"Snow is falling at the rate of 1 inch per hour or more along the East Coast from New England to the Delmarva Peninsula, including Long Island, the New York City tri-state, and New Jersey. This snow has been, at times, accompanied by lightning strikes, especially just offshore of southeast New England near Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Island. Parts of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut have already picked up over a foot of snow."
"Winds have gusted up to 79 mph in southeast Massachusetts, and at least a dozen other locations have clocked at least 60 mph wind gusts, including New York's JFK Airport and Atlantic City, New Jersey. The low-pressure system has intensified rapidly enough to be deemed a bomb cyclone. This nor'easter's central pressure plunged 40 millibars in 24 hours ending at 1 a.m. ET Monday morning, according to analyses from NOAA's Weather Prediction Center."
An intense nor'easter named Winter Storm Hernando is producing heavy snowfall across the Northeast with accumulations exceeding a foot in parts of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut. Snowfall rates have reached 1 inch per hour or more from New England to the Delmarva Peninsula, and lightning has occurred offshore near Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Wind gusts have reached up to 79 mph in southeast Massachusetts, with many locations seeing gusts of at least 60 mph. The system rapidly deepened, with central pressure plunging 40 millibars in 24 hours, qualifying it as a bomb cyclone. Blizzard warnings cover coastal New England through the Delmarva.
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