Weather forecast reports that the snow will continue heavily into Friday morning. “The snow will then gradually become less steady and lighter into Friday night…before tapering off to light snow or snow showers on Saturday.”

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Winter Storm Warning for Hudson, NJ

until 6 am EST, Sat., Feb. 27, 2010
Issued by The National Weather Service
New York City, NY
4:52 pm EST, Thu., Feb. 25, 2010

… WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY…

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE… HEAVY AT TIMES… INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY BECOME LESS STEADY AND LIGHTER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT… BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY.

FOR NOW EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES… WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE… ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF ORANGE… PASSAIC… AND BERGEN COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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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… A MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…

.A DEVELOPING STORM SOUTH OF CAPE COD THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHWEST TO EASTERN PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE OVERNIGHT… THEN PERFORMS A LOOP OVER THE TRI-STATE INTO FRIDAY… BEFORE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND WEAKENING ON SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL EVENTUALLY BRING SNOW TO THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE BY FRIDAY… WITH THE RAIN-SNOW LINE GRADUALLY MOVING EAST FROM THE EASTERN NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA TONIGHT.

THIS WILL BE A HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS THE TRI-STATE… AND WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT THAN USUAL TO SHOVEL… POSSIBLY CAUSING BACK INJURIES IF NOT HANDLED PROPERLY.

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.