All planes, trains, automobiles, and buses can not function in this weather and according to reports, the snow totals across Greater New York have begun their climb, with the latest forecasts putting the five boroughs within a snowball’s throw of a record-breaking snowstorm. Read more after the jump!!
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(WSJ)–The most intense mesoscale band of snowfall has set up directly over New York City and southwest Connecticut, where steady snowfall throughout the day on Sunday has already accumulated four to six inches of snow in Brooklyn, Queens and Nassau County. This hyper-intense band of snowfall is likely to remain parked over the metro area throughout the night, contributing about two inches of snow per hour through Monday morning. When it’s all over, the two-day snowfall record of 26.9 inches (set in February 2006) could be broken. Thundersnow is still a possibility.

The biggest factor in determining if we break the snow record will be the wind. Ironically, the very energy that is driving the storm — a jetstream screaming high above Greater New York at the speed of a Category Four hurricane — will be what reduces its snow-making potential. By disrupting the ice crystals during their formation stage, the high winds will steal nearly a foot of “fluffiness” from the snow, causing the white stuff to fall in much more compact shapes and sizes. Gusts in Suffolk County have already reached 58 mph, well above the ideal snow-making range.

Historic Blizzards: Sixty-three years ago today, New York experienced another epic snowstorm: the North American Blizzard of 1947. Accounts from that day describe a city paralyzed — cars and buses were abandoned in the streets and neighbors took refuge in the few houses lucky enough to stockpile heating coal. The images of Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. are incredible.