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UMass Lowell faces first winter storm

UMass Lowell faces first winter storm

(Photo courtesy of Julia Malakie) “Snow overlooking Lowell City Hall” Benjamin Heffner Connector Editor UMass Lowell got its first winter weather system of the season as Winter Storm Chan moved its way through the Northeast, delivering heavy snow threats from Pennsylvania to Maine.  “We’ve been talking about this in some of our weather classes since

Lowell unlikely to repeat last winter

Eleazar Saintius Connector Contributor Remember last winter? When it seemed like it would never end? Snowstorm after snowstorm buried Massachusetts. Frank Colby is an atmospheric science professor and a lead expert in weather. He explained why we saw an extraordinary winter. “It depends a lot on the position of the jet stream,” said Colby. The