Winter Storm Pounds US Northeast, Thousands Of Flights Canceled And Schools Closed

The drop in pressure, sometimes known as “explosive cyclogenesis”, results in the build up of strong winds as well as wet and stormy conditions.

“This is going to be a lot of snow very quickly”, Connecticut Department of Transportation spokesman Kevin Nursick said. This happened a bit with the snow that eastern Long Island had on Friday, March 10. On Monday-a full day ahead of the storm’s impact on the Northeast-2,337 flights were canceled across the US and 6,461 were delayed.

“As you head north into Westchester and northeast New Jersey up to a foot is still possible for the north”, he added.

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.

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.

Frenzied New Yorkers spent Monday preparing for the frightful storm by stocking up on shovels and groceries.

The total daytime accumulation is estimated to be two to four inches, the service says.

A blizzard watch has also been issued from New York City and Long Island to southern CT, southern Rhode Island and portions of southeastern MA, including Boston. Suffolk and Ocean counties are the areas most likely to see sleet, rain and coastal erosion.

More than 5,500 flights were canceled and over 1,500 more were delayed Tuesday, reported airline-tracking website FlightAware.

The New York governor said during a call that above-ground MTA service will be suspended at 4 a.m. Tuesday.

A powerful winter blizzard that sparedNew York City the worst of its wrath still wreaked havoc across much of the north east on Tuesday, with more than two feet of snow expected to fall in MA along with winds above 70 miles per hour. “Damaging wind gusts possible across Long Island and coastal CT”.

According to the advisory, the snow will start developing Monday afternoon and increase in intensity Monday night before tapering off to snow showers for Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Regardless the heaviest snow will fall in the overnight hours Monday night into Tuesday. We are somewhat unaccustomed to this much snow – its been nearly three months since we have received a significant snowfall.