Mon, Mar 02, 2009
Over A Foot Of Snow Expected In New York
March came in like a lion for airline travelers throughout the
eastern US this weekend, as a winter storm dumped snow from Georgia
up into New York and Pennsylvania.
What started as a brisk rainstorm Saturday in parts of Atlanta
turned to snowfall by early Sunday morning, with as much as seven
inches of powder falling on the southern city. WSB-750 reports
"hundreds" of flights out of Hartsfield-Jackson International
Airport (ATL) were cancelled Sunday, with many cancellations
extending into Monday as a separate storm system blanketed the
Northeast.
As much as a foot of snow fell on New York City Sunday night,
with an additional 4-6" expected throughout Monday as a storm
bringing snow to the Baltimore-Washington area makes its way
further up the Atlantic coast.
"The good news is that the snow is going to start to taper off
later on this morning in DC and Philadelphia and this afternoon in
New York," Accuweather.com meterologist Tom Kines told Bloomberg on
Monday.
Close to 1,000 flights were cancelled throughout the New York
area, according to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
spokesman Ron Marsico.
The National Weather Service expected as much as 14 inches of
snow in New York state from the system, which NWS meteorologist
Gary Conte described as "a good, old-fashioned snowstorm."
"This is not the type of snow that gets melted within 24 to 48
hours," he added.
Airlines with flights affected by the weather -- read, pretty
much all of them -- have waived change fees for passengers stranded
by the weather.
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