Blizzard Warning for NYC and Southern NY State (20 - 30 inches)

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Blizzard Warning for NYC and Southern NY State

Active for next 1 day, 23 hours

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National Weather Service

This alert has been updated.

Posted 3 hours, 18 minutes ago

Crippling and potentially historic blizzard to impact the area from late Monday into Tuesday.

Blizzard Warning remains in effect from 1 pm Monday to midnight EST Tuesday night.

• Locations: New York City and surrounding immediate suburbs. Long Island, and most of southern Connecticut.
• Hazard types: Heavy snow and blowing snow, with blizzard conditions.
• Accumulations: snow accumulation of 20 to 30 inches, with locally higher amounts possible. Snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour expected late Monday night into Tuesday morning.
• Winds: north 30 to 40 mph with gusts 55 to 65 mph, strongest across eastern Long Island.
• Visibilities: one quarter mile or less at times.
• Temperatures: in the lower 20s.
• Timing: light snow will begin Monday morning, with accumulations of 1 to 3 inches possible by the evening rush. Snow will pick up in intensity Monday evening, with the heaviest snow and strongest winds from about midnight Monday night into Tuesday afternoon.
• Impacts: Life-threatening conditions and extremely dangerous travel due to heavy snowfall and strong winds, with Whiteout conditions. Secondary and tertiary roads may become impassable. Strong winds may down power lines and tree limbs.

...CRIPPLING AND POTENTIALLY HISTORIC BLIZZARD TO IMPACT THE AREA
FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING IMMEDIATE SUBURBS...
LONG ISLAND...AND MOST OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 20 TO 30 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4
INCHES PER HOUR EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 65 MPH...STRONGEST
ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN MONDAY MORNING...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE EVENING RUSH.
SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY MONDAY EVENING...WITH THE
HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS...WITH WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. SECONDARY AND TERTIARY ROADS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS.

Recommended actions

A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities will lead to Whiteout conditions, making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If you must travel. Have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay with your vehicle.

All unnecessary travel is discouraged beginning Monday afternoon, to allow people already on the road to safely reach their destinations before the heavy snow begins, and to allow snow removal equipment to begin to clear roads.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY
WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED BEGINNING MONDAY
AFTERNOON...TO ALLOW PEOPLE ALREADY ON THE ROAD TO SAFELY REACH
THEIR DESTINATIONS BEFORE THE HEAVY SNOW BEGINS...AND TO ALLOW
SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT TO BEGIN TO CLEAR ROADS.

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Drudge has linked to a map:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/weather/potentially-historic-blizzard-set-blanket-new-york-article-1.2091166#

scroll down for map

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

EXCERPT

Accumulations: snow accumulation of 20 to 30 inches, with locally higher amounts possible

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Global warming stricks again!!!!!!!

[TigersEye]

Don’t worry. All traffic on the east coast will grind to a halt, or slide to a halt, cutting off CO2 at its source and the temperature should plummet rapidly. Problem solved. World saved.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

LOL!

That accumulation is unreal!

[Darksheare]

I’m nowhere near the city, two hours out in orange county, but I’d love to see deblasio try to keep schools open thus time as the snow jotuns pound the place flat.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And it was a nice warm day here in LA...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Time to hit the sack here,

Nite all~

[justa-hairyape]

Just imagine how the forecast would read if the interglacial warm period ended. 10 inches of ice on Monday followed by 12 feet of snow on Tuesday. Now that will something to panic about.

Yeah we got 13 inches in one storm in Amarillo Texas last week. Set the record for most snow from one storm in that city. So yeah, conditions are ripe. Exactly what you would expect at the tail end of a weak solar maximum in the middle of a cooling trend. Some solar energy, in the form of evaporated water, combining with a cold front. Short term energy plus long term cooling equals bang, record snow.

[tdscpa]

Supposed to be 70F here in NW KS tomorrow. Hope to fire up the lawn mower and mow up the leaves in my yard that have been covered by snow for the last two months.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Hey, my home country, you out by Goodland?

[Darksheare]

*D-sheare cooks up plot to ship angry yeti to Ernest so he can share with the neighborhood*

G’night, “see” you later on.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Dean Martin - Let it Snow!

[fella]

Time to shutdown all fossil fueled power plants within 300 miles so that they can feel how depending on wind and solar works.

[Spktyr]

30 inches of ‘global warming’ is a good start. How about 30 feet for the center of global warming/man-made climate change support in the US? :P

[miss marmelstein]

Apparently, we are all going to die. Happens every January.

[Bullish]

It’s nothing compared to the snowjob we’re getting from Washington.

[tflabo]

We will see how ‘of historic proportions’ this storm will be. Prolly just a big ole blizzard one of many has beens. But we shall see if its a ‘ really big shew’ or just a been over_hyped again.

[ScottinVA]

But, but... the pope declared “man-caused global warming” to to be real. How could this be?