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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Strong Storm Brings Snow, Rain and Wind to the Northeast


The storm that brought the month's second significant snowfall to interior sections is intensifying and moving in to eastern Canada tonight. The storm brought heavy rain to the NYC metro area with wet snow falling in the northern and western suburbs. Only a trace of snow fell in Central Park. Here are some observations from the National Weather Service:

Rainfall

Connecticut
Danbury 1.46 in.
Stanford 1.17 in.
Bridgeport 1.14 in.
New Haven 1.45 in.

New Jersey
North Arlington 1.91 in.
Teberboro 1.71 in.
Verona 2.05 in.
Caldwell 1.67 in.
Bayonne 2.11 in.
Harrison 1.82 in.

New York
Brooklyn 2.00 in.
Wantagh 2.11 in.
Bellmore 1.99 in.
Westbury 1.43 in.
JFK AP 1.51 in.
Shirley 1.92 in.
Huntington Station 1.96 in.
Islip 1.74 in.

Snowfall

Connecticut
New Canaan 2.5 in.
Haddam 4.9 in.
Cromwell 4.0 in.
Seymour 6.8 in.
Waterbury 6.0 in.

New Jersey

Paramus 2.0 in.
Cedar Grove 1.8 in.

New York

Orange 1.5 in.
West Milford 6.5 in.
Chester 6.2 in.
Central Park Trace
Westtown 7.0 in.

Wind Gusts

Bridgeport 50 mph
New London 46 mph
Newark 36 mph
Fort Lee 43 mph
Central Park 30 mph

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our Web Site is WrightWeather.com.