An excavator piles up salt on the road in preparation for winter storm Kenan at the Boston Department of Public Works yard on January 28, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The East Coast will be hit with a major blizzard and potential snowstorm starting Friday night, which could bring up to 2 feet of snow for New England and disrupt cities stretching from Virginia to Maine.
About 65 million people winter has been warned As of Friday the sun rises, stretching from South Carolina to New England. These warnings include a near-continuous blizzard warning from Virginia to Maine. These are the first blizzard warnings that most of the East Coast has seen in four years.
The latest projections come as major forecasting models finally came into better agreement early Friday, predicting the storm’s path closer to the coast leading to snowfall forecasts for all all locations from Washington to Boston.
On Friday, a cold front is forecast to bring light to moderate snow to areas in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. This snow has nothing to do with roller coasters.
Through Friday evening, snow associated with the strengthening coastal storm is forecast to begin along coastal areas in the mid-Atlantic and spread northward, increasing in coverage and intensity. Winds will also increase and the risk of coastal flooding will also increase.
Saturday continues to be the most impactful day from New York to Boston with the heaviest snow coinciding with the strongest winds, sometimes with hurricane strength. The snow will end by midday in New York and by evening in Boston.
By Sunday, all of the snow should be off the Maine coast by mid-morning but strong winds could keep it snowing throughout the day.
People push carts full of groceries out of a supermarket as they prepare for an upcoming hurricane in Lynn, Massachusetts on January 28, 2022.
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As of Friday afternoon, more than 3,000 flights in, to or out of the United States had been canceled for Saturday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware, with major cities on the Coast, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. East had the most canceled flights. Boston’s Logan International Airport had more than 300 flights, while New York City’s John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports had 360 and 260 cancellations, respectively. New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport has more than 290 flights.
The highest total snowfall will be on the easternmost Long Island, eastern Massachusetts and coastal Maine. In particular, Southeast Massachusetts is where snow can fall up to 2 to 3 feet thick. This is also where the winds will be strongest and where power is most susceptible to power outages.
Washington will see light snow starting Friday night and 1 to 3 inches in total is expected. Philadelphia is likely to experience a bit more with 4 to 8 inches of snow expected. New York was as visible as feet, with gusts of up to 50 mph. Boston will be the hardest hit city on the East Coast with 18 to 24 inches of snow.
Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency across New Jersey beginning at 5 p.m. Friday.
The storm is forecast to “bring heavy snowfall and gusty winds across the state, accompanied by blizzard conditions in some areas of New Jersey,” he said in a statement Friday afternoon. “Residents should exercise extreme caution, stay off the roads, stay alert and follow all safety procedures.”
A woman inspects snow shovels at Woodside Ace Hardware in Winthrop, Massachusetts on January 28, 2022 as people prepare for an upcoming major storm.
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Officials also said in the statement that the storm was likely to cause “a significant amount of power outages” as heavy snow and high winds were forecast.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul called the storm “deadly severe” during a news conference Friday afternoon and urged people to stay indoors. Hochul, who declared a state of emergency effective at 8 p.m. Friday, asking New Yorkers to get through their workday on Friday and make necessary preparations for worsening conditions, warned that “the best way to deal with this is at home.”
In North Carolina, which is recovering from two recent winter storms, Governor Roy Cooper on Friday told residents to “please stay put” if they live in areas where it would be dangerous to go outside. Saturday morning.
In addition to the major storms, the dangerous cold that covered much of the East, including the roads down to South Florida, will also be a key weather story this weekend.
The next arctic blast will affect the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast starting Friday and lasting through Saturday, with high temperatures forecast to be 10 to 20 degrees below average.
By Sunday, cold air will hit South Florida, where cities like Jacksonville, Orlando and Miami could experience their coldest temperatures in years.
With Miami’s low forecast to dip Sunday morning above 30, that would be the coldest temperature it has experienced since December 2010.
