Snow ushers in spring in northern New England

March 20, 2013 @ 12:31 am


Jeffrey Colon carries his shovel across a bridge to help friends shovel out during a winter storm in Lawrence, Mass. Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Winter went out with a blast in the Northeast on Tuesday, snow and sleet delaying the start of school in some areas and making the morning commute an icy, slippery mess a day before spring starts. The nasty weather led some schools in upstate New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut to close, adding a few more snow days to school calendars. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson) | Zoom

BOSTON (AP) - New Englanders were preparing for another messy day of snow as they welcomed spring's unseasonable arrival.

Forecasts called for as much as 16 inches of snow in parts of northern New England through Wednesday morning, bringing slippery road conditions. Snow was expected to taper off in other locations.

"It's the real deal _ the heavy, wet snow," said National Weather Service forecaster John Cannon in Gray, Maine. "Travel will be treacherous into the early morning hours."

Snow and sleet blasted the Northeast on Tuesday, where some places received over a foot of snow. Classes were cancelled in some districts in Massachusetts, Connecticut and upstate New York, adding a few more snow days to the calendar.

Snow also socked other parts of the northern U.S., with as much as 2 feet forecast in parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Icy roads caused numerous auto accidents. In Marlborough, Mass., the Harlem Globetrotters' bus collided with a car on Interstate 290, but no one was hurt and the bus was able to drive away, the state police said. No citations were issued.

There was nothing unusual about a snowstorm in the Northeast this late in the season, when it can still get plenty cold.

"They don't happen all the time, but it's not, you know, unheard of," said Alan Dunham, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass.

Nina Walker, of Woburn in suburban Boston, said she had to shovel about 8 inches of snow off her driveway before driving to Boston's South Station to take a train to New York. As a lifelong New Englander, she takes the snow in stride, but draws the line at storms after March 31.

"Once I hear the word April, I am really offended when I hear the word snow," she said. "So this is OK today, but a couple of weeks from now, it had better not happen."


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  • gb1118 wrote...
    Must be...
    December 19, 2012 12:56 pm
    Global warmings fault
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  • CH wrote...
    they said the same thing in
    February 25, 2013 1:10 am
    Noah's day. Put on your rubbers gb1118.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    All that Global Warming Parrots.
    February 25, 2013 11:19 am
    Even heard that some of the droughts are now over due to this Global warming!
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Or was it Al Bore selling his tv station
    February 25, 2013 11:21 am
    to the Muslims and their oil buddies!!
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    We must act now to reverse Global Cooling!
    March 5, 2013 3:24 pm
    Governments must find a way to increase carbon dioxide output to counter this effect now! Let the Carbonist Revolution begin!
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    its the moron and rumpranger
    March 5, 2013 8:27 pm
    Must not be very aware of the term, "global warming". Look it up, both of you. Just because it is snowing when it shouldn't be doesn't mean everything is getting warmer. You guys are plain ignorant faux news listeners and you really need to educate yourselves about climate change. I realize that I'm wasting my time on you two, but when the farmers in the Mid-West can't get enough irrigation to water their crops, I hope you idiots have enough wine and beer in the fridge to keep your spirits up when you're starving to death.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Wrongway
    March 6, 2013 4:55 pm
    I got some carbon credits i'll sell you.....you are a friggin tool! You probably believe in Unicorns & the Easter Bunny...
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