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Several inches of snow fell Friday night into Saturday morning across parts of the Northeast, and with snowflakes even reaching the Interstate 95 corridor from Philadelphia through New York and ...
The January 2015 North American blizzard was a powerful and severe blizzard that dumped up to 3 feet (910 mm) of snowfall in parts of New England.Originating from a disturbance just off the coast of the Northwestern United States on January 23, it initially produced a light swath of snow as it traveled southeastwards into the Midwest as an Alberta clipper on January 24–25.
That arctic air is traveling over ice-free Great Lake waters and producing lake-effect snow, on Saturday only, for places like Syracuse, New York, where 3 to 5 inches of snow may accumulate.
•AccuWeather is predicting 38-44 inches of snow in Boston this winter, well above last season's snowfall total of 12.4 inches but still slightly below the historical average of 49.2 inches.
However, much less snow fell further south, with only 0.6 in (1.5 cm) of snow at Philadelphia International Airport. [27] Interstate 81 was closed near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania after cars got stuck in snow, and heavy snow also shut down parts of Interstate 83. [29] A fatality occurred in York County in a snowmobile crash. [30]
The 2011 Halloween nor'easter, sometimes referred to as "Snowtober," [4] "Shocktober," [5] "Storm Alfred," [6] and "Oktoberblast," was a large low pressure area that produced unusually early snowfall across the northeastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes.
While the storm will be far from a blockbuster in snow accumulations in the Northeast, it will produce a broad swath where 1-6 inches will fall with locally higher amounts.
Boston was receiving its first measurable snow, although it measured less than an inch early Thursday. The wet snow, mixed with rain in some places, made for a messy morning commute.