Serious Snowstorm Headed to Brooklyn / NYC on Tuesday. It's Named Janus . . .

Snow on Henry Street. Photo: MK Metz

We're looking at six to ten inches of snow in Brooklyn and the surrounding areas on Tuesday, according to NOAA and frantic weather reporters, who have named this winter storm Janus (the two-headed god who looks to both the future and the past).

Parts of Brooklyn could top ten inches, forecasters say, with western Long Island getting more than a foot.

The heaviest snow will start around noon. Temperatures will range from 10 - 21 degrees, with wind chills making it feel like 10 below zero late Tuesday night.

According to NOAA, we should have two to four inches in Brooklyn by quitting time. Three to seven inches more will fall Tuesday night. So even if you get off at 5 p.m. you're not going to want to wear your good shoes home. So bring those boots or snow-proof shoes, with thick, warm socks. (And gloves, scarf, the whole bit.) It's going to be freezing out there!

Alternate side parking suspended; all other rules including parking meters in effect.

NOAA:

IMPACTS...FALLING...BLOWING...AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND WALKING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA... POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. EXTREME COLD AND LOW WIND CHILLS COULD CAUSE FROST BITE. DRESS APPROPRIATELY.

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.


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