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New York City Faces Heaviest December Snowfall in a Decade
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December 15, 2020
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0:50Now PlayingA foot or more of snow could blanket the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast starting Wednesday, snarling travel and sparking power outages while bringing New York its worst December storm in 10 years.
New York could get 12 to 18 inches (30 to 46 centimeters) of snow starting Wednesday afternoon, although a slight shift in the storm’s track may cut that total almost in half, the National Weather Service said. The heaviest snow will land in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey, where as much as two feet may pile up.
“There is going to be a large swath from central Pennsylvania to southern New England that could see over a foot,” said Tyler Roys, a meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. “It’s been a while since we’ve had such an impactful storm.”
The storm threatens to snarl road, rail and air traffic throughout the eastern U.S., just as trucks carrying Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine from Michigan fan out across the country and carriers are burdened with holiday packages. It’s also likely to touch off power outages and cast many people working from home into the dark, said Zack Taylor, a forecaster with the U.S. Weather Prediction Center.
Winter storm warnings and watches, as well as weather advisories, stretch from South Carolina to Massachusetts. In addition to New York, Washington could get as much as 4 inches, and Philadelphia and Boston may see 9 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
“The heaviest amounts will be west of the I-95 corridor,” Taylor said.
Cold air will descend from Canada overnight Tuesday into Wednesday and drive temperatures down, said Rob Carolan, a meteorologist at Hometown Forecast Services, which provides forecasts to Bloomberg Radio.
The heaviest snow will probably miss the ski areas of northern New England in favor of slopes in southern New York and Pennsylvania, as well as the Berkshires, Carolan said.
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