Record-breaking snowfall possible
The area is experiencing possibly record-breaking snowfall. By 6 a.m., 20 inches of had been recorded at Islip Airport, according to the National Weather Service. The all-time record for a single weather event is 27.8 inches, set during a blizzard on Feb. 8 and 9, 2013.
Record-breaking or not, this storm has displayed staggering power: gusts of 84 mph at Suffolk’s Montauk Point, 59 mph in Nassau County’s Bayville.
The “good news,” such as it is, is that the air mass is “not exceptionally cold with highs around freezing for most locations,” according to the weather service forecast discussion, with wind chill values in the teens to around 20 degrees.
Nicholas Spangler is a general assignment reporter and has worked at Newsday since 2010.
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