Several inches of snow pummeled southeastern Connecticut overnight and early Thursday, causing school closures, parking bans and travel advisories.
By 2 p.m., 8.2 inches of snow had fallen in New London, 9.3 inches covered the ground in Ledyard and 11.5 inches had been measured in Norwich, according to the National Weather Service. Snow continued to fall Thursday morning and afternoon, adding to the piles on roads and sidewalks as wind gusts as high as 37 mph ripped through the region. A storm warning was in effect across the region until 1 p.m. and light snow still was falling in some areas about 2 p.m.
Snow expected to end mid-day, gusty winds causing drifting
Snow expected to end mid-day, gusty winds causing drifting
Two people strike a pose in the snow Thursday before trudging to the McDonald s at 533 S. Broad St. in Meriden Dec. 17, 2020. | Richie Rathsack, Record-Journal Advertisement
Motorists contend with blowing and drifting snow as they navigat South Broad Street in Meriden Thursday Dec. 17, 2020. | Richie Rathsack, Record-Journal
A snow plow pushes through the roundabout at Town Line Square in Meriden Thursday Dec. 17, 2020. | Richie Rathsack, Record-Journal
Motorists contend with blowing and drifting snow as they navigat South Broad Street in Meriden Thursday Dec. 17, 2020. | Richie Rathsack, Record-Journal
Winter storm warning in effect, parking bans issued ahead of snow storm
Winter storm warning in effect, parking bans issued ahead of snow storm
Snow plows parked at the Meriden Public Works Garage on Michael Drive, Mon., Dec. 14, 2020. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement
Maintainer Juan Velazquez, left, greases the lines of a snow plow at the Meriden Public Works Garage as crews gear up for a winter stom expected to bring several inches of snow later in the week, Mon., Dec. 14, 2020. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
December 16, 2020 08:12AM By Lauren Sellew, Record-Journal staff
A winter storm warning is in effect from 2 p.m. today through 1 p.m. tomorrow, according to the National Weather Service.Â
Mike Stiefel, who owns a snowplowing company in Montville, was so inundated with calls Wednesday, he turned his phone on silent a far cry from 10 months ago, when he estimated the lackluster winter cost him $15,000 in lost earnings. A winter like that put quite a few people out of business, Stiefel, owner of Mike & Sons Snow Plowing LLC, said of last winter s low snowfall.
As of Wednesday evening, over 60 million residents of the East Coast were under winter weather advisories, watches or warnings in anticipation of the major winter storm, stretching nearly 1,000 miles from northern Georgia to New England. The eastern Connecticut shoreline was forecast to get up to 16 inches of snow by Thursday afternoon.
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