1 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:04,350 On April 1, 2017, a Nor'easter hit New England, covering the region with snow. 2 00:00:08,420 --> 00:00:12,450 A Nor'easter forms when warm, moist air traveling north with the Gulf Stream 3 00:00:20,750 --> 00:00:16,580 collides with cold air moving down from Canada, resulting in snow and rain. 4 00:00:20,770 --> 00:00:24,890 The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission observed the storm, which dumped 5 00:00:24,910 --> 00:00:28,980 8 - 14 inches of snow over southern Maine and New Hampshire. 6 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:37,160 GPM's radar detected the storm's front as a deep layer of rain that abruptly ended south of 7 00:00:37,180 --> 00:00:41,180 Cape Cod.