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January 28, 2008

Who says the weather is milder on the Cape

Just a dusting of snow fell on the Providence area yesterday, but the story was far different about an hour away on Cape Cod, which was battered by high winds and heavy snow from yesterday afternoon into this morning.

A storm that the National Weather Service characterizes as a near blizzard dumped more than 13 inches of snow on Wellfleet, more than 11 inches on Brewster and 10 inches on Falmouth, according to unofficial results on the weather service's site.

See for yourself.

School was canceled today in many Cape towns.

The storm, which was expected to hit the Cape starting last night, turned nasty early.

The National Weather Service had predicted snow showers off and on for much of the daytime hours yesterday with little accumulation. But the wet snow started sticking to the roads by yesterday morning, and by midafternoon, side roads were slick and those "snow showers" could sting your face.

The wind was howling, and the snow appeared to be blowing sideways early last night. Cars were traveling about 10 mph. There were near whiteout conditions on the MidCape highway.

For the most part, the snow had stopped by 5 a.m. and plowing crews were hitting the major roads, but the strong wind kept blowing the snow back onto the road.

Posted by Jack Perry  at 8:03 AM | Permalink

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