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Heavy Snow in Southern Oxford, Maine
Heavy Snow January 16, 2020 · Southern Oxford, Maine
What the National Weather Service wrote
Snow began in the early morning hours of the 16th. The most persistent and heaviest bands of snow remained south of Route 2. Snow was moderate to heavy at times during the day, with an inch or more falling in an hour at times. Snow tapered off in the afternoon before coming to an end. Totals ranged from 6 to 12 inches of heavy, wet snow.
The wider storm
Weak low pressure formed on the morning of the 15th along a stationary boundary and moved up the Ohio River Valley and into the Northeast through the 16th. The system occluded and continued to move northeast, with the triple point passing south of southern New England. Secondary low pressure began to develop at the triple point on the afternoon of the 16th, rapidly deepening as it departed through the Gulf of Maine. The approach of a kicker shortwave helped to maintain an inverted trough northwest of the departing low, concentrating an area of snowfall over parts of eastern New Hampshire and western Maine.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 865815. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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