Blizzard warning for NY

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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ- KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-QUEENS NY- RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-UNION NJ- 1231 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2003
... BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM TIME TO TIME... AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW WINDS DOWN LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CONNCTICUT... WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE 5 BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY AND METRO NEW JERSEY.

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUST TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SO ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME IF YOU MUST TRAVEL.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR, WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED, SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

[Kahuna]

1. No kidding! It's been snowing all day here...

I hope somebody knows they better come to my house to dig my car out. Humph!

[Don_G]

2. I Know Everyone Stocked Up On Food And Stuff

But did everyone remember the Kitty Litter? Those boxes can get ripe and - besides - it's good for traction on the ice too.

[starroute]

3. Being grateful for the mere 8" here in PA . . .

Just came in from shoveling, and gosh I'm glad it wasn't another 20 or 30 incher for us.

Good luck, NYers.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. Snowing here in Mass-10" in Boston so far, more South and West of the City

I'm getting ready to cook up a storm myself!

[SoCalDem]

5. Mmmmmmm...Blizzzzzzzzzards