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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 7:32 am
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hoosiereph
 
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Originally Posted by HWGeeks
you all are a bunch of punks afraid of snow...
The snow storm in NYC isn't even going to be bad according to local reports. They are calling it a plowable storm meaning plow once and thats it.

So JFK and LGA and EWR shouldn't even have any trouble. Philly might.
The official advisory for WAS, not a city accustomed to large amounts of snow:
Accumulations... this storm is likely to produce 12 or more
inches of snow in the watch area... with a good chance for
localized amounts over 20 inches.

* Timing... snow is expected to begin late morning Friday...
continuing through Saturday evening.

* Temperatures... highs in the lower to mid 30s Friday. Friday
night and Saturday... temperatures will be 25 to 30 degrees.

* Winds... east 5 to 10 mph Friday and Friday night... becoming
north 10 to 20 mph Saturday. Gusts Saturday around 25 mph.
I'm in WAS. UVAhoo06 says he's flying ex-WAS. On the 12/19 storm, DCA closed at 1100A on 12/19 (although the vast majority of flights were cancelled even earlier), and remained closed over 24 hours.

Since yesterday afternoon, NWS advisories have warned:
This storm has the potential to be similar to the December 19th
storm. Plan for substantial disruptions to travel Friday
afternoon through the weekend.
DL should get on the ball.

Last edited by hoosiereph; Feb 4, 2010 at 7:34 am Reason: Edited to fix tags.
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