALL
(INCHES)

MAINE

...ANDROSCOGGIN...

POLAND 15.0 245 AM 12/07
TURNER 12.3 750 AM 12/07
DURHAM 12.0 730 AM 12/07
AUBURN 10.5 1215 AM 12/07


...CUMBERLAND...

HARRISON 20.0 700 AM 12/07
SOUTH BRIDGTON 15.8 211 AM 12/07
GRAY 14.0 700 AM 12/07
RAYMOND 13.0 700 AM 12/07
CUMBERLAND CENTER 11.5 800 AM 12/07
NORTH SEBAGO 11.0 1055 PM 12/06
NORTH RAYMOND 10.5 1145 PM 12/06
SOUTH WINDHAM 10.0 723 AM 12/07
SOUTH CASCO 9.0 900 PM 12/06
SOUTH PORTLAND 9.0 550 AM 12/07
GORHAM 8.0 715 AM 12/07
PORTLAND 8.0 1100 PM 12/06
WESTBROOK 7.0 1030 PM 12/06


...FRANKLIN...

RANGELEY 34.0 640 AM 12/07
AVON 29.0 705 AM 12/07
FRANKLIN 29.0 705 AM 12/07
WILTON 28.0 650 AM 12/07
EUSTIS 23.1 725 AM 12/07


...KENNEBEC...

WATERVILLE 16.0 615 AM 12/07
AUGUSTA 14.0 800 AM 12/07


...KNOX...

CAMDEN 12.5 650 AM 12/07


...LINCOLN...

BOOTHBAY HARBOR 3.5 1010 PM 12/06


...OXFORD...

ANDOVER 26.0 710 AM 12/07
RUMFORD 24.0 800 AM 12/07
BETHEL 22.0 623 AM 12/07
HARTFORD 19.0 735 AM 12/07


...SOMERSET...

HARMONY 11.0 705 AM 12/07
SKOWHEGAN 4.0 745 PM 12/06


...YORK...

SANFORD 7.5 115 AM 12/07
HOLLIS 5.5 915 PM 12/06


NEW HAMPSHIRE

...BELKNAP...

LACONIA 14.2 510 AM 12/07
GILFORD 13.0 500 AM 12/07 NHDOT
GILFORD 12.0 640 AM 12/07 SPOTTER
SANBORNTON 13.0 1100 PM 12/06
BELMONT 12.0 1100 PM 12/06
NEW HAMPTON 12.0 500 AM 12/07


...COOS...

GORHAM 30.0 700 AM 12/07
RANDOLPH 30.0 755 AM 12/07
BERLIN 24.0 715 AM 12/07
PINKHAM NOTCH 22.0 500 AM 12/07
TWIN MOUNTAIN 19.0 730 AM 12/07
WHITEFIELD 18.0 750 AM 12/07
DIXVILLE NOTCH 16.0 500 AM 12/07
LANCASTER 16.0 500 AM 12/07
COLEBROOK 14.0 500 AM 12/07


...CARROLL...

CRAWFORD NOTCH 15.0 500 AM 12/07
TAMWORTH 12.0 730 AM 12/07
CONWAY 10.0 1100 PM 12/06


...GRAFTON...

HANOVER 18.0 600 AM 12/07
LOST RIVER 18.0 500 AM 12/07
ENFIELD 15.0 500 AM 12/07
KANCAMAGUS HIGHWAY 15.0 500 AM 12/07
FRANCONIA NOTCH 12.5 500 AM 12/07


...MERRIMACK...

SUTTON 21.0 500 AM 12/07
CANTERBURY 14.0 500 AM 12/07
CONCORD 12.8 1205 AM 12/07
LANCASTER 6.0 800 PM 12/06


...ROCKINGHAM...

HAMPTON 6.0 500 AM 12/07
WEST HAMPSTEAD 4.0 835 PM 12/06


...STRAFFORD...

ROCHESTER 9.0 500 AM 12/07
DURHAM 7.5 500 AM 12/07


...SULLIVAN...

CHARLESTON 12.0 1100 PM 12/06
WASHINGTON 8.0 800 PM 12/06

$$

HAYES

[Turtle742]

Yes, this is definitely one for the record books...

Speaking of records:

National Weather Service Taunton MA
152 AM EST Sun Dec 7 2003

Record daily maximum snowfall set at Boston

A record snowfall of 11.9 inches was set at Boston yesterday. This ties the Old record of 11.9 set in 1981.

The 1981 storm was one several notable December snow storms in Southern New England. Others included Dec 11-12 1960, Dec 11-12 1992 as well as Dec 20-22 1975.

Record daily maximum snowfall set at Hartford

A record snowfall of 12.5 inches was set at Hartford yesterday. This breaks the Old record of 6.9 set in 1964.

Record daily maximum snowfall set at Providence

A record snowfall of 8.7 inches was set at Providence yesterday. This breaks the Old record of 6.9 set in 1981.

Record daily maximum snowfall set at Bridgeport

A record snowfall of 6 inches was set at Bridgeport yesterday. This breaks the Old record of 1.8 set in 1991.

Also LOTS of damage reports, including many reports of coastal flooding. Shades of the Blizzard of '78...

Thought you'd be interested...

--Turtle

[ColdFront77]

Thank you very much, Eleanor. I am indeed interested.

I read those interesting daily snowfall records for southern New England on the NWS Taunton website yesterday (Saturday) and today. Nice to have them posted here at Storm2K!