Thursday, January 2, 2014

BIG STORM COMING

Storm warning for tonight from the National Weather Service:

... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY...
* LOCATIONS... NEW YORK CITY... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
* HAZARD TYPES... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.
* WINDS... NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* WIND CHILLS... ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO ON FRIDAY... AND AS LOW AS NEAR 15 BELOW ZERO IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF INTERIOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* VISIBILITIES... ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S TODAY... THEN FALLING THROUGH THE 20S TONIGHT AND INTO THE TEENS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
* TIMING... OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TODAY WILL BECOME A STEADY WIND DRIVEN HEAVY SNOWFALL TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS... LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR TODAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF POWDERY SNOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND COULD IMPACT SNOW PLOWING OPERATIONS. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE EXPOSED TO THE COLD.

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