Overview
- Winter Storm Warnings cover New York City and much of the Tri-State, with 5–9 inches expected, locally over 10 inches, and peak snowfall rates of 1–2 inches per hour from late Friday into Saturday.
- More than 23 million people are under winter storm warnings, with the heaviest snow forecast overnight and the NWS alert window generally from 4 p.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday.
- Air travel is severely disrupted, with more than 1,700 U.S. flight cancellations reported by midafternoon and roughly half clustered at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark.
- New Jersey declared a state of emergency and imposed highway restrictions, while New York City issued a travel advisory and pre-deployed plows as leaders urged residents to avoid driving.
- An Ice Storm Warning in western Pennsylvania calls for 0.2–0.3 inches of ice with likely power outages, and forecasters track a second system late Sunday into Monday followed by a push of Arctic air.