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Boston Smashes Monthly Snowfall Record: This Is What It Looks Like Right Now
15
February, 2015
For
some it may have been the hottest year on record (if only with the
use of seasonally-adjusted, well, seasons).
For Bostonians, the past 30 day stretch has just smashed all-time
monthly snowfall records.
Just
another 15 inches of snow, and this will be the all-time highest
snowfall season in Boston history:
Add
the furious windchill and resulting coastal flooding, and Boston is
desperate for some of that infamous global warming
Below
are various other photos of what Boston is dealing with this morning
after the latest snowfall, which the locals are calling the Blizzard
of 2015: Round 2:
Here are the key things you need to know about Winter Storm Neptune right now:
Low pressure is offshore of coastal New England and is pulling northward toward Nova Scotia.
Widespread wind damage occurred Saturday evening due to high winds along and behind the arctic front accompanying Winter Storm Neptune; structural damage has been reported in the Carolinas, and more than 200,000 customers lost power Saturday evening.
Neptune has already brought up to 8 inches of snow to parts of Michigan. Lake-effect snow is lingering over parts of Upper Michigan and northwest Indiana, with winter storm warnings and advisories in effect.
In the Northeast, blizzard warnings continue for parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine. These warnings include the Boston metropolitan area.
Parts of Massachusetts have already seen up to 22 inches of new snow.
High wind warnings continue from southern Connecticut to western North Carolina, including New York and Washington, D.C. Sunday.
Winter Storm Neptune's impact will be magnified by a large field of strong winds, even in areas outside the heaviest snow, and a sharp drop in temperatures that will lead to dangerously low wind chills in the wake of the storm.
This comes on the heels of an almost three-week snow siege that has smashed records in parts of New England, including Boston and Worcester. Much of that snow is still on the ground due to a prolonged cold snap, and that snow will compound the misery from this storm as Neptune's winds blow not only the new snow, but snow already on the ground.
The forecast timing and potential impacts are below the radar image. Check back with us at weather.com and The Weather Channel frequently as we update this forecast.
What
is most odd is that for many in the Northeast and around the Great
Lakes - one of America's primary economic hubs - the winter of 2015
has been far, far worse than the sporadic "Polar Vortex" of
2014. And yet, not a peep about how the "inclement" weather
is about to result in an annualized $80 billion of lost economic
output, which is what the weathermen, pardon, economists want the
world to believe is what caused the economic swoon of Q1, 2015.
That's ok, though: we have the West Coast port strike to blame for
that in a few short weeks.
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