While New York City and the surrounding tri-state region were spared the worst of Winter Storm Neptune, residents are dealing with cold temperatures and wind chills making it feel significantly colder. Wind and winter weather warnings remain in effect for the region on Sunday, and the area could see some of the coldest temperatures in the past decade early next week.
Temperatures are forecast to remain stuck in the single digits or, at best, teens much of Sunday in New England, with lows in the single digits above or below zero by Monday morning. It's forecast that Central Park will register a low of just 2 degrees, the coldest since February 2005, with a wind chill of -16 degrees.
New York City's Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joe Esposito urged residents to limit their time outside and dress properly for the cold.
The winter weather advisory began at 1 p.m. Saturday and remained in effect until 1 p.m. Sunday. A high wind warning was in effect from midnight through 2 p.m. Sunday. Gale warnings were in effect for the Long Island Sound west of New Haven, Connecticut, and Port Jefferson, New York, for the same time period. A wind chill advisory was issued for 6 p.m. Sunday until 9 a.m. Monday.
Snow began falling Saturday afternoon in the city. By 12 a.m. Sunday, 0.9 inch of snow was recorded in New York City’s Central Park and greater snowfalls reported upstate, with 6.9 inches measured at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport and 12 inches in Cape Vincent, east of Lake Ontario. As of 7 a.m. Sunday, 0.9 inch had fallen at Newark-Liberty Airport in New Jersey.
http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/new-york-city-tri-state-neptune-cold
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