To the best of my recollection (and it is foggy at this point), it was a clipper that went straight east of the VA capes by about 200 miles, then made a hard left turn to the north. The best precip shield was NW of the surface low., similar to what AI is showing. 30" in Newport, 10" NECT, 6" back to Springfield. I do not recall Boston...but it was rain in Maine. On or about 12/5/81.