Forecast: Snowfall amounts upgraded for most of Philadelphia region

A blizzard warning has been issued for New York City and much of the tri-state area beginning at midnight Tuesday as Winter Storm Stella threatens to dump as much as 18 inches of snow.

Sandwiched between days that felt like spring last week and the official start of spring next week, a “life-threatening” nor’easter is poised to bring a reminder that winter isn’t over yet in the U.S. mid-Atlantic and Northeast. All of this follows the second warmest February on record, because weather doesn’t much care for making sense.

The UN headquarters in NY announced it would close before the storm hit, and much of Wall Street was expected to work from home Tuesday due to the weather. Refreeze of snow, which can create black ice on roads, can be expected most nights this week. Coastal flood warnings were in effect from MA to Delaware.

Barely more than an inch and a half of snow was reported at Reagan National Airport, while the White House reported 2.5 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

New England will continue to see snow overnight into Wednesday (15 March) when the worst of the storm is expected to be over.

Hundreds of flights were canceled ahead of the storm, according to the tracking service FlightAware.

Some lake enhancement will result in higher amounts of snow.

“At this moment we are not in that scenario, but that could change”, said de Blasio. For most of MA, it is expected to begin prior to 8 a.m.

“The storm is going to start, and when it starts, it’s going to snow hard, and it’s going to snow quickly”, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said.

Forecasts had called for between 20 and 30 inches of snow in the city. Peak snowfall for the Washington, D.C. area is expected early Tuesday morning and will be followed by lighter afternoon showers. While snowfall totals appear to be down across the board, there are still several cities forecasted to get up to two feet of snow over the course of the day Tuesday. “Damaging wind gusts possible across Long Island and coastal CT”.

Storm Team 4 says the system will pull away from the tri-state between between 6 p.m.to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Wind gusts are likely to top 40 miles per hour at the height of the storm, creating blizzard conditions and possibly breaking tree limbs and threatening sporadic power outages.