FOG BLOG WEATHER LOG: POTENT NOR'EASTER HITS NE U.S. AND THE MARITIMES DUMPING MESSY WEATHER:

HERE IN SAINT JOHN THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 35 CM OF SNOW IN PARTS. MONCTON WAS FORECAST TO RECEIVE 40 CM, COUPLED WITH HIGH WINDS MADE FOR A NIGHT LAST NIGHT TO STAY AT HOME. ACROSS SOUTHERN NB , THERE ARE THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER AS STICKY WET SNOW AND 80 KM/H WINDS KNOCKED OUT THE POWER. WITH THAT WIND THERE ARE DRIFTS TODAY OF UP TO 3 FT. CLEARER CONDITIONS PREVAIL NOW WITH THE SYSTEM MOVING OUT AND HITTING NL. NOVA SCOTIA WAS TO RECEIVE 10 TO 30 CM OF SNOW WITH SOME MIXING IN MOST SOUTHERLY AREAS. PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND ARE BLANKETED UNDER SNOW AND IN MASSACHUSETTS ARE READY FOR AN ICE STORM TONIGHT WITH RAIN MOVING IN HERE AND MILDER TEMPS TOMORROW BUT ANOTHER WIND EVENT AS WELL!