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[STORMREPORTS] Details on Northeast snowstorm & cold

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu Jan 15 2004 - 19:26:26 EST


WEATHERMATIX HQ (CENTRAL PA):
7PM: -6, WIND CHILL -26
EXPECT TONIGHT: -5, WIND CHILL -35

WIND CHILL WARNINGS COVER NORTHEAST:
http://www.uswx.com/us/wx/

NWS MAINE: "EXPECT WIND CHILLS FROM 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO ALONG THE COAST TO
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 BELOW ZERO IN THE MOUNTAINS."
http://www.uswx.com/us/wx/ME/ZOTH.9181/
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/snowmatrix/#NWS

RECENT WIND CHILLS:
http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/usstats/chillstats.html

01/14/2004-00Z -42.9 F at Whitefield NH (HIE)
01/14/2004-04Z -64.1 F at Caribou ME (CAR)
01/14/2004-14Z -79.0 F at Frenchville ME (FVE)
01/14/2004-23Z -61.0 F at Presque Isle ME (PQI)
01/15/2004-19Z -56.8 F at Montpelier VT (MPV)
01/15/2004-18Z -49.6 F at Millinocket ME (MLT)
01/15/2004-23Z -56.0 F at Berlin NH (BML)
01/15/2004-22Z -56.8 F at Massena NY (MSS)

The nation's smoothed minimum wind chill fell from -15 to -68 last night.

AP ARTICLE QUOTES:
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2004-01-15-cold_x.htm

"NEW YORK (AP) ­ A blustery snowstorm combined with painfully cold arctic
air descended on the Northeast on Thursday, trapping New York-bound ferries
in the ice, grounding hundreds of flights and prompting warnings to bundle
up from Maine to Pennsylvania.

Fine, powdery snow fell across much of the region, with the mercury dipping
into the single digits in some places, and 20 and 30 degrees below zero in
others ­ a combination that closed schools, disabled car batteries,
produced spinouts and fender-benders, and forced even ski resorts to close.

Some ferries linking New Jersey and New York City were iced in, forcing
commuters to hop buses or find some other way to work. Two New York-area
airports, La Guardia and Newark Liberty, reported more than 200 flights
canceled.

In Uxbridge, Mass., near Worcester, school buses had trouble running
because the cold caused their diesel fuel to congeal. School officials
finally told parents to keep their children home.

Maine Gov. John Baldacci declared a civil emergency, waiving certain
trucking regulations so that fuel oil delivery drivers could work overtime.
The temperature hit 31 below at Ninemile Bridge, Maine.

Big Rock ski resort in Maine closed for a second straight day. General
manager Tim Prather said it was minus 12 by midday, which felt like 37
below with the wind. "That's pretty brutal when you're going up a lift," he
said.

In Whitefield, N.H., the temperature dipped as low as 35 degrees below
zero. In Watertown, N.Y., it was minus 31, with a wind chill of minus 46."

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