Schools, offices closed in snow-paralysed US
5 Jan 2014 5:04 AM IST
The first major winter storm of 2014 brought bone-chilling temperatures and high winds from the lower Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast, with nearly 2 feet of snow falling in some areas of Massachusetts.
Much of the US Northeast saw heavy snowfall and plummeting temperatures late on Thursday and early on Friday, said Jared Guyer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
The weather service said the mass of Arctic air would drop temperatures to 20 to 30 degrees below normal, with record lows possible on Friday.
It was still snowing in some places, such as Boston, ‘but we are probably past the peak in terms of intensity at this point,’ Guyer said, adding that the bitter cold and snow-scattering winds showed no signs of letting up.
Washington received more than 2 inches of snow, Baltimore some 3-6 inches, Philadelphia roughly 5 inches, Hartford 6-10 inches and Boston some 14 inches.
Much of the US Northeast saw heavy snowfall and plummeting temperatures late on Thursday and early on Friday, said Jared Guyer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
The weather service said the mass of Arctic air would drop temperatures to 20 to 30 degrees below normal, with record lows possible on Friday.
It was still snowing in some places, such as Boston, ‘but we are probably past the peak in terms of intensity at this point,’ Guyer said, adding that the bitter cold and snow-scattering winds showed no signs of letting up.
Washington received more than 2 inches of snow, Baltimore some 3-6 inches, Philadelphia roughly 5 inches, Hartford 6-10 inches and Boston some 14 inches.
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