Part 1: Snowicane has begun...
Part 2: More storms to come?!?!?
Part 3: Westport Weather...(school closings, forecasts, and more!)
Well yes it has started, and even here in southwestern CT it looks like we have somewhere between 2 and 4 inches of snow and that will continue... Across NJ, NY, and Northeastern PA, we already have more than 20 inches in a lot of areas and we could find and additional 3-5... maybe 6 or 7 inches in some spots... Now as you get into MA conditions will improve significantly, especially during the morning hours... Once you get into the afternoon hours and into tonight you will see some light to moderate snow and snowfall, after being hit pretty hard by rain... The Snow in MA will primarily fall the further away you get from the coast or the east... VT and NH, you are in a dry air spot right now, or a lull... You had a lot of rain yesterday, and now it will change to some scattered snow and snow showers with some accumulations, especially as you make your way to the north and east...
Current radar image of the snowicane...
Along the Maine coast it will continue to be rain for a while before finally mixing with some light snow... little or no accumulation will take place in coastal Maine... As for inland Maine, someone could get an easy foot. Yes, i still think someone will reach 3 feet in the central and southern NY area and maybe even NE PA... The Low is located about 50-100 miles due North of NYC... You will find across the southern New England area (Stamford, Westport, Bridgeport, New haven) we will have a short lull in the action before it starts to pick up again... This is Because that area is going from the front to the back side of this storm system. NYC schools have been officially closed to today, which wasn't a surprise considering 10+ inches have already fallen and another 5 or 6+ could still fall... Across Staten Island its a similiar story where you are just being battered by a real true blizzard! Now for a while this monster snowicane has been our main topic... So if you would believe it, there are actually 2 more possible systems that could bring us wintry weather this week and next week!!!...
The first possibility for another wintry storm is on Sunday night into Monday... This first system, the snowicane, will still be bringing some scattered snow showers and flurries, so this storm Sunday into Monday will only increase the snow showers and flurries... If you remember the current system, the snowicane, it increased the precip. in the very first system, so this may happen again but hopefully not nearly as bad... It also looks the storm may be too far off the coast to give anyone anything significant...
Here are some of the snow totals out of the tri-state area:
Washingtonville: 25.5 inches
Harriman : 23.2 inches
Mountain lodge : 22 inches
Goshen : 21.3 inches
Middletown : 21 inches
Craigville : 20.2 inches
Warwick : 19 inches
Mount Hope : 18.7 inches
Florida : 17 inches
NYC : 16.9 inches!
Roselle : 15.8 inches
Vails Gate : 15.3 inches
Suffern : 15 inches
College point : 14 inches
Grennville : 14 inches
Bedford park : 14 inches
Newburgh : 14 inches
The second possibility is the Wednesday into Thursday time period where again, a storm will be just off the coast... Models are pretty much going back and fourth between showing a major system impacting the Northeast and showing the storm being too far off the coast...
That's it for now... It's only 6:00 AM, so when the sun finally rises i will be sure to keep you updated on the conditions... Enjoy the snowstorm! and remember, there may be more to come...
LOCALIZED WESTPORT, CT:
Winter storm Warning issued yesterday evening for Westport, CT...
Well a good morning to everyone in Westport, CT... Kids, you got your wish because as expected the Westport School District has closed all public schools! So today most will be staying home, and that may be a wise decision... As your waking up, it will probably look like most of the snow is over... The sky will be cloudy but fairly bright, and no snow will really be falling besides some flurries, but you will notice we picked up anywhere from 2-4 inches of the white stuff... Well that will certainly change as we get toward mid to late morning... This is where we will find moderate to even some heavy snow throughout the afternoon and into the evening hours... Expect and additional 3-7 inches of snow from this storm... This will bring us a total of somewhere between 5-12 inches of snow, some scattered locations may have up to 15 inches... Now keep in mind, we could still find light accumulations into Saturday and even sunday, which would up the totals. What's currently going on is we are switching from one side of the storm to the other, and in this process we will see a couple hours of no snow and no wind... But again, that will change... Now it is very possible we are finding flurries and snow showers from this storm all the way into Monday... In fact its likely at this point... This storm will just sit and spin and pretty much stall around our area... So the next 3-4 days will feel like we're in Antarctica... With this storm also expect blowing and drifting snows... Now, tomorrow in Westport there are a lot of activities... The morning activities maybe the ones that are cancelled... Now notice how i said maybe. I cannot be sure they will be cancelled because it matters how much its snowing tomorrow morning... At this point, i am leaning toward anything before the noon time period being cancelled but those are only my thoughts... Now for the next several days:
Friday : Snow and windy... 2-4 inches of snow expected High: 32
night : Snow and windy... 1-3 inches of snow expected Low : 30
Saturday : A.M. Snow changing to snow showers...1-2 in. High: 38
night : scattered snow showers... little accumulation.Low : 30
Sunday : scattered snow showers... Little accumulation.High: 40
night : May be a coastal storm... (something to watch)Low : 32
Monday : May be a coastal storm... (something to watch)High: 41
night : Finally clearing out ... chilly... Low : 27
Tuesday : Partly cloudy with sun peaking through often..High: 44
night : Partly to mostly cloudy... turning colder... Low : 30
