So much for my behind-the-scenes tour of the new Fulton Street transit center (postponed) and weekend travel plans (cancelled). Stay safe! From the National Weather Service: Kings (brooklyn) Blizzard Warning in effect from 6AM EST FRI until 1PM EST SAT
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. LOCATIONS NEW YORK CITY SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND COASTAL PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. HAZARD TYPES HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. ACCUMULATIONS SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WITHIN DEVELOPING SNOW BANDS. WINDS NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 20S BY FRIDAY EVENING. VISIBILITIES ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TIMING THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IMPACTS HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION SOME TREE LIMBS WILL BE DOWNED CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
"Blizzard of Warnings"
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