Heavy Snow in Northwest Providence, Rhode Island

Snowfall in northwest Providence County generally ranged from 5.5 to 7.0 inches, with the highest amounts in the higher terrain. Some specific amounts included: 7.0 inches in Foster; 6.3 inches in Glocester; 6.0 inches in Burrillville; and 5.5 inches in Smithfield.

A potent mid level low/shortwave deamplified as it moved east-southeast from the Ohio Valley late on the 27th and early on the 28th. At the surface, while the parent low lifted across the Great Lakes, a secondary low developed over DelMarVa in response to height falls from approaching trough...then moved east, passing well south of southern New England. The result was a northwest-to-southeast oriented band of heavy snow from western MA to northern and eastern CT to southern RI. Six to nine inches of snow fell in those regions. There was a very sharp cutoff to the northeast, with only one to two inches falling in northeastern MA and Cape Cod.