NYC Sanitation Department Issues Snow Alert For Tuesday
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- After an unseasonably warm weekend where temperatures rose into the 50s and beyond in some areas on Sunday, an arctic blast is expected to bring things back to normal this week.
The high topped off very early Monday morning – shortly after midnight – at 49 degrees. But as of Monday evening, temperatures were in the 20s at maximum all around the Tri-State Area, and as low as 10 degrees for some, CBS2's Lonnie Quinn reported.
The wind chill made it feel like 25 in the city, 10 in the Hamptons, and 3 degrees below zero in Monticello.
CBS2 Chief Meteorologist and Weather Producer Giorgio Panetta forecast that temperatures will be well below the freezing mark Tuesday morning – from the lower 30s along the coast to the teens farther north.
By midmorning, clouds will overtake the area and snow will begin to fall, as an Alberta Clipper slides across the Tri-State Area.
A Winter Weather Advisory was to be in effect from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday for central and southern New Jersey. But snow will push its way through the entire area.
Most Tri-State Area residents will see under an inch of snow, but some may see up to 2 inches.
Still, the New York City Department of Sanitation issued a snow alert starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
A little more could fall Tuesday evening. There's also a slight chance of snow showers on Wednesday in some areas.
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The National Weather Service is predicting light snow in the city and suburbs between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday.
City workers will be loading salt spreaders, attaching plows if necessary, preparing tire chains and notifying extra personnel as needed.
Sanitation is coordinating with the Office of Emergency Management and transportation department.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said anyone looking for shelter from the cold should use the WARMBED program, which provides shelter to people during the winter months.
"No resident should have to spend nights in the freezing cold when they can call the Nassau County Hotline and be placed in a warm shelter right away," said Mangano. "Homeless residents calling the hotline will be connected immediately to a person who can help them get out of the cold and obtain the services they need to restart their lives. Help is really just a phone call away."
For more information, call 1-866-927-6233 (1-866-WARMBED).
And we're not out of the woods after the snow. Come Wednesday night and Thursday morning, an arctic air mass will swoop in, bringing temperatures to the single digits Thursday morning and topping out only in the teens during the day, Quinn forecast.
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