New York Under Storm Watch, New Jersey Gets Blizzard Warning

[marmar]

New York Under Storm Watch, New Jersey Gets Blizzard Warning
By Brian K. Sullivan


Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A winter storm watch was posted for New York City and a blizzard warning for southern New Jersey today as a system heading for the East Coast threatened to drop more than 2 feet of snow in the Washington-Baltimore area.

The snowfall in New York City will begin after tomorrow’s evening rush, tapering off the following morning, said Rick Castro, a spokesman for the National Weather Service in Upton, New York. Six to 8 inches (15 to 20 centimeters) is possible across most of the city, while 9 inches may fall in Brooklyn and Staten Island, he said.

“There has been somewhat of a shift north today in the model guidance, and it has given our forecasters enough confidence to issue the winter storm watch,” Castro said by telephone.

The storm, which prompted alerts as far south as Georgia, may cover the Washington-Baltimore area with as much as 24 inches of snow, the agency said. Parts of Virginia, including Charlottesville and Petersburg, may receive 28 inches.

“The Baltimore-D.C.-Philadelphia corridor will be hit hard,” said Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania.

Southern New Jersey, including Atlantic City, and Delaware have been placed under a blizzard warning beginning tomorrow at 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey. .........(more)

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[Earth_First]

1. Good luck, have fun, be safe! n/t

[MineralMan]

2. If anyone wants to borrow my snow blower,

It's in the garage. Just knock on the door before 9 PM.

[virgogal]

3. Man.what a winter for some. We have been lucky here in MA.

[marmar]

4. Here in southeast Michigan, not exactly an area immune to winter weather.....

..... we've had precious little snow this winter.

[virgogal]

5. Really? Guess the bad weather is heading South for the winter just

like many people.

[madrchsod]

6. not a lot here in northern il.

looks like everything is going to the mid section of the country.