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Winter Storm: Marblehead Information Center
Stay up to date with the latest on the Monday-Tuesday winter storm.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
7:12 a.m. — The Tale of the Norlun Trough: So, best I can tell, an expected band of heavy, highly local precipation formed out to sea rather than over our homes. The driving phenomenon is something called a "Norlun Trough." Apparently it's wicked hard to predict. For weather geeks, here's an AccuWeather video from last night explaining the theory of what was expected to happen.
6:58 a.m. — What snow?: As Marblehead begins to dig out from the devastating winter storm...wait, this was more like a dusting. Here at Marblehead Patch we're scratching our heads like the rest of you about how the forecasts could have been so wrong. If you hear, let us know!
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Monday, Jan. 21
6:06 p.m. — Snow forecast increased, Winter Storm Warning declared: The National Weather Service has upped its forecast for the Marblehead area to 5-8 inches, with accumulations of a foot possible.
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3:05 p.m. — Forecast calls for up to 7 inches of snow.
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IMPORTANT NUMBERS & WEBSITES:
- In an emergency, dial 911
- Police Department: 781-631-1212
- Fire Department: 781-631-0142
- Marblehead Municipal Light Department: 781-631-0240
- National Grid gas emergencies: 800-233-5325
- Comcast: 1-800-COMCAST (1-800-266-2278)
- Verizon: 1-800-VERIZON (1-800-837-4966)
- RCN: 1-866-TECH-RCN (1-866-832-4726)
- MBTA Swampscott station: Service updates
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