Bomb Cyclone Scraped Southeastern New England With High Winds, Snow

A strong jet stream disturbance with colder air moved across the Great Lakes and Northeast. The jet stream disturbance brought light rain and snow to the region.

But the bigger story is a strengthening area of low pressure off the East Coast. The central pressure of this system plunged 40 millibars from Friday morning to early Saturday. This satisfies the criteria for bombogenesis, which occurs when the central pressure of areas of low pressure drop at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.

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However, the track of the bomb cyclone was far enough east to prevent it from bringing significant impacts to most of the Northeast, except parts of southeastern New England.

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Snowfall amounts were generally light in southeastern New England.

About 2.5 inches of snow has accumulated on Nantucket.

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