CLEVELAND, Ohio — Think Cleveland’s lake effect snow is bad? Through Thursday evening, the East Coast is supposed to get over a foot of snow, disrupting life in the most populated area of the United States.
That means no school, dangerous roads, power outages and more than 3,000 canceled flights.
The worst hit areas range from Delaware to Maine.
Worst hit areas of latest winter storm.AccuWeather
This harsh winter weather comes just one day after widespread record warmth across the East Coast on Wednesday.
“A quick change to colder weather and a freeze-up will be accompanied by accumulating snow from the upper mid-Atlantic to eastern New England on Thursday,” says AccuWeather, “Despite the recent warmth, roads have quickly become snowcovered. The snow will fall at the rate of 2 to 4 inches per hour in some areas.”
It’s not just the roads that are the problem either, the wet, heavy nature of this snow will weigh down tree limbs, causing major power outages.
Snowstorm impacts.AccuWeather
Twitter has been lively with reports, photos, and continued forecasts of the storm:
UPDATE: prolific snowfall rates, numerous reports of thunder snow in band Hartford to central MA! Here is Islip @AccuRayno @breakingweather pic.twitter.com/ng3OaDUfuH
— Reed Timmer (@ReedTimmerAccu) February 9, 2017
My mailman Steve braving #THUNDERSNOW as he finishes his route in Pawtucket, RI! Go Steve! @USPS @JimCantore @ericfisher @NWSBoston pic.twitter.com/xQn9HeRUVO
— Mike Cohea (@MikeCohea) February 9, 2017
More than 3,100 flights canceled & another 716 delayed, @flightstats reports. Track updates on the storm: https://t.co/Y9nF1f46HD pic.twitter.com/WVNGy54P88
— AccuWeather (@breakingweather) February 9, 2017
HRRR snowfall > 3″ per hour by this afternoon along Cape. Boston will be snowing to beat the band. pic.twitter.com/YTFeXcfVZv
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) February 9, 2017
gale, storm, & hurricane force wind warnings in place across all OPC offshore zones beneath rapidly intensifying low just off the NJ coast pic.twitter.com/TetyYyfTke
— NWS OPC (@NWSOPC) February 9, 2017
UPDATE: still heavy snow, wind pummeling Long Island, NY here is Southern State Pkwy E @breakingweather pic.twitter.com/OUxR6aeMbV
— Reed Timmer (@ReedTimmerAccu) February 9, 2017
#Snow totals are adding up from Winter Storm #Niko. LIVE streaming @weatherchannel for subscribers in D.C., MD, DE, NJ, RI, PA, NY, CT, MA. pic.twitter.com/cZbDQqK9KF
— Local Now (@LocalNowTWC) February 9, 2017
BREAKING: very intense snowfall rates, reports of thundersnow. Here is Manhattan near Times Square snow in sheets! @breakingweather pic.twitter.com/kZ42mL4zHq
— Reed Timmer (@ReedTimmerAccu) February 9, 2017
Not gonna lie, this wind is crazy. Peak gust at DCA is 43mph. Peak gust at @washingtonpost is 31 mph, lower bc of surrounding buildings.
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) February 9, 2017
#WinterstormNiko over Moriches Bay, NY @yourtake @WeatherNation @StormHour pic.twitter.com/4jVZTgDrEn
— Trish MinogueCollins (@TrishMinogPhoto) February 9, 2017
Thanks Diana RT @DianaNJTarHeel: Currently still snowing @AmyFreeze7 Hamburg NJ took about an hour ago. pic.twitter.com/wLjdFCZgUv
— Amy Freeze (@AmyFreeze7) February 9, 2017
1115 am update…Snow pilling up across NYC metro area into southern-eastern New England. Winds also increasing causing whiteout conditions. pic.twitter.com/Jcs1FhAH3z
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) February 9, 2017
#LOVE is in the air at my aunt’s house in #OrangeCounty NY (~1hr NW of #NYC). Along with ~8″ of #snow! #NYwx #Niko pic.twitter.com/WqxfyACDRU
— Maria LaRosa[?] (@twcMariaLaRosa) February 9, 2017
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Boston blizzard, so far this morning. #snowday #snow #Boston @spann pic.twitter.com/bAmMS44gda
— Weathernanny [?][?][?] (@JuliaLeStage) February 9, 2017
A little thundersnow today in Avon, CT! Lived in AL until recently and surviving my first nor’easter! #nbcct @spann @NBCConnecticut pic.twitter.com/eZHX3bItaF
— Jessica Bosley (@JessicaBosley) February 9, 2017
enhanced water vapor satellite loop, surface low just off Long Island in process of rapid intensifcation pic.twitter.com/vvG5kuBrlm
— NWS OPC (@NWSOPC) February 9, 2017
My drive home in Auburn, Maine and it just started! @weswyattweather @spann pic.twitter.com/aBhnaIYOVz
— Kristie Shields (@kshields91003) February 9, 2017
Snow during #SnowStorm #Niko. Columns, plates, dendrites, needles, capped columns & lots of junk all at the same time. @StormHour #blizzard pic.twitter.com/OHwrqTgHQK
— Bastiaan Diedenhoven (@CloudsBastiaan) February 9, 2017
This water vapor imagery from GOES-16 shows the development and path of the winter storm in the Northeast today https://t.co/1LlcV0gFck pic.twitter.com/ljEV4mpLkt
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) February 9, 2017
So. Much. Thundersnow. pic.twitter.com/W9L0JM5wwe
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) February 9, 2017
Watch the winds shake and the snow blanket our cloud camera at @Northeastern in Boston. @NUWxSTEM https://t.co/qW67D5xyAB@NWSBoston pic.twitter.com/Dor5PeA8XI
— Weather STEM (@WeatherSTEM) February 9, 2017
Enhanced water vapor satellite loop, surface low just off Long Island in process of rapid intensifcation pic.twitter.com/vvG5kuBrlm
— NWS OPC (@NWSOPC) February 9, 2017
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Kelly Reardon is cleveland.com’s meteorologist. Please follow me on Facebook and Twitter @kreardon0818.
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