Winter Storm Watch Issued By the National Weather Service

Light snow will arrive in Philadelphia and New York City by midnight, then CT around 3 a.m.

For areas affected by the winter storm warning, “We are expecting now roughly eight to twelve inches of snow”, says Meteorologist Tim Williams.

Snow may begin in Indy as early as 7 a.m. and the city will see periods of snowfall through the day.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Monroe and some nearby counties starting at 8pm on Monday and running through 8pm on Wednesday. Those areas could see and additional three to five inches of snow and possibly as many as nine inches.

“We’re assuming a very slow and arduous evening commute”, he said. The combination of heavy snow and gusty winds throughout the day on Tuesday will pose a serious threat to travel plans, especially if they don’t include sledding down Locust Walk.

Northern Virginia Community College was set to close at 3:30 p.m. EDT Monday and all of Tuesday.

The last time a mayor cancelled classes twice in one winter was in 2010, when Mayor Michael Bloomberg made the call before two February storms. It was a ideal winter break we.

Although the Highest amounts of snow will be expected along the lake shore region of the county, Jamestown is also expected to get its fair share of snow.

Motorists and commuters should expect delays and hard travel conditions tonight and tomorrow morning. IDOT’s full crew of 350 trucks were out clearing snow from the expressways. If you have a fire hydrant in front of your home, clear the snow from around it.

Tuesday: Snow starts early.

The airline tracker FlightAware has already counted hundreds of canceled flights nationwide, including more than 100 bound for JFK AIrport, and almost 100 bound for both Laguardia and Newark airports. “Who gets 6, 12 or even 18”.

The storm was billed as a potential nor’easter – brutal storms that form along the East Coast as warm air from over the Atlantic Ocean clashes with arctic cold to the north and west. Other travelers dealt with ugly delays.

Totals may range quite a bit from town to town depending on where the heaviest snow bands exactly set up. A group of girls from the University of Iowa are heading to Mexico were anxious the weather would ruin the trip. Herman warns the overnight lows for most of this week might dip down to the teens.