Winter Storm Warning Long Island
Winter Storm Warning Long Island
Winter Storm Warning is posted for Long Island Nassau and Suffolk County while a Winter Weather Advisory is posted for Brooklyn and Queens in New York City where amounts will be lower.
I left my forecast along for Long Island which is basically 2 to 4 inches near the Nassay Queens border rising to 4 to 6 inches as you go east across Suffolk County and 6 to 8 for areas east of Riverhead. There really is much to change my mind in either direction. I decided not to go higher because I don’t think this is a risk for going a widespread 12 inches and if models back off a bit today I still think we will reach these minimums. Besides we are at the point now where it is basically radar and observations and we see what happens. Snow will develop this morning across the island from south to north so it will start snowing around the same time for everyone. I’m thinking between 8am and 10am and it should snow well into this evening. Temperatures are in the low 20s this morning and I think it is likely to stay in the low 20s all day. Snow ratios will probably be around 12-14-1 which should provide a bit of fluff factor.
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 349 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN NEW YORK AND MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING THIS MORNING...FALLING HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN TAPERING OFF LATE IN THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 349 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT TODAY... CTZ006-NYZ177-179-072115- /O.EXA.KOKX.WS.W.0001.170107T1200Z-170108T0600Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 349 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT AND NASSAU COUNTY IN NEW YORK. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING THIS MORNING...FALLING HEAVILY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN TAPERING OFF IN THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
The National Weather Serivce is more aggressive with their snow amounts for Long Island but given what is going on this morning on the radars, I don’t think these numbers are out of the question.
NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY SNOW
NEW YORK CITY & VICINITY ICE
NEW JERSEY & PARTS OF NE PA
Once the snow ends this evening it will be windy and bitter cold with lows Sunday morning in the low teens and highs just back into the 20s. I think we could see some snow showers on Sunday as the core of the cold air moves overhead.
