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Northern New England, Upstate New York Buried Under Heavy Snow
March 24, 2024
UPDATED by WeatherBug Meteorologist, Andrew Rosenthal
The Northeast remains rather unsettled this afternoon as a storm continues to bear down across the region. Heavy snow is blanketing northern New England, while heavy rain and wind can be expected across southern New England into the northern Mid-Atlantic.
An area of low pressure is quickly moving northeastward along the Mid-Atlantic coast, drawing Atlantic moisture northward into New England. Cold air has been able to entrain within the storm to bring heavy snowfall from upstate New York to Maine, with a small ribbon of icy weather.
Accumulations of 12 inches of snow were reported in Whitesboro, N.Y., with Woodstock, Vt., checking in at 17 inches of fresh snow this morning. Meanwhile, Keene, N.H., and East Baldwin, Maine, have seen 4 to 7 inches of snow with precipitation now having changed to a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain.
These conditions will persist through the rest of the day, with an additional 4 to 8 inches of snow across much of northern New England and the Adirondacks, bringing totals into the 16 to 20 inch range across parts of Vermont and New Hampshire. For Maine, the storm is just getting rolling, and up to another foot of snow will target areas along and north of the Interstate 95 corridor. Along Vermont and New Hampshire Route 9, as well as the coastal byways of southern Maine, the freezing rain could become a real issue with as much as 0.10 to 0.20 inches of ice falling through this evening.
Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories cover almost all of the three states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Vermont. Much of northern and western Massachusetts see advisories in place as well.
For those lucky enough to reside on the warm side of the storm, it is rain and wind that is causing troubles today. Steady rain will continue into this evening for the New York metro area as well as Hartford, Conn., Providence, R.I., and Boston, where rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches could lead to areas of urban flooding. Flood Watches remain in place from New Jersey to southern New England.
Even as the storm’s rain diminishes this evening, a blustery wind will develop as the storm rapidly intensifies off the Eastern Seaboard. Wind gusts of 30 to 45 mph are likely overnight from the Delmarva Peninsula to southern New England, where Wind Advisories have been issued. On top of creating unseasonably cold wind chills in the teens and 20s, these powerful winds blowing across the freshly soggy ground could lead to scattered power outages this evening and overnight.