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Old 20th February 2004 | 22:16
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SaturnV
 
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the roads are plowed fairly decent, but not a vehicle to be seen on them at 10:30 AST.

for live cameras, go to:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/tran/webcam/HighwayCameras.stm

Nova Scotia got up to 90 cm of snow, apparently an all-time record for one storm. Meteorologically, these types of storms in the NW Atlantic (and elsewhere) are known as "bombs." The central pressure of the bomb must fall 24 millibars or more in a 24-hour period. I believe the central pressure for this storm dropped to around 965 millibars. A buoy 170 nautical miles east of Hyannis Massachusetts recorded a drop of o0ver 40 millibars in pressure in a 24 hour period as this storm intensified.
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