Ice Storm hits Maine, New Hampshire, and New York

Friday's storm hit parts of southern New England much harder than the Northeast Kingdom. There are 400, 000 homes and businesses are without power in New Hampshire, and with the an arctic air mass moving this weekend, people are moving into shelters to escape the cold.

Here are a few news stories covering the story:

American Press
Maine News
Nashua Telegraph
Albany Times Union

Stationary and slow moving warm fronts are generally responsible for most severe ice storm events. They are rare, occurring once or twice a decade. The front provides a) lift to drive ascending motion b) cold air to the north or west to freeze the precipitation c) warm air aloft above the cold sector of the storm to melt the falling the precipitation. Because they are slow moving, they concentrate their precipitation fall over one region.