WBZ April Fool's Blizzard Forecast

March 31, 1997
Meteorologist Barry Burbank, substituting for Ed Carroll, forecasts the April Fool's Day Blizzard during "News 4 New England at Midday." Gary LaPierre anchors. (Apologies for varying audio quality).

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[roy2k111]

nice



[wtglb]

@steve05401 I'm glad you said that, I always thought the temp played into the blizzard criteria, but no one mentions it anymore.

[steve05401]

@thesportsdude90 It's only within the past 20 years that the NWS changed the definition of a "blizzard" in the United States. It used to be that temperature indeed WAS a criterion. Temp had to be below 20F-- along with the wind speed requirement and the visibility requirement-- to be considered a "blizzard".



[thesportsdude90]

@ajgolfer1 blizzard has nothing to do with temperature. its sustained 40 mph winds with significant snow,

[ajgolfer1]

@loonmaniac exactly why I would be able to recognize one from a hole in my ass unlike you.

[loonmaniac]

@ajgolfer1 Your mother is a blizzard.

[emmiekay51]

Not New Enganders. The media calls them blizzards just to put folks in panic mode to make them stock up on unnecessary supplies. Most people here just call them snow storms.

[ajgolfer1]

new englanders call everything a blizzard even if its 31F

[Naushop1]

Just a trace fell at Nantucket. Marthas Vineyard got 5"

[ChadFoxx]

I lived in Southboro during this storm. We officially measured 36" of snow. The airport in Worcester actually had 33"! :)