A widespread 5-8 inches of snow fell across northern New England with 3-6 inches across southern New England. The zone of highest snowfall ended up farther north than anticipated as a dry slot ate away at the snowfall farther south. One of the biggest uncertainties we talked about in our forecasts for this storm was the potential of a dry slot reducing totals across southernmost New England. In our “impacts, timing” article yesterday morning, we wrote:
“By the pre-dawn hours, a dry slot may work into southernmost New England, reducing snow rates…Drier air is expected to move into the snow growth zone in the early morning hours. This is what happened this past Thursday, which led to amounts coming in on the lower end of the ranges for the most part. This has the best potential to impact totals south of the Mass Pike, but the northern extent remains a bit of a question. Should this slot move in quickly, it will have an impact on final totals, especially for Connecticut and Rhode Island.”
In our evening update on social media on Friday, we wrote: “A bigger [factor working against snowfall] may be the potential for a dry slot to work into the region shortly after the heaviest round of snow early Sunday morning…Should it move in quickly Sunday morning, it could reduce snow totals as snowfall rates and snow ratios will be reduced with it.”
With all of that out of the way, here are the final totals:
Manchester-By-The-Sea 7.8″