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![]() The cyclone also attained hurricane-force winds around this time as well. Rapid deepening began due to favorable conditions aloft – with the pressure dropping from 1,001 mb (29.6 inHg) at 00:00 UTC on January 29 to 972 mb (28.7 inHg) at 18:00 UTC later that day, a 29 mb (0.86 inHg) drop in only 18 hours, more than enough to meet the required criteria. The system began intensifying as it moved north as snow and wintry precipitation blossomed over the Mid-Atlantic states later that night as a result. As the trough began to tilt negative, the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) reported that a surface low-pressure area had developed off the Southeast coast near Florida on January 28 as a result of the upper-level interactions. Ī deep upper-level trough ejected from the High Plains and Rocky Mountains on January 27 and moved eastwards towards the Atlantic. ![]() By January 25, models such as the GFS and the European model (ECMWF) indicated the storm would track closer and stronger to the coast. Meteorological history Weather Prediction Center (WPC) graphic showing the track of the low-pressure associated with the stormīeginning in mid-to-late January 2022, computer models began to suggest the potential for a powerful storm to form in the western Atlantic Ocean at the end of the month – although the exact track was uncertain and thus snowfall estimates were not in agreement. The blizzard caused at least $50 million in damages. The impact of the storm was reduced because it occurred on Friday night and Saturday when schools were closed and few people were commuting. At least 4 people died as a result of the blizzard, all on Long Island, with two occurring indirectly from shoveling snow. Strong wind gusts as high as 99 mph (159 km/h) knocked out power to over 130,000 residents in the affected regions. Road conditions were dangerous in all areas with many roads unable to be traveled on due to the depth of snow. Blizzard conditions were verified along the direct Atlantic Ocean coastline (which excludes New York City) from Delaware to the eastern coast of Maine plus throughout Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts and Maine. In most areas, some transportation services, such as rail, buses, ferries and highway bridges, were closed or postponed, including thousands of flights being cancelled. Several states in the Mid-Atlantic area and New England declared states of emergency ahead of the storm as it developed. The storm was given names such as Blizzard of 2022 and Winter Storm Kenan. The storm was considered a "bomb cyclone" as it rapidly intensified and barometric pressure dropped at least 24 millibars over a 24-hour period. In some areas, mainly the coastal regions of New Jersey, Long Island and Massachusetts, it was the first blizzard since a storm in January 2018. Further north, it also moved inland in Maine and its width meant it strongly impacted all three of Canada's Maritime provinces. ![]() The system then quickly intensified that night as it traveled northeast parallel to the coast on January 29, bringing heavy snowfall blown by high winds to the East Coast of the continent. Forming from the energy of a strong mid- to upper-level trough, the system developed into a low-pressure area off the Southeast United States on January 28. The January 2022 North American blizzard caused widespread and disruptive impacts to the Atlantic coast of North America from Delaware to Nova Scotia with as much as 2.5 feet (30 in) of snowfall, blizzard conditions and coastal flooding at the end of January 2022. Part of the 2021–22 North American winter ![]()
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