A Nor'easter hit the East Coast with blizzard conditions and 3 feet of snow over the last two days (Jan 26-28). Blizzard warnings (red) were issued along the coast from New Jersey to Maine, and hurricane force wind warnings (brown) for an area around Cape Cod:
The heaviest snow (3 feet) fell only 30-50 miles from the coast in Massachusetts (Auburn, Hudson, Lunenburg). Winds gusted to 75 mph on Cape Cod (Chatham), and 78 mph on Nantucket. NAM analysis charts for Tuesday morning indicate a huge mid level trough, and an 80+ knot low level jet going across a 20C temperature gradient:
32.2 foot waves were recorded at
buoy 44037 (well northeast of Boston).
