Storm Jonas 2016: Is Junk Plant Pilgrim Shutting Down?

Update The day after 1/24

The definitive answer from the NRC tonight. Lots of nuke plants had lots of trouble with weather this storm.
 

…”there have been no significant impacts at the facility”: depends on what their definition of “no significant impacts at the plant” means. I'd like them to describe all storm related impacts at the plant.    

  NRC: Update: As the Blizzard Moves Out of the Mid-Atlantic
Just North of Pilgrim.

The Weather Service recorded a wind gust of 70 miles per hour at the municipal airport in Marshfield.

So far it looks like Pilgrim stayed up at power. Course Plymouth got only grazed by storm Jonas. But...

Update, 6 p.m.
PLYMOUTH MA — Eversource crews on Saturday night restored power to all but about 100 customers after a snowstorm knocked out power to over 1,000. 

Winter Storm Jonas brought blizzard conditions that knocked out power for more than 1,000 in Plymouth Saturday afternoon. 

Boston Globe:

"Boston can expect the snowflakes to start falling between noon and 2 p.m. Temperatures will hit a high of about 30 degrees and a low of about 20 at night, said Frank Nocera, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

Nocera said the highest snow totals from the storm would be in the southeastern part of the state, where 8 to 12 inches of snow can be expected. The storm will also feature high winds that may bring down power lines and the possibility of coastal flooding, forecasters said."

Remember Pilgrim last year didn't trip after many hours of brutal blizzard conditions. It wasn't a really bad blizzard and much snow accumulation. The plant tripped right at the beginning of the blizzard.

Accuweather says Plymouth is going to get more than two hours of heavy snowfall this afternoon.

The red outlined area is the National Weather Service's "Winter Storm Warning".  Storm Jonas has intensified much more than anticipated in the models. South Shore Massachusett just a few hours ago wasn't supposed to get any snow at all.

Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 7 AM EST Sunday.

• Locations: Kent and Bristol counties in Rhode Island and coastal Plymouth County. Cities and towns in the warning include Plymouth, West Greenwich, Warwick. Bristol.
• Hazard types: Heavy snow.
• Accumulations: snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches.
• Timing: snow will develop around mid morning and become heavy at times in this afternoon and evening. Snowfall rates up to one inch per hour will be possible at times. Gusty winds up to 45 mph combined with the snow will result in blowing snow and poor visibilities at times. The snow will begin to taper off after midnight.
• Impacts: hazardous travel with heavy snow and poor visibilities. Heavy snow combined with strong winds may result in isolated power outages.
• Winds: northeast 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
• Temperatures: in the upper 20s.
• Visibilities: one quarter mile or less at times.