#winter-storm

#winter-storm

The National Weather Service predicted Monday morning that heavy snowfall rates and gusty winds will keep battering the Northeast and spread into New England. The governors of New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and several other eastern states declared states of emergency and urged residents to stay home. Winter storm forecast The NWS said very heavy snowfall rates of at least 2 to 3 inches per hour would persist Monday, along with 40 to 70 mile-per-hour winds.

Nassau and Suffolk counties implemented travel bans for nonessential vehicles on all roads from 9 p.m. Sunday until 9 a.m. Monday. Exceptions include municipal workers, doctors, nurses, hospital workers and other essential workers. The Long Island Rail Road suspended service at 1 a.m. Monday "until weather conditions allow for safe resumption."

Posting on X, the airport said: "Due to adverse weather (Storm Hernando) on the east coast of the US, airlines have cancelled a number of flights due to operate to/from Dublin Airport on Monday." We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review your details and accept them to load the content

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered the city-wide travel ban during a press conference Sunday afternoon, while declaring a State of Emergency for all five boroughs. All city streets, highways and bridges will be closed to non-emergency traffic for the duration of the ban, which starts at 9 p.m. Sunday and will remain in effect until noon Monday. The mayor also announced that New York City Public Schools would have a full snow day on Monday, the first since 2019.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued blizzard warnings for millions of residents in New Jersey, Delaware, Long Island, New York City, and southern Connecticut from Sunday morning through Monday afternoon. "Whiteout conditions are expected and will make travel treacherous and potentially life-threatening," the blizzard warning reads. "The strong winds and weight of snow on tree limbs may down power lines and could cause sporadic power outages."

Yosemite National Park is closed through Friday because of impacts from the winter storm, including heavy snowfall and heavy trees. The National Park Service announced Thursday that the park is closed and that visitors with lodging reservations may still enter the park through Highway 140 at the Arch Rock entrance. Since Monday, Yosemite Valley and the park has received about 4 feet of snow and up to 52 inches in some areas, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford.

Shouldered by sandstone cliffs, these caves in Bayfield, Wisconsin, form when water-and, notably, waves-that would normally flow through the sandstone freezes instead, birthing icicles, columns, and curtains. During the winter of 2015, the caves attracted just shy of 40,000 tourists within a nine-day period, the Associated Press reported at the time.

After close to a month, it's time for New York City drivers to move their cars because alternate side parking is back in effect. "The New York City Department of Transportation announced that Alternate Side Parking Regulations will resume starting Thursday, 2/19. Parking meters will remain in effect," Notify NYC's bulletin said. Alternate side parking rules had been suspended since a winter storm hit the tri-state area in late January, bringing snow and freezing rain.

This week's storm pummeling the Bay Area has already unleashed pouring rain, more than 500 lightning strikes, snowy peaks and reports of hail. And more is on the way - rain will fall all week on the coastal region, with frigid temperatures in the North and South Bay Area, and plenty of snow in the Sierra Nevada by the end of the week.

"There's 30% to 40% chance of thunderstorms on Monday. We could see damaging wind gusts, intense rainfall, water spouts or brief, weak tornadoes." Though it's expected to start drizzling overnight, Angelenos likely won't see heavy rainfall until late Monday afternoon, with showers predicted through the evening. The coasts could see 1 to 2½ inches of rain, with up to 5 inches predicted for the foothills and mountains.

The National Weather Service warned people traveling to and from the Sierra Nevada and its popular ski resorts to expect "major travel impacts" and to use "extreme caution." But there is still time for people to get to their destinations for Presidents Day weekend. Dakari Anderson, a National Weather Service meteorologist in the Sacramento office, told The Associated Press that Saturday through Sunday morning is going to be the "best travel window" ahead of the incoming cold weather system.

Toronto police officers issued more than $2 million in parking tickets to drivers who parked their vehicles along designated snow removal routes in the last two weeks of January, data shows. Police parking enforcement officers handed 21,508 tickets to drivers who parked on snow routes in the city from Jan. 15 to Jan. 30, with each ticket carrying a fine of $100, according to the Toronto Police Service.

A special weather statement for wind gusts up to 80 kilometres per hour and blowing snow has been issued for most of the Greater Toronto Area by Environment Canada. Meanwhile it issued a yellow weather alert for Halton region due to the added risk of significantly reduced visibility from the snow. About four to eight centimetres of snow is expected by Friday evening throughout the GTA, said the national weather agency.

WeatherJapan stays in a very active winter pattern through early next week, with the most reliable snow from Thu night (02/05) through Mon (02/09) and frequent refreshes in Hokkaido. Snow levels sit at or near sea level for much of the period in Hokkaido, and that keeps precipitation as snow even down low while temperatures hold well below freezing. Snow quality should improve as colder air settles in, with SLRs often rising into the 16-19:1 range later in the weekend.

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NEW YORK -- The NBA has announced new dates for four games as a result of the winter storm's impact on the Memphis and Dallas areas. Poor weather last weekend forced the postponement of two scheduled Sunday games: Dallas at Milwaukee and Detroit at Memphis. The Nuggets-Grizzlies game has been rescheduled for March 18, while the Mavericks-Bucks game now will take place March 31.

"By Friday evening into Saturday, the snow will move into the southern Mid-Atlantic and rain over the Southeast." NWS continues: "This rapidly deepening storm system will produce powerful onshore winds along the Mid-Atlantic Coast from the North Carolina Outer Banks northward." "Wind gusts nearhurricane-force will coincide with astronomical high tides, producing moderate to locally significant coastal flooding." NWS also warns of "near-blizzard conditions ... across northeastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia."

stretching across a massive swath of the country from Amarillo, Texas, to familiar winter hotspots like Boston, Massachusetts, and Buffalo, New York. Reports from outlets like CNN indicate that cities like Boston could see more than 36 inches of snow over the course of the weekend, while areas south of the snow line, including Charlotte and Atlanta, are expected to see less snow and more ice, a combination that makes road conditions especially dangerous.

"They were just screaming, telling me to help them," Cheyenne Hangaman told The Associated Press. "And I watched all of them struggle, struggle to stay above the water. I watched all of them fight."

Air travel is showing more signs of recovery after Winter Storm Fern pummelled the country over the weekend. There were around 1,300 canceled flights within, into, or out of the US as of 6:20 a.m. ET on Tuesday, according to data from FlightAware. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport led the charge with 276, followed by Charlotte Douglas with 138. While more flights are likely to be canceled throughout the day, there were about 4,000 such cancellations early on Monday. The day ended with 6,250 canceled flights, per FlightAware. That compares to Sunday's 11,618 canceled flights.

Existing contracts have no provisions for snow removal That's because the city's snow-clearing contracts which were signed in 2021 under former mayor John Tory and don't expire until 2029 don't include any provisions for snow removal. Contracted companies are only responsible for plowing city streets, so they have no obligation to actually take the snow, load it onto dump trucks and drive it out to a storage facility.