From the National Weather Service
Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1010 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015
...CRIPPLING AND POTENTIALLY HISTORIC BLIZZARD TO IMPACT THE AREA
FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...
CTZ005-NJZ004-103-105-107-NYZ069-070-261115-
O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0001.150126T1800Z-150128T0500Z
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
1010 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT...
* LOCATIONS..NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY WEST OF THE GARDEN STATE
PARKWAY...ROCKLAND AND NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...AND NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 20 TO 30 INCHES. SNOWFALL
RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES...MID TEENS TO MID 20S.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN MONDAY MORNING...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE EVENING RUSH.
SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY MONDAY EVENING...WITH THE
HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS...WITH WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. SECONDARY AND TERTIARY ROADS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY
WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED BEGINNING MONDAY
AFTERNOON...TO ALLOW PEOPLE ALREADY ON THE ROAD TO SAFELY REACH
THEIR DESTINATIONS BEFORE THE HEAVY SNOW BEGINS...AND TO ALLOW
SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT TO BEGIN TO CLEAR ROADS.
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Kind of hoping I don't have to go to work tomorrow afternoon...
10:42 AM PT: From the National Weather Service
Slightly less-torrential snow predicted, but all else still holds.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN FAIRFIELD
COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT.
* SNOWFALL RATES...2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR LATE TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES...LOWER 20S.
* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE UP TO TO 3
INCHES BY SUNSET. SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS FROM ABOUT
MIDNIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.