Winter Storm Goliath continues to spread a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain through the Northeast on its final day of significant impact on the United States. Some snow from the storm is also lingering in the Midwest.
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The National Weather Service has posted winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories and freezing rain advisories for several states in the Northeast, from northern New York to Maine. The final winter storm warning in the Midwest, for a handful of Minnesota counties just south of Minneapolis-St. Paul, was canceled Tuesday afternoon.
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Saturday night into Sunday, Goliath brought crippling blizzard conditions to the southern High Plains where drifts up to 10 feet high were reported. Goliath then brought snow, ice and strong winds to the Midwest on Monday and Monday night. For more on the major impacts from Goliath, click the link below for a full report or see our storm reports section at the bottom of this article.
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Current Radar and Temperatures
Tuesday Night
In the Northeast, a wintry mix is expected from central New York to parts of central New England, while snow continues in northern New England. Slick travel conditions are likely on untreated surfaces. Some scattered power outages cannot be ruled out in areas with the heaviest freezing rain accumulations.
Parts of far northern New England will remain all snow during the entire storm through Tuesday night. Therefore, the heaviest snowfall, in excess of a foot, is possible in the Green Mountains of New Hampshire as well as central and northern Maine.
Goliath has brought the first official accumulating snow of the season to parts of the Northeast, including Boston (0.7 inches) and Albany, New York (1 inch). For Albany, this is the latest first measurable snow on record there, beating the old record set Dec. 24, 1912. Albany has now changed to a wintry mix while Boston is now seeing plain rain.
Cities Affected: Bangor, Maine | Albany, New York | Boston | Burlington, Vermont | Marquette, Michigan
Interstates Affected: I-95, I-87, I-91, I-90
Tuesday Night Forecast
New England Snow Forecast
Snowfall and Wind Reports For Second Phase of Goliath in Plains, Midwest and Northeast Dec. 27 - 29, 2015
Reports are in alphabetical order by state and are for snow unless otherwise indicated. Information is current as of 5 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 29.Northeast Reports
Connecticut
- 2 inches in Burlington and near Southington
- 1.5 inches in Norfolk
- 1.0 inch of snow and 0.15 inch of ice accumulation at Hartford International Airport in Windsor Locks
- 8 inches near Springfield
- 7 inches in Saco and Eustis
- 6.4 inches at Portland International Jetport
- 3.8 inches in Haverhill
- 3.0 inches in Methuen, Lunenburg and Heath
- 0.9 inches at Boston's Logan International Airport (first measurable snow of the season)
- 6.3 inches near Strafford
- 6 inches near Stratham and also near Northfield
- 1.2 inches in Wantage
- 0.09 inch of ice accumulation at the Sussex Airport
- 7 inches in Massena and near Hogansburg
- 6 inches near Malone
- 1.9 inches at Albany International Airport (first measurable snow of the season)
- 0.25 inch of ice accumulation in Brookland and Bear Lake as well as Albrightsville, Cresco and Summit Hill
- Tree limbs down due to icing in Marienville and Bear Lake
- 1.3 inches in North Cumberland
- 0.12 inch of ice accumulation in Providence
- 6.1 inches near Braintree
- 6 inches in Wilder, Jay and near Holland
- 4.9 inches of snow and 0.02 inch of ice at the National Weather Service office in Burlington
- 0.10 inch of ice accumulation in Cornwall
Snow totals in the Midwest late Dec. 27 into early Dec. 29, 2015.Illinois
Ice:
- Numerous power lines, poles and trees were downed due to over 0.25 inch ice accumulation and wind in Monmouth.
- Trees and power lines were also downed in Normal and Peoria.
- 1.9 inches of sleet at Chicago's O'Hare Airport
- 2.5 inches snow/sleet in Moline
Snow:
- 11.5 inches near Monona
- 10.5 inches near Otho
- 10.3 inches at Waterloo Regional Airport
- 5.6 inches at Des Moines International Airport
- 0.25 inch accumulation in Middletown with limbs and small trees downed
- Branches downed in Burlington
- Power outages due to icing in Arkansas City, Longton, Howard and Moline.
- 50 power poles downed due to 1 inch ice accumulation near Anthony
- Freezing rain and sleet caused some power outages and traffic accidents in Wichita
- 2.4 inches snow in Nortonville and Valley Falls.
Sleet/ice:
- Up to 0.1 inch ice accumulation near Sandstone
- 4 inches sleet in Holland and Big Rapids
- 2 inches of sleet in Grand Haven
- 1 inch of sleet in Kalamazoo
- 10 inches in Trout Lake
- 8 inches in Alpena
- 12.5 inches in Mapleton
- 11.5 inches in Fairmont
- 6.8 inches in Rochester
- 4.7 inches at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport
- Up to one-quarter inch of ice accumulation near Enid and Burbank
- A half inch of sleet in Tulsa
- 5.2 inches near Sioux Falls
- 14.6 inches in New London
- 13.5 inches in De Pere with thunder
- 13.2 inches at the National Weather Service in Green Bay
- 12.2 inches in Appleton
- 9 inches in Milwaukee
- 7.5 inches in La Crosse
- 5.6 inches in Madison
New Mexico and Texas Blizzard Recap Dec. 26 - Dec. 28, 2015
Snow totals in New Mexico and Texas Dec. 26 into early Dec. 28, 2015.Saturday night into Sunday, snow and wind gusts of 40 mph to 70 mph hammered parts of the southern Highs Plains, particularly eastern New Mexico, western Texas and western Oklahoma. Incredibly, a 70 mph wind gust peeled siding off a home in Clovis, New Mexico, Sunday afternoon.
Snow drifts of up to 10 feet were reported in several eastern New Mexico and west Texas counties, where motorists were stranded due to the severe blizzard conditions.
Ski Apache in southeast New Mexico saw 41 inches of snow. Goliath dumped up to an estimated 30 inches of snow on Cloudcroft, New Mexico, where strong winds caused power outages as well. El Paso International Airport picked up 8.1 inches of snow, which exceeds their average annual snowfall of 5.5 inches. Lubbock, Texas, had its snowiest December day on record, picking up 11 inches of snow on December 27. Parts of the Midland, Texas, metro area picked up 7 inches of snow from Goliath. Roswell, New Mexico, saw a record one-day snowfall of 12.4 inches on Sunday with a storm total of 15.6 inches including Saturday.
Thundersnow was observed in parts of west Texas on early Sunday afternoon, including in San Angelo. Light snow and sleet even fell for a few hours Sunday afternoon in Del Rio, Texas, where the last accumulating snow fell in February 2012.
New Mexico
Snow:
- 41 inches at Ski Apache
- 30 inches estimated in Cloudcroft, San Ignacio and Sandia Ski Area
- 24 inches in Queen, with drifts of 6-7 feet
- 20 inches near Artesia
- 15.6 inches near Roswell (record one-day total of 12.4 inches Sunday)
- 13.2 inches in Carlsbad
- 12 inches in Las Cruces
- 71 mph wind gust at Cannon AFB Sunday
- 70 mph wind gust in Clovis Sunday
- 71 mph wind gust in Clayton
Snow:
- Whiteout conditions in Plains, Farwell, Hale Center and Littlefield and other locations.
- 18 inches in Friona
- 12 inches in Alpine and Greenwood
- 11.2 inches in Lubbock
- 8.5 inches in Odessa
- 8.1 inches at El Paso International Airport (up to 10 inches northwest of the city)
- 6.1 inches in Amarillo
- 2 inches in San Angelo
- 67 mph wind gust near Olton on Saturday
- 65 mph wind gust near Amherst early Sunday
Snow Reports For First Phase of Goliath in West and Midwest Dec. 24 - Dec. 26, 2015
California- 28 inches near Soda Springs
- 20 inches at Northstar Ski Resort and Kirkwood Ski Resort
- 23 inches southwest of Montrose
- 20 inches near Sharkstooth
- 5.7 inches near Notus
- 9 inches near Negaunee
- 8 inches in Westbrook
- 2.5 inches as Minneapolis-St. Paul Int'l Airport
- 10 inches in Sidney
- 6.5 inches in Mullen
- 24 inches at Heavenly Ski Resort
- 22 inches at Mt. Rose Ski Area
- 14.5 inches near Gold Beach
- 12.8 inches in Hartford
- 12 inches in Spearfish
- 12 inches at Camp Jackson
- 4.0 inches near Deer Park
- 8 inches in Ashland
- 6 inches in Superior
- 13.7 inches near Thayne
- 9 inches near Wilson
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