Heavy Snow this Morning in the Northeast...Snow, Sleet and Rain in New York Changing Back to all Snow Tonight...14"+ So Far in Maryland, 9"+ in New York City...

Doppler radar continues to show very heavy bands of snow this morning across Long Island, New York City, Central New Jersey and Southeast Pennsylvania. Three to 4 inches of snow in 30 minutes have been reported to the New York NWS office.  The rain/snow line is just to the south of the city and Long Island and it will move northward over the next few hours.  The precipitation has ended in Southern New Jersey and southward.  This is a dry slot that is expected to move northward later today which would then limit the amount of rain that NJ and NYC/LI receives from this storm.  Snow totals are higher than expected as a result of these bands across Long Island with 9.0" in Commack, 8.4" in Smithtown and and 9.0" in Uniondale. The radar also indicates some sleet mixing in with the snow in the New York metropolitan area.  A change to sleet and then rain will occur by this afternoon as the storm passes close to the city. The 850 mb low is forecast to track across New Jersey and New York City this evening.  As the storm moves into New England tonight, colder air wrapping around the storm will produce more snow in and around New York City tonight with an additional 2 to 4 inches or more forecast.  The snow is falling heavily now in Midtown at 10:30 a.m., the temperature in Central Park is 31 degrees. Freezing rain is reported at JFK Airport now, 32 degrees and it is sleeting in Newark, NJ, 31 degrees. Sleet was mixing in with the snow at 10:40 a.m., now mostly all snow is falling again in Midtown.  
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