It is hard to believe that 2015 is 10 years ago. Winter of 2015 was very active for the Eastern Part of the United States. One of the first significant winter events was the late January 2015 Blizzard. This event had significant impacts mainly for the New England States. Moreover, it was the first of a series of significant winter storms that impacted the Eastern and even Southeastern United States.

The low that became the late January Winter storm has its origins in the Western United States. A storm system moved onto the Pacific Coast Line. This low produced rain for that region. However, the Low did not get going until several days later. Due to a strong El Nino the storm system started to take a more southerly track.

The low pressure system then moved into Kentucky and Tennessee. In these states it tapped into the rich Gulf Moisture. Temperatures in these stats were in the 40's. As it strengthened it produced several inches of rain in the valleys of Kentucky and Tennessee. The higher terrain in these states did have a few inches of snow.

I remember forecasting this low bringing several inches of rain in our area. Even though, I do not do the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. I discussed that if people had loved ones they would need to pay attention as this storm could be significant.

The low eventually moved off the Southeast Coast. Going over the Gulf Stream the Low pressure system began to intensify even more. Cold Air was being pulled into the Mid-Atlantic and New England States. The Gulf Stream provided this low with fuel and very rich moisture.

The low begin to intensify more off the Mid-Atlantic States peaking with a low pressure of 970 millibars. This pressure is what would normally be seen in a category 2 hurricane during hurricane season. In Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania (Eastern ), and Southern New Jersey. The low produced ice and a few inches of snow.

After moving past the Mid-Atlantic states. The Low became a powerful Nor'Eastern and set its sights on New England. Temperatures in New England were in the upper 20's to near 30 degrees. The low moved in with winds 60-75 mph. The snow being to come down.

For 2 days the low pounded Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine with wind and high amounts of snow. On January 31st when the storm moved away it left behind significant snowfall amounts.

Some places in Massachusetts received 36 inches of snow. Another pocket of 3 feet snowfall occurred in southern New Hampshire. Boston MA saw 25 inches of snow from this storm system. Parts of Maine saw 24 inches of snow as well.

This storm was destructive in New England this storm did $500 million dollars worth of damage mainly to roofs, trees, power lines, and roadways. 3 people lost their lives mainly due to being stranded in the snow on highways.

While this storm was not the most historic storm to strike the region. It was still significant due to the high amount of snow fall amounts, and its wind. The highest measured wind guest was 75 mph which is hurricane force winds.

As I stated earlier this was the first of a series of storms that struck the Eastern part of the US during winter of 2015. One reason was due to a very strong El Nino which made the Eastern US colder than normal and produced an active storm track.