Cold and Windy Tonight in NYC Metro Area...Winds Gusting to 50+ mph

The 20.0 inches of snow that fell in Central Park was the 6th heaviest snowfall on record. Tonight a Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect and the snow is blowing and drifting with strong winds gusting to over 50 mph. Wind chills are near 10 degrees in New York City. The weather looks dry with moderating temperatures through New Years Day.

1100 PM EST MON DEC 27 2010
CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
CENTRAL PARK CLEAR 25 7 46 W20G33 29.67R WCI 11
LAGUARDIA APRT CLEAR 28 10 46 NW39G53 29.63R WCI 10
KENNEDY INTL PTCLDY 24 9 52 NW22G44 29.66R WCI 9
NEWARK/LIBERTY CLEAR 25 9 50 NW28G37 29.69R WCI 9

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.  Follow George Wright on Twitter at Twitter.com/gwweather.

Snowfall Totals and Wind Gusts from December 26, 2010 Blizzard

The following are snowfall and wind gust reports received by the National Weather Service for the Blizzard of December 26, 2010:

CONNECTICUT
...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
WILTON 18.0 830 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
GREENWICH 17.0 700 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
NEW JERSEY
...BERGEN COUNTY...
LYNDHURST 29.0 230 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
LODI 27.1 700 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
RUTHERFORD 23.0 800 AM 12/27 NJ DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
OAKLAND 22.0 730 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
ESSEX COUNTY...
NEWARK AIRPORT 24.2 700 AM 12/27 ASOS
VERONA 23.0 500 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
MILLBURN 22.5 800 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
CEDAR GROVE 21.1 700 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
BELLEVILLE 19.4 1130 PM 12/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
WEST ORANGE 17.0 1200 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
...HUDSON COUNTY...
SECAUCUS 25.0 800 AM 12/27 NJ DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HARRISON 25.0 800 AM 12/27 CO-OP OBSERVER
JERSEY CITY 23.0 800 AM 12/27 NJ DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HOBOKEN 19.9 800 AM 12/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...PASSAIC COUNTY...
CLIFTON 25.0 800 AM 12/27 NJ DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WAYNE 22.0 915 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
...UNION COUNTY...
ELIZABETH 31.8 700 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
ROSELLE 28.7 710 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
UNION 27.0 745 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
CLARK 27.0 745 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
NEW YORK
...BRONX COUNTY...
SOUNDVIEW PARK HOMES 22.5 800 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
BEDFORD PARK 22.0 600 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
PARKCHESTER 15.7 840 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
...KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY...
SHEEPSHEAD BAY 24.0 700 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
BROOKLYN 17.5 130 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
...NASSAU COUNTY...
OLD BETHPAGE 20.5 907 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
CARLE PLACE 18.1 800 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
LONG BEACH 16.0 245 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
BALDWIN HARBOR 16.0 800 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
NEW YORK COUNTY...
CENTRAL PARK 20.0 700 AM 12/27 ASOS
MANHATTAN 10.0 1020 PM 12/26 SPOTTER-WEST SIDE
...ORANGE COUNTY...
TUXEDO PARK 26.0 255 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
HARRIMAN 26.0 630 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
MONROE 24.0 900 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
NEW WINDSOR 17.5 745 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
NEWBURGH 16.5 900 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
MONTGOMERY 15.0 100 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
MIDDLETOWN 11.0 100 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
...PUTNAM COUNTY...
4 ESE BEACON 15.0 700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
RICHMOND COUNTY...
GREAT KILLS 29.0 900 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
ELTINGVILLE 22.0 800 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
STATEN ISLAND 17.8 800 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
...ROCKLAND COUNTY...
TALLMAN 10.0 1025 PM 12/26 PUBLIC
VALLEY COTTAGE 7.0 730 PM 12/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
NORTH BABYLON 18.5 845 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
UPTON 17.6 700 AM 12/27 NWS OFFICE
CENTEREACH 17.0 930 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
YONKERS 19.5 800 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
MOUNT VERNON 17.0 1115 PM 12/26 BROADCAST MEDIA
CONNECTICUT
...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
GREENWICH 60 1000 PM 12/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT 60 921 PM 12/26 ASOS
DANBURY 60 1031 PM 12/26 ASOS
...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...
NEW HAVEN 60 1201 AM 12/27 ASOS
MADISON 56 345 PM 12/26 PUBLIC
MERIDEN 54 1147 PM 12/26 ASOS
OXFORD 52 1035 PM 12/26 MESONET
MOMAUGUIN 40 1144 PM 12/26 MESONET
...NEW LONDON COUNTY...
NEW LONDON 68 115 AM 12/27 MESONET
GROTON 59 1126 PM 12/26 ASOS
NEW JERSEY
...BERGEN COUNTY...
OAKLAND 40 730 AM 12/27 PUBLIC
TETERBORO 39 723 PM 12/26 ASOS
...ESSEX COUNTY...
NEWARK AIRPORT 51 709 PM 12/26 ASOS
CALDWELL 35 812 PM 12/26 ASOS
NEW YORK
...NASSAU COUNTY...
BAYVILLE 68 1037 PM 12/26 MESONET
KINGS POINT 59 1142 PM 12/26 MESONET
SEAFORD 59 1200 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
FARMINGDALE 52 835 PM 12/26 ASOS
CARLE PLACE 41 1200 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist with Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.

Snowfall Totals for New Jersey and Pennsylvania for December 26, 2010

Snowfall reports from the National Weather Service on Sunday evening, December 26, 2010.

NEW JERSEY
SOMERS POINT 16.3 944 PM 12/26
TABERNACLE 12.5 946 PM 12/26
SOUTHAMPTON TWP 11.5 818 PM 12/26
MOUNT LAUREL 9.3 1001 PM 12/26
MARLTON 8.5 1004 PM 12/26
CAPE MAY 18.0 748 PM 12/26 HARBOR
SCOTCH BONNET 15.8 750 PM 12/26
GREEN CREEK 14.0 745 PM 12/26
MILLVILLE 8.5 929 PM 12/26
SEWELL 7.3 1008 PM 12/26
EWING 11.5 938 PM 12/26
NORTH BRUNSWICK TWP 20.2 1029 PM 12/26
EDISON 17.0 955 PM 12/26
CHEESEQUAKE 15.7 1029 PM 12/26
SOUTH PLAINFIELD 14.0 822 PM 12/26
EAST BRUNSWICK 13.7 822 PM 12/26
SOUTH RIVER 12.6 820 PM 12/26
METUCHEN 10.0 827 PM 12/26
MONROE 18.0 824 PM 12/26
LINCOLN PARK 18.0 958 PM 12/26
POINT PLEASANT BEACH 15.5 946 PM 12/26
TOMS RIVER 14.0 755 PM 12/26
NORTH PLAINFIELD 15.0 822 PM 12/26
HILLSBOROUGH 14.0 1030 PM 12/26
HAMILTON 10.4 1012 PM 12/26
NEWTON 5.0 929 PM 12/26
BLAIRSTOWN 2.9 1020 PM 12/26
PENNSYLVANIA
ALLENTOWN 1.2 700 PM 12/26 AIRPORT
WASHINGTONS CROSSING 6.0 1031 PM 12/26
AMBLER 4.5 930 PM 12/26
BETHLEHEM 2.0 832 PM 12/26
PHILADELPHIA 4.8 700 PM 12/26 AIRPORT
SOMERTON 3.0 557 PM 12/26

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.

Heavy Banding Setting Up from SW Connecticut to Central NJ and NYC...15 to 20" Expected

Radar at 9:30 p.m. continues to show a huge area of snow across New England down into northern Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania. There are heavier bands of snow associated with snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches and possible thunder across southwest CT, NYC, western Long Island and south central New Jersey. These bands will produce heavier snow and inside these bands areas can receive as much as 15 to 20 inches of snow. The storm is about 150 miles south of Long Island. Winds have gusted to 58 mph in Bridgeport, CT and 51 mph at Newark, NJ. Blowing and drifting snow has created blizzard conditions and the Blizzard Warning continues through Monday morning into Monday afternoon. The Viking-Eagle game was postponed until Tuesday night. Look for some sunshine Monday afternoon with snow ending from west to east in the morning.

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.  Follow George Wright's weather forecasts and observations on Twitter at Twitter.com/gwweather.

Blizzard Conditions Tonight for the Northeast...

Heavy snow continues with about 6 inches so far in and around NYC with up to 10 inches in Orange County and coastal Connecticut.  A total of 12.5 inches of snow has fall through 8:30 p.m. in Perth Amboy, NJ.  Blizzard Warnings remain in effect through Monday afternoon.

The NAM FOUS output for La Guardia, Boston and Philadelphia for 1 PM this afternoon produced about 2 feet of snow for Boston and 15 inches for La Guardia. 


BOS//909360 03415 110320 32989593 LGA//919245 -1516 050219 33979693
06043967818 13919 000332 37989594 06060929141 02816 973630 30969593
12058988011 12111 830235 36009696 12056898932 11013 903433 27939491
18070958110 04607 743538 31999495 18027758128 03214 893231 26939191
24023867630 00814 783233 29969292 24000697035 01812 923132 26969492
PHL//859536 -2815 040116 31979493 IPT//737738 00814 113619 24949289
06032939037 01612 983527 28979492 06000767939 02613 063628 24929289
12018898736 02312 963228 25949391 12000748041 06513 033429 23929089
18008758436 04514 963130 24939190 18000745542 00514 033432 23909190

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.

Snowfall Forecast from the National Weather Service..Blizzard of December 26, 2010

The Blizzard of December 26, 2010 continues to dump heavy snow throughout the NYC metro area and parts of New England this evening. The Viking/Eagles game in Philadelphia was postponed this evening and will be played on Tuesday. A heavy band of snow just cross central NJ and interior Monmouth County. The snow will taper off overnight and end by noon on Monday.  Follow George Wright on Twitter.com at http://www.twitter.com/gwweather.


George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.

Blizzard Warning Starts at 6 AM for New York City...2 Feet of Snow Possible in Boston...

Blizzard and Winter Storm Warnings continue for the entire region tonight from Virginia to Maine. Boston could receive upwards of 2 feet of snow. One to one and a half feet of snow is expected in and around New York City with the higher amounts on eastern Long Island. The snow should end by noon on Monday. Here is the latest NAM FOUS for Boston and La Guardia. Boston is forecast to have about 2 feet of snow and La Guardia about 16 inches assuming a 10:1 ratio.

BOS//605443 02013 153203 29989895 LGA//587259 01516 153403 30009592
06000748461 02415 150306 28999591 06000768651 03416 140108 29989391
12002988250 00216 140414 30999592 12002908256 -2516 130209 29979392
18006968658 -3116 110420 32999693 18001929143 -0716 060119 33989794
24023969530 12116 010334 37989694 24049949435 09014 980129 33989695
30069979310 10010 860239 38009698 30072909030 08812 903432 28959592
36075967216 -1809 753638 33999695 36037808427 02112 893230 27949191
42025928721 00312 793331 29989293 42000717628 -0714 923228 26979291
48003717031 -1014 883231 25949189 48000562616 03315 983228 23949390
54000656728 -1212 943128 22919590 54000672016 04516 033124 22949290
60000622013 07611 983126 20909490 60000774731 01914 073019 27949792

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.

Blizzard Warning for New York City, Coastal CT and Long Island on Sunday Through Monday

A Blizzard Warning will be in effect from 6 AM Sunday through Monday for New York City, Long Island and coastal CT. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect elsewhere. Accumulations of 12 to 18 inches with the highest amounts over eastern LI and southeast CT through Monday morning. Winds will gust to 50 mph. More on this developing storm this weekend.


George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.