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Forecast snowstorm fizzles in Boston

Little fell in state after predictions of several inches

By Christopher J. Girard

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 11, 2012

The storm, if you could call it that, had dropped only a trace of snow on Boston and ended by about 2 p.m., said Kim Buttrick, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Taunton. The storm veered to the southeast, missing the mainland and lowering snow totals, Buttrick said. Southeast Massachusetts got the most precipitation in the state, with 1 to 2 inches. An inch was reported in Sandwich, Buttrick said.

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