throughout the New York City region and move through Long Island a few hours later, Roys said. Here are snowfall totals from Monday's storm. Snowfall rates of 1-2'/hr are possible Fri with the. The heavy precipitation should end by 10 a.m. NEW YORK (WABC) - Some places got more than a foot of snow from the winter storm, while others saw barely a trace across the Tri-State Area. A heavy lake effect snow band is expected to develop late Thu pm across the Tug Hill of NY, and shift NW into S St. Howard Beach 7.0 inches Little Neck 5.

“There’s a heavy snow band moving through eastern Long Island for the next few hours.” Here are some of the preliminary snow totals for New York and New Jersey from the National Weather Service, as of 8:50 a.m. “The storm that we talked about yesterday is doing what we expected it to be doing,” Roys said early Friday. 40 years ago, snow caught Queens - and Lindsay - by surprise. Elsewhere in the city, 5.5 inches fell in Central Park, where the snowfall was expected to taper off by midmorning, AccuWeather meteorologist Tyler Roys told The Post. LaGuardia Airport in Queens tallied 8.4 inches of snow as of 7 a.m., while 5.5 inches were recorded at John F. Summerlike heat threatens records in western US as East rides temperature roller coasterĪ quick-moving winter storm dumped more than 8 inches of snow on the New York City region early Friday, snarling commutes and causing headaches at area airports, forecasters and officials said. Warm and wet winter coming due to El Niño and climate change: NOAA Why more men than women die in hurricanes, extreme weather: researchers It's gonna take time for the calcium chloride and the salt to really do its job 'cause we're not gonna get much help from Mother Nature and we're certainly not gonna get much help on the overnight because it's just gonna get colder and darker,' he said.Death Valley National Park now home to a lake after tropical storm ravaged area NYC Sanitation Commissioner Edward Grayson on. The key thing for everyone to think about now is you're gonna have, coupled with the fact that it's really, really cold, you're gonna have some residual snow on the roads. Up to 6 inches were forecast for parts of New York and New Jersey on Friday, but even more fell in some areas across the region.

'I think we're gonna see fully plowed streets a little later this evening, where we've made at least a pass. The commissioner says crews will continue to work through the night to get things cleared away. We're making progress through every route in the city,' Grayson said. 'The key thing with a storm like this, it's been snowing for so many hours, it's only finally starting to taper off, so we just ask those homeowners to have patience, but we're certainly making the rounds and you're gonna see plows tonight. The department also has 280,000 tons of salt, along with 1,800 plows and 700 salt spreaders at their disposal.ĭSNY crews were working 12-hour days with some additional plow support from the Department of Transportation and the Parks Department. To prepare for the storm, DSNY started pretreating 700 miles of city streets two days ago. We're asking everyone to still be careful out here,' Department of Sanitation Commissioner Edward Grayson said. That's multiple pieces running a coordinated pass spreading salt behind it. Sanitation crews have been crisscrossing the city, making multiple passes as the strong winds made it difficult to make progress, especially on the highways. The sanitation department asks that when clearing off your car, put the snow against a building or on the curb instead of in the street or bike lanes.

'They can pile up the snow against the cars, and then the temperature at night can go down and it turns into ice, so it's better to get it done now,' he said. Wayne Kiladitis was digging out his car, hoping the snow from plows don't block him in. Snow totals in Queens were among the highest in the city, up to 11 inches.

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