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Article: A tree grows in Brooklyn and one falls in Boston
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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It was a dark and blustery week at 45 Beacon Street. A low pressure system moved into the Boston area on 6 May and was blocked by an upperlevel ridge over the western Atlantic Ocean.
Logan Airport recorded that the slate-gray nimbostratus clouds unloaded 4 inches of precipitation on the area over a five-day period. The staff at Headquarters and the citizens of Boston, enduring days of heavy rain and gusting wind, were forced to navigate the rain puddles, mud holes, and discarded umbrella skeletons that booby trapped the Boston Common and local streets. The National Weather Service reported that Logan airfield received a total precipitation of 6.85 inches for the month of May, a departure ...