A classic nor'easter was chugging along up the East Coast and expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date for a type of storm more associated with midwinter.
A mix of rain and snow was falling in the mid-Atlantic, with more snow farther inland. The storm has already knocked out power to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia.
Flight delays are reported of three hours at Philadelphia International Airport; five hours at John F. Kennedy and Laguardia in New York City; and six hours at Newark Liberty. Teterboro Airport in New Jersey is closed.
The National Weather Service said that as of 2 p.m. today Central Park recorded 1.3 inches of snowfall - the most to fall there in October since snowfall records were kept beginning in 1869. Forecasters say New York could see up to four inches. Hartford, Conn., Allentown, Pa., and Worcester, Mass., were among the cities that could get up to a foot of snow, forecasters said.
In Boston, afternoon rain will turn to snow overnight, bringing up to three inches. Cherry Grove, W.Va., on the edge of the Monongahela National Forest, got 4 inches of snow overnight, according to the National Weather Service.
Wind from the NNE (020 degrees) at 16 MPH (14 KT) gusting to 22 MPH (19 KT) (direction variable)
Visibility 3/4 mile(s)
Sky conditions overcast
Weather Ice pellets, snow
Mist
Precipitation last hour 0.06 inches
Temperature 33 F (1 C)
Windchill 23 F (-5 C)
Dew Point 33 F (1 C)
Relative Humidity 100%
Pressure (altimeter) 29.85 in. Hg (1010 hPa)
Pressure tendency falling rapidly
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