Heavy Snow in Dukes, Massachusetts

Heavy Snow December 24, 2022 – December 25, 2022 · Dukes, Massachusetts

What the National Weather Service wrote

Ocean effect snow, on west-southwest flow, which is a rarity, accumulated much of Dec. 24 and into the 25th. Six to nine inches fell by the time it completely ended in the late morning of the 25th. A trained spotter in Edgartown reported 9 inches, 7.5 of which fell prior to 8 PM on the 24th.

The wider storm

Behind a departing storm, a blast of arctic air on southwest winds produced a rare single band of ocean effect snow that affected Cape Cod and the Islands, and especially Martha's Vineyard. Nine inches of ocean-effect snow fell on Martha's Vineyard.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1063541. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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