Tom Hawley, National Weather Service meteorologist, said that while the weekend storm was severe, it wasn't outside of what the NWS expected.

But, it was still impressive, he said.

The storm brought more than two feet of snow, wind speeds of more than 35 miles per hour and numerous power outages in Lincoln County.

As unpredictable as the storm seemed the National Weather Service was about to forecast it correctly for the most part, Hawley said.

“We put the winter storm warning and blizzard warnings into effect pretty early,” he said. “We had been talking about (the storm) for a while. We feel like we forecasted it pretty well.”

The early snowfall on February 8 was not part of the main storm; instead it was a small flurry that came in from sea and was absorbed into the larger storm.

“We thought that (the smaller storm) would come later in the day but it wound up arriving a few hours early,” he said. “The two storms combined later in the day.” When the two met it created a typical blizzard, Hawley said.

“That was a true blizzard: We had blizzard conditions all the way through,” he said. “We had less than one-quarter mile visibility and winds of more than 35 miles an hour for over three hours. Those are true blizzard conditions.”

Only two locations in Lincoln County submitted snowfall totals: Westport Island had 29 inches of snowfall while Newcastle checked in with 24 inches.

The highest reported total in the state was 35.5 inches in Gorham. The Portland Jetport broke its record of 27.1 inches when the weekend storm dumped 31.9 inches of snow.

Ben Bulkeley can be reached at 207-633-4620 or bbulkeley@boothbayregister.com. Follow him on Twitter: @BBRegisterBen.