Saturday, January 23, 2016

LATEST WEATHER FORECAST: BLIZZARD WARNING

From National Weather Service:

4:00am EST, Sat Jan 23
... BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
* LOCATIONS... NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND IN NEW YORK. HUDSON... ESSEX AND UNION COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARD TYPES... HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 15 TO 20 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE FORKS REGION OF LONG ISLAND.
* WINDS... NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES... NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
* TIMING... THROUGH TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SECONDARY AND TERTIARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS.

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