New York City Metro Area Braces for Up to 14 Inches of Snow
By Brian K. Sullivan and Dan Hart
bloomberg.com
March 1 (Bloomberg) -- The largest snowstorm of the season is on it way to New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area, with as much as a record-setting 14 inches expected to fall tonight and into tomorrow’s rush hour, meteorologists say.
“It’s a good, old-fashioned snowstorm,” said Gary Conte, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Upton, New York. “The record for March is 10 inches (25 centimeters), set in 1896. Obviously, based on our forecast, that is in jeopardy. March is coming in like a lion.” The 1896 record was for daily snowfall.
The snow will be accompanied by high winds that will cause drifting and bring unseasonably cold weather, Conte said. Temperatures will range between 20 degrees Fahrenheit (-6 degrees Celsius) to just about the freezing mark, which is 10 degrees to 15 degrees below normal.
“This is not the type of snow that gets melted within 24 to 48 hours,” he said.
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston are all expected to receive “significant” snow falls, Conte said.
Washington may receive between 6 inches and 11 inches through tomorrow, while Baltimore is expected to get as much as 10 inches of snow. Philadelphia may receive as much as 17 inches of snow, while Boston could see between 9 inches and 18 inches by the end of tomorrow, the National Weather Service said on its Web site.
The leading edge of the snow this morning was on the North Carolina and Virginia border, Conte said. More than 6 inches of snow is expected from Georgia to Maine, according to National Weather Service maps.
Most of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states received about a half-inch of snow overnight from an earlier storm, said Carrie McCabe, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.com in State College, Pennsylvania.
AccuWeather said yesterday the heaviest snowfall is expected to be in central Maine and southern New Hampshire, with 12 to 18 inches. |
