By STEVE LeBLANC (Associated Press)
BOSTON (AP) — A significant winter storm bringing heavy snow and freezing rain to some communities unfold throughout New England on Sunday morning, sending residents scurrying to tug out their shovels and snowblowers to clear sidewalks and driveways.
Winter storm warnings and watches have been in impact all through the Northeast, and icy roads made for hazardous journey as far south as North Carolina.
The Northeast snow got here as a Sierra Nevada storm packing heavy snow shut down a stretch of interstate Saturday and briefly knocked out energy to tens of hundreds in Reno, Nevada.
More than 13,000 electrical prospects in California have been with out energy Sunday morning.
Some communities in Massachusetts had already recorded almost a foot of snow by Sunday morning, in accordance with the National Weather Service. More than 16,000 electrical prospects within the state have been with out energy.
Snow totals have been decrease for coastal communities, with Boston reporting simply a few inches. The snow was anticipated to proceed all through the day, with some areas topping out at greater than a foot.
The storm reached into Maine with some places seeing snow totals of as much as 12 inches — with domestically larger quantities over southern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine. Wind gusts up 35 mph (56 kph) may add to blowing and drifting snow. Moderate to heavy snow was anticipated to proceed in Vermont, with whole snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches (15.2 to 30.5 centimeters).
The climate service mentioned the “major winter storm” would proceed into Sunday night, with snow in elements of New England and rain and freezing rain in areas the central Appalachian mountains.
The storm introduced principally rain to New York City however counties to the north and west noticed double-digit snow totals by Sunday morning. Millbrook in Dutchess County, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of New York, recorded a foot of snow. Port Jervis in Orange County measured 13 inches (33 centimeters).
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul mentioned Saturday that she anticipated two-thirds of her state to get 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow or extra, “fortunately missing some of our more populated areas downstate, the Long Island and New York City.”
“It’s going to be the first major snowstorm of the year and we’re ready for it,” she instructed Spectrum News.
In the West, a winter storm warning was in impact by way of Saturday evening within the Sierra Nevada from south of Yosemite National Park to north of Reno, the place the climate service mentioned as a lot as 20 inches (51 centimeters) of snow may fall within the mountains round Lake Tahoe with winds gusting as much as 100 mph (160 kph) over ridgetops.
The California Highway Patrol mentioned quite a few spinouts and collisions pressured the momentary closure of I-80 for a number of hours from west of Truckee, California, to the state line west of Reno.
The climate service mentioned that system would proceed to deliver heavy mountain snow and coastal rain in a single day earlier than shifting into central and Southern California, then off to the Southwest and the southern Rockies.
The East Coast system was anticipated to trace alongside the northeastern shoreline all through the weekend,
The National Weather Service mentioned a foot of snow was reported in elements of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and greater than 11 inches reportedly fell in Jim Thorpe. Sussex County in New Jersey had 11 inches.
While warnings have been being canceled and freeway reduced-speed limits and different restrictions have been lifted Sunday, forecasters have been nonetheless cautioning motorists of spotty freezing rain and black ice that made for hazardous driving in elements of southeast Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey.
In Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, the National Weather Service declared a winter storm warning from 4 p.m. Saturday by way of 1 a.m. Monday, with snow accumulations of between 6 and 12 inches and winds gusting as excessive as 35 mph (56 kph).
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu mentioned town was getting ready for the storm however wasn’t anticipating it to be a significant occasion, and the timing of the snow over the weekend meant it could possible have much less of an affect on metropolis life. Storm surges have been additionally not anticipated.
Ice arrived early Saturday to some western North Carolina and southern Virginia areas, starting from a superb coating to round a quarter-inch (6.4 millimeters).
Forecasters additionally warned of one other Northeast storm Tuesday into Wednesday that’s anticipated to deliver a number of inches of rain to already saturated floor that might lead to some flooding and probably damaging winds that might topple timber and energy traces. The storm may additionally lead to coastal flooding.
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Associated Press reporters Ron Todt in Philadelphia and Carolyn Thompson contributed to this report.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”