Published January 7, 2024 12:00am EST
Communities in eastern Pennsylvania reported at least a foot of snow on Saturday. Weather observation sites around New York City reported just a trace to a quarter of an inch.
By Chris Oberholtz , Scott SistekSource FOX Weather
Nor’easter continues to pound Northeast, New England
A powerful nor’easter that slammed the Northeast this weekend is continuing to spin across the region and will bring additional snow to New England on Sunday before winding down Monday.
BOSTON – A powerful nor’easter impacted parts of the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday, bringing the region’s first major winter storm of the year and a myriad of snow, wind and freezing rain.
Heavy snow fell across Pennsylvania and western Maryland on Saturday afternoon, with an accumulation around 1-2 inches per hour, making for slick roads and some communities’ first significant snowfall in about a year.
“This is a really fascinating storm system,” said FOX Weather Winter Storm Specialist Tom Niziol. “It’s going to pack a punch.”
- Image 1 of 15Snow falls in Hagerstown, Maryland ahead of a nor’easter on Jan. 6, 2024. ( )
Widespread Winter Storm Warnings were in effect from the Carolinas through Maine ahead of the precipitation, but many have since expired.
The threat for snow and ice is expected to continue through Sunday in Upstate New York and New England, before the storm system moves far enough away from the U.S.
Cities such as Boston and Worcester in Massachusetts, Manchester in New Hampshire, Hartford in Connecticut, Albany in New York have the highest likelihood of seeing over 6″ of snow, with perhaps as much as much as a foot in the higher elevations.
The forecast snow totals in the Northeast and New England through Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was one of the communities that ended its slowness streak of nearly a year as its last significant snowfall was on January 25, 2023.
“I am thrilled (about the snow),” said Chris Reese, owner of Cannon Coffee in Hagerstown, Maryland. “My children are very young, and I feel like my youngest hasn’t even experienced a real snow in the past couple of years. And growing up here, we had massive snowstorms. And I remember jumping off the first-floor roof of my kitchen into this giant mound of snow. And I’m excited for my kids to experience a decent snow this year.”
The snow is expected to be wet and heavy versus dry and powdery. Heavy snow and strong wind gusts may lead to downed trees and power outages.
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“As we get into Sunday, a second little piece of energy comes into this system, and you’ll see how the winds will be shifting Sunday during the daytime into more of a northeasterly track,” Niziol said. “When it does that, the colder air out of northern New England slides southward, and we are going to get hit with a burst of snow Sunday afternoon in that area. That is going to be significant.”
The forecast snow totals in the Boston area through Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
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Who received the heaviest snow?
As of Saturday evening, the greatest snowfall totals were located over the Pocono Mountains, where more than a foot of new powder fell.
Both Blakeslee and Stroudsburg along Interstate 80 in eastern Pennsylvania reported the greatest accumulations of around a foot through the event’s first 24 hours.
Many communities saw less than half a foot of snow, which was anticipated.
Snowfall observations from the storm system will continue to add up as the system pushes eastward and impacts cities in New England.
Saturday snowfall reports
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Cities such as Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. missed out on seeing accumulations, while observation sites around the Big Apple record less than a quarter of an inch of snow.
Without officially reaching an inch of precipitation, record snowless streaks will continue for most major cities from New York City southward along the I-95 corridor.
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