THE LATEST: The Blizzard Warning for Long Island has been cancelled by the National Weather Service, but dangerous travel and storm impacts linger with blowing snow and dangerous travel lingering.
STORM SNOW TOTALS
More than 2 feet of snow has fallen in much of Suffolk County. Islip reported its could officially become the biggest snowstorm on record. The previous record was 27.8", but as of this afternoon 29.1" of snow has fallen. This surpasses the blizzard of 1978 and Blizzard of 2013. The National Weather Service will review this in the coming days and make an official announcement.
Storm ending
The last of the snow showers and flurries are leaving Long Island, but travel is not recommended with poor visibility from blowing and drifting snow.
Travel delays to continue, power outages possible
While the snow, other than flurries, has ended - the wind will stay strong this evening. The wind will gust from 20 to 40 mph this evening and gradually drop to 15 to 30 mph overnight.
Major travel delays will likely linger into Tuesday. High snow amounts and blowing and drifting snow could be as high as 5 feet, and it will take time to remove all of the snow to make the roads safe and to completely restore any power outages.
More snow this week?!
Believe it or not, we are watching two other weather systems for later in the week that will not be anything close to what this blizzard brought Long Island, but any additional snow is not anything we need to try to deal with following this storm, of course. Here is the latest:
WEDNESDAY MORNING:
A quick round of snow or mixed rain and snow showers Wednesday morning:
THURSDAY P.M.
The second system on Thursday afternoon and evening could be more impactful with a couple of inches of new snow or even some ice or freezing rain. We are watching this closely for further Long Island weather impacts.
Tonight: Cloudy with lingering flurries, but drying out. Watch out for blowing snow and reduced visibility at times. Gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Wind chill values between 10 and 15. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30. West wind 10 to 20 mph.
Wednesday: The potential of more snow. Rain and snow likely, becoming all rain after 10am, then gradually ending. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.