Part 1: Update on the "snowicane"
Part 2: Totals so far
Part 3: Westport Weather
Current Map of the Snowicane
PART 1
OK so the snowstorm is really throwing every bit of energy it has right now so the next 1-3 maybe 2-4 hours will likely be the worst of this snow... After that it will be all light to moderate and every once in a while a heavier band of snow may work its way in... NYC has announced that they haven't seen the kind of snow for over a decade now... Its still snowing hard and they already have a foot and a half of heavy wet snow, which kills Weather.Com's and Accuweather.Com's forecast for NYC which called for 6-12 at most... The area that's going to get hit the worst is the area just to the North and West of the city... This includes suffern, monsey, Newark, greenwood lake, Newburgh and areas just north west of there where there is a good chance of 3 feet of snow! right now those areas are approaching 2 feet and with all this left over snow that looks like its going to last for days, we could see an additional foot! MA is now in the think of the snow, but mostly western MA... NY state is seeing the worst from this storm and areas in upstate NY will likely reach 2 feet by time all is set and done. The farther to the east you go in PA the more accumulations you are likely to see, with the exceptions of the mountains where you may pick up a foot of snow... NJ is also being slammed by this snowstorm... The heaviest of the storm, again, will last at most 5 hours and then begin to kill itself over the land areas... It will continue to spin itself and just spit snow everywhere it can... Reports of snow in DC and Baltimore have come out... up to 2-4 inches of snow could hit Baltimore... As for D.C. i think the most they'll get it 1-3, probably less...There is a very heavy band of snow and wind kind of hanging over the Southwestern CT area and into Long Island that is almost stationary at this point... These areas are picking up 1-3 inches per hour!!! These are the same areas that got 2 or more inches of rain, so they are not pretty much making up for all of it with this heavy wet snow... Earlier on an eye like feature was taking place with this storm, which is very odd, so it really is hurricane like...
Part 2
Not too much of an update on the snowfall totals other than NYC with almost 20 inches!!! Monsey and monroe and Newburgh all have around 15-20 inches now and Binghamton is more than 20 now so we shall see how these all turn out...
Part 3
Some excited news for those of you that are looking outside and wondering just how much snow we got... As of 11:00 AM we have about 6 inches of snow... Now for those of you that are not impressed with this snowfall, keep in mind that its snowing right now at about 2 inches per hour and that could last another 3 or 4 hours!!!! So if you can do the math, that means an addition 6-8 inches is possible + the 6 inches on the ground... That's a 12-14 inch snow total!!!! Which is currently my forecast for the Westport District area... Now if these snow bands can stay together longer than expected don't be surprised if you see 18 inches of snow like in NYC... If they don't hold together we could still have 8-10 inches which is not bad... The biggest snowstorm we've gotten this year was the one i titled "blizzard #2" which hit right before February brake where we get around 9 inches of snow... As of now there is an 85% chance we will be braking that record, making this the biggest snowstorm of the season!!!! I'll keep you updated as often as possible... The 5 day forecast has not changed much, but here it is...
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
