The National Weather Service still cautions drivers to be careful Thursday morning, as wet roadways could be slushy and slippery in some areas.
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Bay Shore, New York is on Long Island.
The forecast predicts 3 to 7 inches of snow throughout central IN from late Friday through Saturday night.
“If the current forecast pans out, this nor’easter will dump more snow on Washington, Philadelphia and NY than the three earlier storms combined”, CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said.
By Saturday morning, heavy snow will stretch from Minnesota to Kentucky. He said the Regina area could expect winds gusting up to 70 kilometres per hour. Port Richmond on Staten Island got 13.8 inches.
Brown reported the largest concentration of outages in White Sulphur Springs, where 4,000 were without power as of late Wednesday morning. The fourth significant snow storm in three weeks slammed the US Northeast yesterday, canceling thousands of flights, closing schools and shutting federal offices on the second day of spring. From Sussex County in New Jersey through far northern Monroe County as well as Luzerne County in Pennsylvania, snowfall totals quickly dropped off from 6 inches to 3 inches to less than an inch over a very short distance, let’s say 30 miles or so. The daily snowfall records for this time of year are below 10 inches for Central Park.
The Maryland State Highway Administration said it had deployed 2,500 pieces of equipment – mostly plow trucks – stay on top of the storm. State offices were closed Wednesday due to the storm, but Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said they would reopen Thursday.
The way snow looks two days after a storm is bad to me.
Metro-North railroad has resumed regular weekday service, though it’s had some weather-related delays.
The relatively warmth of the ground temperatures kept many pipes from freezing.
As of Thursday evening, Scott and Carver counties were under a winter storm warning, while Hennepin and Dakota counties were under a winter storm watch; there were no advisories in effect for Ramsey, Washington and Anoka counties.
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The storm faded as it reached New England, which received less snow than had been forecast, Chenard said.
