Heavy Snow in Northern New London, Connecticut

A heavy snowfall of mainly 18 to 30 inches fell across the zone with near blizzard conditions much of the time. A trained spotter reported 20.3 inches at 3 SSE Gales Ferry. A cocorahs observer reported 25.0 inches at 5.2 SE Norwich before the accumulating snowfall ended.

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.