Areas along the I-95 corridor have already had their change over from freezing rain, ice and sleet, to all rain. In NYC, and Boston however, things are still coming down frozen. Within the next half hour to an hour NYC will have all their precipitation change over to rain, so conditions will begin to improve, but it looks like just north of there things may become historic. NYC into coastal CT, and back north and west into parts of NJ has an Ice storm warning now in effect, which has not happened in years. This is a major problem. An Ice storm warning basically calls for a 1/2 inch of more of Ice. So just to recap, north of the city into coastal CT and NJ will have the worst of the ice. We're talking widespread power outages, impassable roads, and ice accumulation of more than 1/2 inch, maybe even close to an inch of ice. Some future casts suggest by noon this storm is actually completely gone, which if that was the case we may not really have a turn over in coastal CT and northern NJ. If, however, it lasts longer, by 9 AM- 10 AM we will probably see a change over to rain, but not heavy. The heaviest precip will come down as ice.
-Scott Pecoriello
