![]() People should also make sure to have batteries, candles and matches on hand, along with flashlights and a radio. People who might be affected by power and water outages should take precautions such as filling bathtubs to provide water for flushing toilets and filling containers with drinking water, reports Connecticut Public Radio. "It's going to be very easy for these tree limbs to fall down from the amount of weight, and then also the strong winds," Palmer said. Heavy snow could bring "significant power outages" that last for days, reports Maine Public Radio, citing John Palmer of the National Weather Service office in Gray. States warn of a long-lasting storm and disruptions The other numbers are 30-year averages, based mainly on climate data gathered from 1991 to 2020 at Boston's Logan International Airport on the shore of Boston Harbor. In Massachusetts, the state lowered the speed limit to 40 mph on a stretch of Interstate 90, as it deployed more than 900 pieces of equipment to clear snow and ice. The first set of monthly snow totals are averages for 2010 to 2019. Through Tuesday night, the NWS says, snow is expected to fall at rates of 2 to 3 inches or more each hour, driven by strong winds. "Snowfall totals 12 inches or higher are forecast over large portions of New England and Upstate New York," the National Weather Service says, adding that 24-30 inches of snow are possible in some areas.īeth Reilly, background, cross-country skis with her children, Noah, 7, in the middle, and Annelies, 5, during a snowstorm in Waterbury, Vt., on Tuesday. ET, a total of nearly 250,000 electricity customers ET, Windsor, Mass., reported 28 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service office in Albany, N.Y.īy 1:3o p.m. each had accumulated 3 feet of snow by Tuesday night. 232,510 households remained in the dark.įive towns - Marlboro, Vt., Colrain, Mass., Moriah, N.Y., Stony Creek, N.Y., and Palenville, N.Y. The city's modern snowfall record is 27.6 inches, set in 2003. Power outages reached a high of about 270,000 households in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut and Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon according to PowerOutage.US, and companies appear to be struggling to restore services. Forecasters watched closely for new snowfall records on Saturday, especially in Boston. New York and New England can expect an additional snowfall between 3 to 8 inches overnight, the NWS added. G5omBGhmSl- NWS Weather Prediction Center March 14, 2023 A Winter Key Messages update for the Nor'easter lingering in the Gulf of Maine tonight.
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