Blizzard in Southern New Haven, Connecticut

Frequent wind gusts of over 45 mph were reported with the New Haven ASOS reporting a 55 mph gust at 4:34 am, Branford CWOP reporting a 41 mph gust at 9:35 am, and the Hammonasset mesonet station reporting 51 mph gusts at 10:59 am, along with frequent visibilities of a quarter mile or less were reported at the New Haven ASOS. Snowfall amounts reported across the zone ranged from mainly 13 to 20 inches via the public, trained spotters, Broadcast media, Amateur radio, cooperative observers and other sources.

Low pressure in the gulf states moved northeast and intensified along and off the Mid Atlantic coast with the consolidated of mid level energy resulting in a major Nor'easter which brought blizzard and near blizzard conditions to Southern Connecticut. The storm became vertically stacked and it slowly pulled away to the east and brought a heavy to major snowfall across Southern Connecticut, with blizzard conditions across the southern coastal zones, along with Northern Fairfield County. Winter storm and near blizzard conditions were reported across the remainder of Southern Connecticut. A major snowfall occurred region wide, with portions of the region receiving historic snowfall totals.