East Coast Blizzard, Bomb Cyclone, Nor'easter Hammering New York, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, New England

Northern US Dives Back Into The Ice Box

An East Coast blizzard is clobbering areas from New England to New York City to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware with over two feet of snow and high winds leading to power outages and coastal flooding from this bomb cyclone.

This storm has been named Winter Storm Hernando by The Weather Channel.

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Happening Now

New snow is waning across the East Coast, but earlier on Monday snowfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour occurred from the Delmarva Peninsula to New England, including Long Island, the New York City tri-state, and New Jersey.

This snow had 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, Connecticut and Rhode Island picked up over two feet of snow. A few locations have even topped 30 inches of snow, including Providence, Rhode Island, and Islip, New York.

Providence even broke their all-time snowstorm record with a two-day total of 32.4 inches, which breaks the previous record of the infamous "Blizzard of '78", from Feb. 6-7. By Monday afternoon, Providence's T.F. Green International Airport had received 30.4 inches of fresh snow since midnight, smashing the previous 1-day total of 19.0 inches set in January 1996 before the day was even done.

(For More: How Much Snow Has Fallen?)

It's already New York City's heaviest snowstorm in five years, topping Winter Storm Fern's 11.4-inch total almost a month ago.

Winds have gusted up to 84 mph on Montauk, Long Island, 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 rapidly intensified enough to be deemed a bomb cyclone after the storm'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.

The map below shows where snow is falling right now.

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Winter Storm Alerts

Blizzard warnings are expiring for millions, but some remain for parts of the East Coast of New England, including Boston.

It was first time in nine years that blizzard warnings have been issued for all five boroughs of New York City and the first time in four years blizzard warnings have been issued for Boston.

Various other areas remain under either winter storm warnings or winter weather advisories, as shown in the map below.

Forecast: How Much More Snow?

In general, the heaviest snow and strongest winds diminished over the course of the day from the mid-Atlantic states to the New York City tri-state.

By late tonight, most of the snow should have exited New England, but strong winds could cause drifting snow and whiteout conditions.

The heaviest additional snow Monday will fall in southern and coastal New England.

This left widespread storm totals in excess of two feet from Delaware to at least southeast Massachusetts.

This is a heavy, wet, "heart attack" kind of snow that will weigh down power lines, roofs and trees. Please take care of yourself while removing snow.

(MORE: "Heart Attack" Snow)

Forecast: Wind, Coastal Flood Impact

The strongest winds are over, but gusts up to 40 mph are still possible in coastal New England as things wind down into early Tuesday.

In addition to blizzard conditions, these winds are capable of downing wires and trees, leading to power outages for hundreds of thousands in the region that could last for a few days.

(MORE: How To Preserve Heat When Power Is Out)

These onshore winds could cause minor coastal flooding late tonight from southeast New England to the North Carolina's northern Outer Banks at high tide.

Has It Been Snowy This Winter?

Long answer made short, yes.

Let's get specific.

Prior to this storm, Boston has seen over 8 inches more than average with a snowfall total of 43.3 inches so far. This is significantly higher than the 28.1 inches the city saw last year. A lot of this snowfall came when Winter Storm Fern slammed the city, bringing a top 10 snowiest day on record.

(MORE: Winter Storm Fern Recap)

New York City, specifically Central Park, has seen 22.3 inches of snowfall so far this year before Hernando. Compare this to last year, where they saw only 12.9 inches.

Philadelphia has seen 16 inches of snowfall this year prior to Hernando, double what it saw last year.

Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather are his favorite topics. Reach out to him on Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.