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Winter Storm in Southern Somerset, Maine

Winter Storm December 3, 2023 – December 4, 2023 · Southern Somerset, Maine

What the National Weather Service wrote

Precipitation began around midday on the 3rd as mostly snow with colder surface air locked in the interior. Some marginal surface temperatures in the Kennebec River Valley kept snowfall totals slightly lower than surrounding areas. Eventually steady snow tapered to light snow and snow showers, which continued into the afternoon on the 4th. Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 12 inches.

The wider storm

Early on the 3rd a stalled frontal boundary was draped across southern New Hampshire and near the coast of Maine. Low pressure slowly developed along the southern end of the front and rode north along the Appalachians through the day on the 3rd. Low pressure occluded during the evening on the 3rd, with a secondary low pressure developing south of Nantucket. The bulk of the precipitation came with the initial push of warm air advection, winding down early in the morning on the 4th. However an inverted trough hanging back to the northwest of the low center extended light snow through much of the day on the 4th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1146352. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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