St. Francis Academy

Due to the snow storm tomorrow – Monday, March 2, 2009 – the school announced that the classes are suspended. Hudson County is expected to experience a potential of 8-12 inches of snow accumulations. Read below for the Severe Weather Alert from the weather forecast.

Winter Storm Warning for Hudson County, NJ
from 6 pm EST, Sun., Mar. 1, 2009 until 6 pm EST, Mon., Mar. 2, 2009
Issued by The National Weather Service
New York City, NY
4:11 pm EST, Sun., Mar. 1, 2009

… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY…

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY.

A STEADY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE TRI-STATE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT FOR SLEET TO MIX IN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM… BUT FOR THE MOST PART THIS WILL BE AN ALL SNOW EVENT. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER ORANGE AND WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTIES… TO 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL LONG ISLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT. SOMEWHAT LOWER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE TWIN FORKS OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT DUE TO THE SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET. FOR THE NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA… 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.

SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO OCCASIONALLY 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW… SLEET… AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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… MAJOR SNOWSTORM TO IMPACT TRI-STATE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY…

.LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST THIS EVENING WILL TRACK NORTHEAST… PASSING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND MONDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL THEN PROCEED UP INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BY MONDAY EVENING. STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL PROVIDE THE COLD AIR FOR A MAINLY SNOW EVENT… WITH SOME SLEET MIXING IN LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND.