Winter Weather in Southern Grafton, New Hampshire

Snow squalls arrived in the Connecticut River Valley mid afternoon on the 14th. The Lebanon Municipal Airport reported visibility falling to one quarter mile with winds gusting to 28 mph. Later the Plymouth Municipal Airport also reported visibility of one quarter mile with winds gusting to 20 mph. The squalls lasted about 20 minutes at any given location before conditions improved. Snowfall amounts were generally less than 1 inch, but a few locations where squalls were more persistent received up to 2 inches.

Early on the 14th a strong cold front was crossing the eastern Great Lakes. By mid morning lake effect snow bands were entrained into the frontal boundary and snow squalls were developing over central New York. By mid afternoon snow squalls arrived in the Connecticut River Valley. A nearly unbroken line of snow squalls crossed New Hampshire over the course of around two hours. Numerous observations of snow squalls were reported by automated weather equipment, webcams, and trained spotters.