First Snow of the Season Hits Southern New England
Jim Dickey takes a look at footage of the snow in New England Monday in this video.
The first snow of the season greeted people across southern New England this morning with a coating to several inches blanketing areas from Connecticut into Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
In Burrillville, R.I., residents woke up to 2.5 inches of snow on the ground. Other snowfall totals that have been reported include 2.0 inches in Staffordville and Moosup, Conn., 1.5 inches in Greenville, R.I., 0.8 of an inch in Dighton, Mass., and 0.7 of an inch in North Providence, R.I.
Sleet and freezing rain have also mixed in with rain and snow across the region. Sleet was even falling around New York City this morning, while snow fell for a time on eastern Long Island.
In addition to snow and ice, howling winds have been knocking down trees and power lines across much of eastern New England. In Hingham, Mass., people were trapped inside a vehicle after a tree was downed onto it this morning.
Any snow or wintry precipitation that managed to accumulate will be short-lived, as the same storm system that brought the wintry weather soaks the region with plain rain this afternoon into Tuesday.
AccuWeather.com Facebook Fan Erich Twachtman sent in this photo of a tiny snowman after the first snow of the season fell in Haddam, Conn., Monday morning. Twatchman reported wind gusts near 40 mph with the snow. If you have pictures of the snow or have captured other wild weather across the country, be sure to upload your photos on AccuWeather.com's Facebook page.
It will remain raw outside for people across all of New England through Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to remain mostly in the 40s, while howling winds make for a wind-whipped rain from southern New England to the coast of Maine.
AccuWeather.com RealFeel® temperatures, which provide a measure of how cold it feels with the wind factored in, will range between 20 and 30 degrees in Boston, Mass., Hartford, Conn., and Providence, R.I., through tonight.
Warm, waterproof jackets will be more useful than umbrellas as winds whip the rain around.
The storm bringing nasty conditions will pull eastward away from the southern New England coast later Tuesday into Wednesday, allowing for drying from west to east across New England. Warmer air will also spread into the region Wednesday, allowing temperatures to rebound to more seasonable levels.
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People need to pay close attention to the UV index during this time of year. On a sunny day late in the spring and into the summer, the UV is usually at least an 8, which is very high. Readings over 11 are considered extreme values in which only 10 minutes of full exposure to the sun will produce a sunburn.
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