NOAA ranks January 2016 blizzard category 4 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale

29 Jan NOAA ranks January 2016 blizzard category 4 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale

The January 22-24 blizzard, which dumped heavy snow from the Mid-Atlantic to southern New England has been rated as a Category 4 or “Crippling” winter storm on NOAA’s Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, also known as NESIS. It is also among the most powerful winter storms, ranked 4th, to impact the Northeast U.S. since 1950.

Link to Article: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2016/012816-noaa-ranks-january-2016-blizzard-category-4-on-the-northeast-snowfall-impact-scale.html