Heavy bands of snow set up as the system began its transition into a nor'easter, with some of these bands containing snowfall rates of up to 1–2 inches (2.5–5.1 cm) per hour. Įarly on February 13, more snow began to develop on the northern side of the storm as the precipitation shield approached the New York metropolitan area in colder air. As the low moved east, it then dissipated as a new area of low pressure developed off the South Carolina coast late on February 12, and that began to strengthen as it tracked to the north, placing the Northeast in the fire zone for the winter storm. Meanwhile, to the south, near the Gulf Coast, heavy showers and thunderstorms were consisted in a streak of rain stretching up to southern parts of Georgia. Areas from eastern Alabama, including Atlanta in Georgia to the Southeast coast and South Carolina were included in this swath of icy precipitation. On February 12, the swath of ice exploded in size as the conditions for freezing rain began to come together. As it tracked eastward, it began to interact with the cold air above it, producing an area of ice and snow on its backside as it moved to the east. Drawing moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, it was able to fire up a small area of showers and thunderstorms near the coastline. Later on February 11, another area of low pressure formed on the extreme southern edge of the Gulf Coast, near the TX–LA border. Accumulations from this half of the winter storm ranged anywhere from 1–3 inches (2.5–7.6 cm) of snow and a glaze of icing across the South. This part of the storm was only the beginning of a crippling 2-day streak of winter nightmares across the South.

It then quickly moved offshore by roughly 3 p.m. On February 11, a quick-moving area of low pressure moved across the Southeast, bringing rain and snow to areas like Atlanta, interacting with some of the cold air to the north of it. By the evening of Thursday, February 13, about 550,000 customers remained in the dark, mostly in South Carolina and Georgia. Īpproximately 1.2 million homes and businesses lost power as the storm moved from the South through the Northeast. On that day 70 percent of flights were cancelled at airports in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Charlotte. Thursday, February 13, that as many as 6,500 flights originating in or destined for the United States had been canceled. Delta Air Lines canceled over 2,000 flights, and it was reported by 8:00 p.m. Thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people were left in the dark for days, possibly even up to 2 weeks without power. The February 2014 nor'easter was a major nor'easter that produced a damaging snow and ice storm that affected the Southern United States and East Coast of the United States, bringing with it up to a foot of snow and crippling ice across parts of the South. Part of the 2013–14 North American winter Surface Pressure Map from 0900Z 09 February 2013 (4AM EST 09 February 2013)Ĭopyright © 2014 by Raymond C Martin Jr. Surface Pressure Map from 0600Z 09 February 2013 (1AM EST 09 February 2013) Surface Pressure Map from 0300Z 09 February 2013 (10PM EST 08 February 2013) Surface Pressure Map from 0000Z 09 February 2013 (7PM EST 08 February 2013) Surface Pressure Map from 2100Z 08 February 2013 (4PM EST 08 February 2013)

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Sea Level Pressure and 1000 to 500 Millibar Thickness Maps National Surface Weather Maps - Pressure and Fronts OnlyĬontinental Surface Weather Maps - Pressure and Fronts Only Storm description, surface observations, snowfall totals, and images courtesy of the National Climatic Data Center, the National Centers of Environmental Prediction, the Climate Prediction Center, the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, the Mount Holly National Weather Service Office, the Upton National Weather Service Office, Rutgers University, Plymouth State University, the University of Illinois, the American Meteorological Society, Weather Graphics Technologies, AccuWeather, and the Weather Channel. Snow and ice storm, February 8-9, 2013 - National Surface Weather Maps - Pressure and Fronts Only

February 2013 snow storm totals