Snow moves out of NYC and D.C., as white Christmas remains unlikely
Some residents in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions woke up to a White Christmas Eve on Tuesday morning, though a white Christmas Day seems unlikely.
Some residents in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions woke up to a white Christmas Eve on Tuesday morning.
Around 20 million people were under winter weather alerts across the regions, which received upward of an inch of snow in a weather system that produced a covering of light to moderate snow before exiting the coast.
Some areas along the Interstate 95 corridor, such as Washington, D.C., and New York City, saw anywhere from a quick coating to an inch of snow Tuesday, while parts of northern New England got 2 to 6 inches of snow, and in some places even more. Earlier forecasts showed the mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine would be hit the hardest.
The National Weather Service is advising people who need to drive to do so slowly and safely as the snow may be slick.
Christmas Eve travel was briefly snarled as the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all American Airlines flights Tuesday. The airline said a “vendor technology issue” was the reason for the ground stop, and not the weather.
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