Here’s one forecast of snow depths for the coast: NBC New York THE SNOW! Updates every hour on News 4 or download the FREE Storm Team 4 app. At least 1,900 flights already have been canceled to and from New York and DC. School has been canceled in Washington DC. Snow depth is expected to increase from a matter of inches at midday to up to a foot and beyond by Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday. Visit the National Weather Service web site for the latest information about weather warnings – and to admire their maps – and visit ou r resources page for travel advisories, flight cancellations, forecasts and more. Welcome to our live blog coverage as a sizable snowstorm settles in in the northeastern Untied States. A winter storm warning is in effect through tonight in dozens of counties from Indiana, up the Ohio River valley, along the Blue Ridge Parkway, through DC, New York and Boston all the way to southern New Hampshire. New York City appeared to be on track to match, by 22 January, its average annual snowfall total of 28 inches.Visit our resources pagefor local weather and emergency planning information.State agencies and utilities dispatched emergency crews and prepared snow removal equipment. Thousands of flights were canceled and travel warnings were issued, with residents encouraged to stay indoors. The federal government closed Tuesdays and states in the region sent workers home early.A whopping 20 inches of snow was reported outside the storm warning area, in Indiana along the southern coast of Lake Michigan.State and local officials encouraged commuters to allow extra time for the trip home. Snow was predicted to accumulate quickly, at the rate of 1-2 inches an hour, in some areas.Visit the NOAA for the latest emergency warnings. A winter storm warning was in effect as snow began to accumulate rapidly in West Virginia and along the coast, where more than a foot of new snow was forecast for some areas.Grantland post from FiveThirtyEight: How bad WILL the weather be for the Super Bowl? by January 21, 2014 Visit our resources page for local emergency planning and response information.Officials urged residents to stay home who could do so. Commuters were urged to return home as early as possible. The upper 90 highs will combine with high humidity levels to make if feel like 104-109 this afternoon. Thousands of flights were canceled, and delays and service changes were reported on all major highways and rail lines. Heat Advisory: Eastern North Carolina is under a Heat Advisory through 8pm Thursday.Boston canceled classes for Wednesday. Federal offices were closed today. Massachusetts canceled its state-of-the-state address. New Jersey and Delaware declared states of emergency, and other states sent workers home early and dispatched snow removal equipment and emergency response crews.A winter storm warning was in effect across the region. Cold temperatures with wind chills in the single digits were expected to follow on the heels of the precipitation.The snow is expected to last late into the night. Snow accumulation approached double digits in some areas as a major winter storm lumbered into the northeast.
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