I would think that is a yes. Now...being on the border of the rain snow line? Do they roll the dice and go with school? My guess is they will wait as long as they can and close. Right now that area is on the border...and the border means nothing. That area could still get clobbered.
and the NWS is officially all in for the following areas. No shocker there FROM THE NWS: Western Passaic-Eastern Passaic-Western Bergen-Orange-Putnam- Rockland-Northern Westchester- 342 PM EST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 10 to 16 inches with localized amounts up to 18 inches are expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast New Jersey and southeast New York. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 4 AM EST Thursday. The heaviest snow is expected in the afternoon when snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour are possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel will be very difficult to impossible, including during the evening commute on Wednesday. Travel will also be difficult during the morning commute. Be prepared for significant reductions in visibility at times. Power outages due to heavy snow weighing down trees or their limbs will be possible.
AND how they break it down time wise: Tonight Snow, mainly after 2am. Low around 32. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. East wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Wednesday Snow. High near 35. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. East wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible. Wednesday Night Snow, mainly before 10pm. Low around 30. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. Northwest wind 10 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Thursday A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. West wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Thursday Night A slight chance of rain showers before 8pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
THIS IS FOR FM: And to show how ballsy of a prediction this is for them...and how on the border....officially right now they are going with this: QUEENS, NY Tonight Snow, mainly after 2am. Low around 35. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. Southeast wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Wednesday Snow before 1pm, then rain and snow, possibly mixed with sleet. High near 37. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible. Wednesday Night Rain and snow likely, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all snow after 10pm, then gradually ending. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Because of potential....think they close because if the other scenario happens, what a nightmare getting the kids home....think they close.
May not ever see a cutoff like this but this map gives you an idea how severe the cutoff will be from 1" to maybe closer to 20". This is why you have to be insane to go out on a limb and say where this cutoff will be but one thing is for sure...it will be there somewhere. Every model suggests that. They just differ where. I really do believe as you get closer to the coast...especially for CT...the numbers are underdone by the models because I'm just not buying this on the coast track. Here is the RGEM...take the numbers seriously but not written in stone...not posting it for numbers...but for cutoffs..check out CT, L.I and Central Jersey...it goes from 1 inch to 20 in about 10 to 20 miles. RGEM: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/rgem/2018030618/rgem_asnow_neus_49.png
CURRENT HAZZARDS/WARNINGS: http://forums.accuweather.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=351142 Yeah...I would agree this is a pretty significant storm. Lordy....
Closings should start piling up over the next 3 hours. Great for them...the good ole days...nothing better.
You know jay, I am not sure they get the same joy we got back in our day when we would have to wake up and listen and finally hear your school on the radio being announced closed. Now an alert on my phone tells me and I either tell them or not bother waking them up. Doesn’t feel the same.
A great radar depecting the two players. One beginning to get its act together aloing the NC coast...and one diving into the Midwest that will pour gasoline on the coastal...and boom. RADAR: https://i.imgur.com/ziLR4O8.gif
Wow...never looked at it like that..how true. Hey...for me? It used to be a fire siren that would go off at 6am. The whole house would be silent and then it would go off for the whole town. One time it didn't go off and I called the school to bitch at them...I was 9. Should have realized then that this weather thing would be a problem for those around me.
I love to see Godzilla Snow Blowers! Yours is by far the biggest one I've seen in quite some time. Anything bigger and you might as well get a front loader! Have fun man. I highly doubt you're gonna see any issues tomorrow.. 34" Blower! U Go Boy!
great day to start getting sick,,,,wake up coughing,,,go out with a buddy to the casino,,,,feel like crap donate some money and came home with fever n chills and slept a bunch of hours,,,,,,,so where we at I gotta read these posts and look and see what I'm missing
and as you can see below, this puppy really gets cranking up north...incredible numbers: .WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... * WHAT... Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches, with localized amounts up to 24 inches in the Berkshires and Green Mountains, are expected. * WHERE...Southern Vermont, northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and Washington County and the Taconics of eastern New York. * WHEN...From 7 AM Wednesday to 7 PM EST Thursday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Plan on very difficult travel conditions, including during the evening commute on Wednesday. Snowfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour are possible Wednesday afternoon into early Wednesday night. Northerly winds gusting to 30 mph Wednesday afternoon into early Wednesday night may result in isolated power outages. Be prepared for significant reductions in visibility at times.
Then you have the latest NAM saying snow for the coast and L.I.? SURE! Again, tough call. NAM: http://forums.accuweather.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=351194
And here she comes...just hit the loop button and refresh. Posted this last storm and this is a GREAT radar. Be patient up north....crazy conditions may not begin to happen until midmorning but when it does? close to 2 inches an hour for perhaps 4 to 6 hours. RADAR: https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=DIX&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
