Snowstorm skirts Northeast
 

CNN: Snowstorm skirts Northeast
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/02/1...orm/index.html

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A snowstorm passed over the Northeast on Wednesday
morning, but most of the precipitation fell offshore, according to the
National Weather Service.

"The easternmost parts of Long Island received 2 to 4 inches overnight, and
New London received up to an inch on the far eastern tip of Connecticut, but
other than a flurry of snow here or there, most inland areas avoided
snowfall," said Nelson Vaz of the National Weather Service.

Initial forecasts Tuesday afternoon predicted 4 to 6 inches of snow
scattered around the Northeast.

"We ended up just getting a glancing blow from the storm," Vaz said.

"There was a thin line between having 6 inches of snowfall from this storm
and virtually no snow," he said. "If the storm had been just 50 miles
farther north, it could have meant significantly more snow in New York City
and Connecticut."

The snowfall is expected to stop sometime Wednesday morning.


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Viaene Björn
http://users.telenet.be/weathersite

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