Blizzard in Interior Cumberland, Maine

An area of low pressure developed rapidly off the Carolina coast late on the 7th and early on the 8th. The storm moved very slowly northeast during the 8th and 9th as it continued to intensify. By the morning of the 10th, the storm was located just to the east of Nova Scotia. The storm brought heavy snow, high winds, and blizzard conditions to the state. Snowfall amounts were generally 18 inches or more in coastal and interior zones where blizzard conditions caused considerable blowing and drifting snow. In the mountains and foothills, snowfall amounts were in the 4 to 18 inch range. Most of coastal Maine had blizzard conditions for 9 to 12 hours with interior areas reporting blizzard conditions for 3 to 10 hours.