Heavy, wet snow on the heels on 10 inches of powder

ROCHESTER — After receiving about 10 inches of powder Monday, another 1 to 3 inches of wet, heavy snow is expected to fall by the end of today, according to Mike Pigott, metrologist for AccuWeather.com.

"It's looking like a weaker storm is coming in," Pigott said, adding light snow is expected to begin this morning, will pick up during the day and could cause flurries into the night.

Pigott said temperatures are expected to rise to a high of 34 degrees which will cause heavier snow to fall. He added winds will be light during the day and not blow the snow around, even when they pick up in the evening.

"Wednesday could be pretty breezy, but that's long after the storm," Pigott said.

Due to the winter weather conditions, Waste Management canceled curbside trash collection in Rochester Monday. Trash collection will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week in the city and in the Middleton, where it will take place Wednesday this week.

Students in the Gov. Wentworth Regional School District ended up having the day off due to the storm even though classes were scheduled for Monday.

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and no school meant that police departments across the region had many fewer accidents to deal with Monday.

While numerous vehicles slipped off the road, including a few which drove into the median along the Spaulding Turnpike Monday morning, the incidents diminished in the afternoon in Strafford and Rockingham counties, according to N.H. State Police.

There were few accidents or serious incidents in Dover, Rochester or Somersworth and Strafford County dispatchers were thankful it was a holiday Monday.

Portsmouth police reported very few problems from the snowstorm that dumped up to eight inches of snow in the region by the time it wound down toward noon. The same was true for North Hampton police, according to a dispatcher.

Maine State Police reported there were some cars that went off the Maine Turnpike from Kittery to Portland, Maine, Monday morning, but none of the accidents involved any serious injuries.

For those who did not have to work or head out, Monday was a perfect day to stay home, plow or shovel the driveway and just enjoy the event. Driving conditions were treacherous on roads such as Route 236 in South Berwick, Eliot and Kittery, Maine, Monday morning as local public works departments cleared, sanded and salted area roadways.

The snowstorm did cause some cancellations, including the City Year Young Heroes rally at the Portsmouth Middle School and parade that was scheduled at 11 a.m. Portsmouth officials also declared a snow emergency beginning at 9 a.m., which means that no vehicles can be parked on city streets so that city snowplow crews can clean up and emergency vehicles can get through.

The affected streets include Deer Street on the north; Market, Bow and Marcy Streets on the east; Court Street on the South; and Middle, Maplewood and Bridge Streets on the West. This area includes State Street (Middle to Marcy), Chestnut Street, Porter Street, Fleet Street, Court Place, Church Street, Pleasant Street (Court to Congress), Penhallow Street, Custom House Court, Sheafe Street, Chapel Street, Daniel Street, Congress Street, Market Street (Congress to Deer), Ladd Street, High Street and Hanover Street (Bridge to Market).