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Friday PM: The National Weather Service has raised its precipitation counts predictions to 10 to 18 inches.
Click here for the NWS’s new snow accumulation potential maps.
Friday AM: A blizzard warning is now in effect across Long Island and the five boroughs, with the National Weather Service predicting strong, damaging winds, coastal flooding and predicting 7 to 12 inches of accumulation.
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The blizzard warning is in effect from 4 a.m. Saturday to noon Sunday, during which time temperates will be in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Heavier snow should start falling at 5 a.m.
The NWS says the blizzard should pack “heavy snow along with strong and potentially damaging winds, blowing and drifting snow and near zero visibilities” from Saturday afternoon into the evening.
AÂ high surf advisory is also in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
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