Overview
- Lake‑effect snow warnings remain in place for multiple upstate New York counties, including Oswego and northern Cayuga, and for Northeast Ohio’s snowbelt, with narrow bands producing whiteouts and snowfall rates up to 3–4 inches per hour.
- New York City and nearby suburbs recorded the season’s first widespread accumulations, with official reports of 1.1 inches in Central Park and 2.6 at JFK, while parts of New Jersey, Long Island and the Philadelphia region saw 3–7 inches.
- Air travel disruptions mounted as the storm moved through, with FlightAware reporting over 1,000 delays and more than 100 cancellations nationwide and FAA ground stops and lengthy delays reported at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark.
- Power outages were scattered across the region, with roughly 15,000 customers without power in Pennsylvania, about 14,700 in New Jersey, around 4,000 in New York and approximately 7,400 in Ohio, according to poweroutage.us.
- Gusts of 25–40 mph and subzero wind chills are driving blowing snow and rapid refreeze hazards into Monday, as officials urge people to avoid nonessential travel and New York City activates DSNY’s Snow Alert and Code Blue outreach.