Winter Weather in Eastern Kent, Rhode Island

Winter Weather October 30, 2020 · Eastern Kent, Rhode Island

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Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In eastern Kent County, snowfall ranged from 1.6 inches at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick to 3.0 inches in West Warwick. Its consistency was quite wet and in Warwick at 1 PM EDT, there was a report of a tree down on Milton Road at Post Road due to the weight of the snow.

The wider storm

Immediately after winds and rainfall associated with post-tropical cyclone Zeta (which passed well to our southeast) diminished, a new system approached. This was a rapidly moving upper level low and its associated upper jet max, which moved northeastward from the Mississippi Valley and low pressure again passed to the south of New England. Cold air was streaming into the region from the north. The result was some heavy, wet snow across much of the region, with northern RI receiving 3 to 6 inches. The weight of the snow caused scattered tree and power line damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 920943. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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