Big Apple Blizzard

New York City forecast from the NWS…

ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
354 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2010

NYZ072-262130-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
354 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2010

…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY…

.TODAY…SNOW LIKELY THIS MORNING…THEN SNOW WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON WITH VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. BLUSTERY. NEAR
STEADY TEMPERATURE AROUND 30. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP
TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SNOW NEAR 100 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…SNOW WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN
SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE
EVENING WITH VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES. WINDY WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER
20S. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. CHANCE OF
SNOW NEAR 100 PERCENT.

…You don’t see that everyday!

Blizzard warnings are in effect along the East Coast all the way from Maine to southern New Jersey as a big powerhouse of a low off the North Carolina coast moves to east of New York city this afternoon and stalls.

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