Snow Emergency Declared

Monday - Midday Update
Here is the latest on our snow storm from Megan Russ in the SmithtownRadio.com Weather Center...

>Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has declared a snow emergency for Suffolk County. He says this will help recieve federal and state emergency fudning if need be down the road
>A Winter Storm Warning is in effect until 6 pm et
>A foot of snow accumulation thus far outside SmithtownRadio.com studios
>LIPA: No major outages
>LIRR: The LIRR is experiencing delays of 10-15 minutes due to weather-related conditions.

...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
PM EST THIS EVENING.

BANDS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO
THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
THIS MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF LULL...THIS SNOW WILL ALSO RETURN TO
EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT BY LATE MORNING.

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL
BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 TO 12 INCHES IN ORANGE AND
WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTIES...8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE NEW YORK CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA...9 TO 13 INCHES IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND 10
TO 15 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND.

NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS
THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB
SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES.

$$

Winter Storm Warning: Overnight Update

Here is the latest from Megan Russ in the SmithtownRadio.com Weather Center:

>No school Monday

>Winter Storm Warning in effect until Mon 6 pm et

>10+ inches of snow expected for most of island

...MAJOR SNOWSTORM TO IMPACT TRI-STATE AREA OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WILL TRACK
NORTHEAST...PASSING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND MONDAY
MORNING. THE LOW WILL THEN PROCEED UP INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BY
MONDAY EVENING. STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL
PROVIDE THE COLD AIR FOR A MAINLY SNOW EVENT...WITH SOME SLEET
MIXING IN LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN
CONNECTICUT AND THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND.

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-021030-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090302T2300Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-
EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
909 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY.

A STEADY SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND
INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT FOR SLEET
TO MIX IN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE TWIN FORKS OF
LONG ISLAND AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM...BUT FOR THE MOST PART
THIS WILL BE AN ALL SNOW EVENT. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER
ORANGE AND WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTIES...TO 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS
CENTRAL LONG ISLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT. SOMEWHAT LOWER
AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE TWIN FORKS OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND
AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT DUE TO THE SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH
SLEET. FOR THE NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA...8 TO 12 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.

SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO
OCCASIONALLY 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH
VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB
SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES.

$$

Banquet Forecast

(SmithtownRadio.com) - Megan Russ in the SmithtownRadio.com Weather Center is calling for a very cold evening Wednesday for the East Senior Banquet.

A low of 14 is forecasted with partly cloudy skies. The wind chill is going to drop to zero Wednesday evening.

Megan's forecast be can heard thirty minutes past any hour on http://www.smithtownradio.com/ or anytime on the Web site.

Snow Storm Expected Tues

(SmithtownRadio.com) - Despite tying a record high temperature of 52 degrees in Islip Monday, SmithtownRadio.com's Megan Russ is hard at work tracking an approaching snowstorm.

Light snow flurries are expected to across the island after midnight. Snow will gradually become steadier during the morning before turning to all snow Tuesday afternoon. While roadways will be wet for Tuesday morning’s commute, the heaviest of snow is expected during the Tuesday evening commute.

On average, about 3- to 4-inches of snow is expected by Tuesday evening.

You can hear Megan's forecast at thirty minutes past every hour on SmithtownRadio.com.