Worst of storm may be over for New Hampshire

In addition to whiteout blizzard conditions dropping up to four inches an hour, some areas experienced violent pockets of “thundersnow” – a thunderstorm with heavy snow replacing the typical rain.

The storm is expected to pack a punch. The closer the isobars are together, the stronger the winds can be.

A winter storm warn is effect beginning tomorrow and lasting through Monday afternoon.

“Obviously, as much as people can stay off the roads, it makes it easier for them, it makes it easier for the plows”, said Besse.

Some areas experienced “thunder snow”, violent bursts of weather featuring both snow and lightning.

With another storm predicted to hit the region Thursday, Walsh said keeping roads clear was a top priority, and had the city’s 600 pieces of snow-fighting equipment out in force Sunday. “High winds are a product of this and intense precipitation – even blizzards”, Martin said.

Due to the rapid intensification and expected strength of this system, winds will increase substantially on Monday.

The storm was blamed for at least one death.

Parts of ME are also under blizzard warnings from 7 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday, and could see 18-24 inches of snow, the National Weather Service warned.

The storm came a day after temperatures soared into the 50s and 60s, giving millions of people a taste of spring.

Farther inland, 20-40 miles per hour gusts will still create blowing and drifting snow as we try to dig out from the heavy snow. “Combined effects of wind and weight of snow and ice may cause power outages and tree damage”.

Schools around the region delayed or canceled classes Monday including in Boston. A second blast of snow expected to start around midnight and last through 7 a.m. Monday could leave another 3 to 6 inches, she said.

The strongest wind will be Monday morning and continue to kick quite hard all day long. “In the Albany-Schenectady area, the winds are going to be pretty brisk and pretty strong, but probably not enough to cause outages, but areas like MA, certainly Connecticut, Rhode Island, back into downeast ME, they’re going to feel the bulk of the wind, and they’re still getting some pretty impressive snowfall totals”.

In Northern California, rainfall totals reached a record high in the Bay Area, Napa Vally and Kentfield – the National Weather Service recorded this as the “wettest winter season to date in over 100 years”.

Snow there is forecast to continue until midday Monday and then end moving west to east, the National Weather Service reports.