From the National Weather Service:
... BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
EDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. *
LOCATIONS... PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY, NORTHERN WESTCHESTER,
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD, AND NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...
HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 18 TO 24
INCHES. * SNOWFALL RATES... 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING... LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. * IMPACTS... DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES. SEVERAL ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. *
WINDS... NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ON TUESDAY. *
TEMPERATURES... IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES... ONE QUARTER MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING
MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE
LIKELY. THIS 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.
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