Snowfall totals Snowfall accumulation will start in earnest at noon today intensify in the afternoonand steadily continue through the night into the early daylight hours on Monday, said
Mark DeLisi, meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Mt. Holly.Ms DeLisi said the storm right now is inching up the Southeast U.S. coast and it’s going to move up the coastline throughout the day.A steady snow downfall will reach the Ocean and Monmouth County area by midday and intensify through the early evening.
Service issues a blizzard warning when severe winter weather conditions are expected. Strong winds and snowfall are likely to cause poor visibility leading to whiteout conditions. Travel isextremely dangerous and the authority strongly discourages drivers from ravelandrecommendsthat drivers have a winter survival kit with them if they do decide to drive.16 inches of snow expected at the ShoreBy the hour snow ranks from 1 to two inches are probably this evening out and this night with potentially equal to two to four inches per 60 minutes in the thickest snowfall bandings. The biggest snowfall bequeath probably take place over a great deal of Constitution State, key Bay State into south Granite State. The easterly border of the dense snowfall nightlong can draw out eastbound into the capital of Massachusetts to capital of Rhode Island corridor.
The Edge Fitness Club in Fairfield was having an unusually busy Sunday, an employee said.
Town police departments around the region reported minor accidents. The Monroe dispatcher called it a "Christmas miracle" that so many people elected to stay off the roadways.
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton late Sunday afternoon banned travel on city streets, opening the Patriot Garage to vehicle owners who had no place to park. As of 7:30 p.m. Sunday, only emergency personnel, emergency vehicles and four-wheel-drive vehicles were allowed to operate in the city.Boughton said Danbury police would ticket other motorists as well as those who fail to get their cars off the streets so plows can do their jobs. The snow emergency will remain in effect until 7 a.m. Monday, he said.Early Sunday, Gov. M. Jodi Rell opened the emergency operations center and put the State Police and National Guard on standby. She said the state's 632 plow operators would clear roads throughout the day.
