Hi folks, first up i have seen 2ft of snow here, it's an incredible experience! Does look very special for parts of NY and New England, one for the books for sure.

Here in the GTA we have an unexpected visitor thanks to the U.S. Nor'easter in the form of a lake-effect snowsquall which has set up station just in the prime position for Hamilton and Dundas as the EC warning below details nicely, 

Warnings

9:29 AM EST Monday 26 January 2015
Snow squall warning in effect for:

• City of Hamilton

A snow squall off of Lake Ontario continues to affect regions around the western end of the lake today.

The most intense portion of the snow band is currently affecting the southern parts of Burlington, Dundas and the northern parts of Hamilton. The band is expected to slowly shift southward toward Stoney Creek this afternoon, then possibly further south toward the Niagara region by this evening..

Some areas will see in excess of 15 cm of snowfall. Gusty winds will also result in blowing snow and reduced visibilities. Driving conditions will be hazardous under the snow squall.

Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions. There may be a significant impact on rush hour traffic in urban areas.

Snow Squall Warnings are issued when bands of snow form that produce intense accumulating snow or near zero visibilities.

Environment Canada meteorologists will update alerts as required, so stay tuned to your local media or Weatheradio. Email reports of severe weather to [email protected] or tweet with the hashtag #ONStorm.

Latest radar here from king city - https://weather.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WKR

The Linc which connects Hamilton to the world  snowbound earlier!

Snow depths around 15-20cm across the city in favoured spots.

Looking out the office window probably about 10-15cm in Upper James, the misses tells me it's closer to 20cm back in Dundas, incidentally so rare to see a specific warning from EC for local sub-divisions of Hamilton, something i applaud!

Cold currently at -8c, cold week ahead more snow chances on Thursday. Who needs 2ft eh?

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=gped

Looking very white on Times Sq 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WV2jJKHVw0#t=28

Gonna be interesting to see this unfold, though I can't help see some of the news sources hyping things up with #Blizzard2015. Not sure on the widespread power outages they tout, I imagine it'll be an issue but not as severe as Sandy.

On another note in my job, which involves putting on traffic incidents and road closures in New York (as well as other cities), its going to be a busy night for me.

I would imagine if one lived in New York City then a storm even of this magnitude wouldn't be too much of a hassle, sure at worst the power may go off for a bit ...... but most essentials are within walking distance, the snow would soon get trampled down by all the people.... and New York is as far south as Spain so the solar output over the next day or 2 would melt quite a bit of it. It's people who live just outside the Manhattan area that will suffer the most - like the suburbs.

CNBC have some great pics , quite interesting.

Blizzard warnings for 29,000,000 people

Snowfall 2-4" per hour

N Y now forecast to have 9-16" of snow   36" further North though

The sweet spot now looks to be eastern Long Island up through CT and RI.

Yes, though the Euro models bring the storm further west still, which I think the news channels are hoping for by the sounds of it, they keep saying it is the most reliable. One of the Hi Res models was showing just 6 inches for NY. 

I mean we'd love 6 inches but its nothing drastic there.

Looking at the latest alert for where I used to live; 10 miles out in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, there is a rapid fall off in projected storm totals.

Philadelphia east and north east is forecast to get 10-18", while where I used to live 6-10" is forecast. Interestingly, Media - five miles SE from where I lived - is in the 10-18" band.

LOL, latest FFS goes for 3-6" in NYC. ECM sticking to 12-18".

Someone is going to get caught with their pants down.

FWIW, I think FFS have finally lost the plot.

I suspect that the totals won't be as great as previously modelled, but the ppn is certainly starting to gather off the coast.

Been checking out the webcams on I95, runs NYC to Boston. Not a single car on the roads, just piles of snow and surprisingly doesnt look ploughed either  This is unheard of ? Like shutting the M1 down 

Not just the UK where we get weather let-downs, then

I was expecting Times Square to look worse this morning after watching it starting to snow there yesterday afternoon....I guess they just clear and plough all through the night though?

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsrobo1

Spooky...I just posted the same above, I was expecting to see a lot more.

The expected totals have been revised down. Parts of upstate New York could see as much as 20" of snow. Parts of MS could see as much as 2ft

Either that or the snowploughs have done a fantastic job of clearing the streets and main blocks of NYC, but to me looks like - as Matty said revised down - latest conditions and live Times Square webcam:

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsrobo1

So hardly 'historical'

I had a look earlier on, when it was 4am there. There were men clearing the sidewalks of Times Square continuously through the night, and ploughing the roads as well, which explains why it looks clear. Earlier on I saw a reporter on the Weather Channel's web feed in Central Park, saying that 5 inches of snow had fallen. In Boston it was 8 inches.

The Sweet spot looks to have been through eastern Connecticut and mid Mass. (through Worcester).

Certainly looks like a winter wonderland in Boston. And it could yet be a big storm too.

Biggest totals so far in MA are 18" in Sandwich and Oxford.

Certainly a damn sight more than Sandwich and Oxford here.

We've nothing here

One of the reporters on the Weather Channel says one or two places could get to 40" still in Maine/Massachussets area