the roads are dangerous. >> in fact we just got an updated report that islip, the town of islip has 18.2 the ground. so certain areas certainly did get hard hit. we appreciate you taking the time we know how busy you are this morning and thanks for the breaking news that the travel ban will be lifted at 8:00 in new york city it will come as a big relief to new yorkers and we'll be watching your press conference live at 8:00 a.m. thanks so much governor. >> always a pleasure to speak with you, alisyn. >> i heard your emphasis on the moi. i will pass along your fashion tips to chris. thanks so much. >>> as you just heard, the travel ban is being lifted in new york let's bring in cnn's deb feyerick she's live in a roving car, in central islip that did get hit hard what are you seeing deb? >> well alisyn we seeing a couple of snowplows that have made their way, this road was just plowed. you can see the danger they're getting off the top layer, but not the bottom layer, you've got a dangerous layer of ice here. when we left manhattan, it was easy as a matter of fact light snow many main road

if it's 100 miles away what is 100 miles away, 30 inches near islip. that's what new york was supposed to get. >> islip, the airport on the north part of long island. >> right. you're talking an hour and a half drive from here or even less you're at 30 inches of snow. that's what should have been here, but it moved to the east. so we're not seeing the winds either. this is quite pleasant right enough. we should have winds of 50. it's not happening. >> comparatively. >> everything has shifted to of the east and it's in boston where the snow continues. and 32.5 i'm going to see numbers probably 36 inches even more than they predicted there. we got significantly less. they got our share. >> we'll go to some of the coastal areas in a minute. i want to ask you what exactly is going on there. why is there such concern? what's different about the fact there's high tide today than say, two days ago? >> it already breached a brake wall. there's a brake wall that's been breached the first high tide in scituate. now we're coming back up again. without the break w

if you move east of islip, the airport there in islip and move out towards the hamptons and montauk,s still pretty awful, right? >> yeah, absolutely. there are parts of the region here in new york that feel like they dodged a bullet. but in suffolk county we were hit by it and hit hard. and the storm is still going on. on the east end of long island out in montauk, other areas out there, in the hamptons the snow is still falling and we have more than two feet of accumulation in large parts of the county huge amount of snow to move out of the way. >> and so already two feet, let's say. are you expecting more in the coming hours or is it basically over? >> we think it's wrapping up. there's maybe a little more coming down at this point. now we turn to the mass operation of removing the snow. and it actually worked out. the governor's travel ban that was put in place worked really effectively. we had a nor'easter a couple of years ago where we had hundreds of motorists stranded out here in suffolk county. the difference between then and now is night and day. and it's because the operato

people around the town of islip spent the better part of the day clearing roads and sidewalks and digging out cars buried under 15 inches of snow. the travel ban was lifted mid-day, but major highways remained virtually empty, save for armies of snowplows. even by late afternoon, businesses remained closed and some roads were inaccessible. those who ventured on to them had to be rescued by good samaritans. scott, a travel ban was imposed yesterday in part because of what happened in 2013 when a blizzard stranded hundreds of drivers on the long island expressway. >> pelley: don, thank you. forecasters had put out blizzard warnings that stretched from southern new jersey through new england, including new york city. fearing the worst, the city of 8 million outlawed driving, shuttered schools and for the first time because of snow closed its 110-year-old subway. manhattan looked deserted, but the blizzard never came. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: just two days ago new york city mayor bill de blasio was talking doomsday. >> we are facing most likely one of the largest snowstorms in the his

those numbers are going to increase across central long island islip.f snow. so very significant storm system, just a couple of miles made a huge difference. in central park, 7.8 inches of snow. la guardia picked up 11 inches of snow. blizzard warnings still in effect from long island into maine. conditions will continue there with snow and strong winds, up to three feet of snow possible in those areas and wind gusts between 40 to 75 miles per hour. the hurricane force wind gusts will be located across parts of the cape. let's head back inside. >> thank you very much. so they had lifted the travel bans in new jersey, new york, and now in two of the counties in connecticut. >> right. >> how did you say that name? massapequa? good thing seinfeld moved out of there. >> wait until you get home. >> we'll need lumbar massage because she's been shoveling all night. i'll let you know how it goes if you know what i'm saying. that's my best line by the way. >> it's heating up in here. we'll give it to heather nauert. >> your lumbar looks a little tight. >> you're

and 50 plus miles to the east of new york city islip has over two feet of snowfall.e snow tracked further to the east but areas like boston and new england are still in there. around 90 centimeters in some of these suburbs of boston just west of the city. still waiting for the numbers to come in. that would bring it into maybe the strongest snowstorm ever if that number verifies. of course it had been tremendously windy, as well. in nantucket, we had hurricane force winds, the blizzard conditions. the windchill, 6 below in celsius in philadelphia and washington, d.c. that's what it feels like in some of these areas. so any melting that's taken place, any slush on the ground will freeze overnight, making it for a treacherous scenario. nova scotia we expect things to wrap up across this region but still a windy setup. and cancellations on wednesday, nearly 500 opposed to 5,000 on tuesday. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> let's get straight to the headlines right now. isis says it will kill a japanese hostage and jordanian pi

over say, 100 kim orms to the east around islip. two feet of snow came down.critical when it comes to the storm system. taking a 55 to 65-mile trip offshore as opposed to closer to land. boston 24.5 inches. worcester, more than 31 inches of snow with one storm. 36 inches across the board in multiple areas of massachusetts. up to three feet of snow. that verified, blizzard conditions verified. the storm historic in that it was in the top six of the biggest snowstorms in boston history. we can still see that with the additional one to three inches possible put it in the top two to top three storm ever seen in boston. keep in mine we have 80 years of data for the city of boston. hundreds of snowstorms have come and gone. this would be potentially in the top three when it's done with. it tells you how significant it was for millions across the northern new england. there goes the storm system to the northern portion of the gulf of maine. some last bands of snow showers left in place that could a on to the record books around boston. at this point, cancelations for

islip almost 21. boston 14 inches and it's still snowing there.re it didn't quite live up to what we thought, but good news is nobody got hurt. >> i was hoping if are a good old big snowstorm. >> i'm not buying that. i had on snow boots and miss natalie had on high heels. >> this is completely fine out here. it's plowed and salted. >> you are hoping for a snowstorm in five-inch heels. >> it's good to get plowed and salted. on that note -- thank you! love you. you guys actually all walked into work. >> we did walk in. not in these shoes. we walked in and what did you do? >> i came into work late last night to stay in a hotel. stay with me. it was closer to work so we wouldn't have to come. the images were incredible. the subways shut down at 11:00. i came in at 10:00 or something. >> that was the last train? >> empty subway car. that's a sight you thought you would never see. looking down park avenue it was an incredible sight. just snow. no people or cars. you could have your run of the place. >> i bragged about having three whole chickens and bei

officials in the town of islip activated their emergency response center. >> all of our fuel capacityl deliveries of diesel and gas. all trucks are up and running. we have 150 pieces of town equipment. >> reporter: the red cross is urging people to stock up on essentials especially important if power gets knocked out. david brought extra fuel for his generator. >> after sandy we couldn't get one. we had no power for 12 days. i got a generator right after that. i'm not going through it again. >> okay. so brace yourself because i think we're going to have a repeat right? soon. before i let you go check out these pictures from twitter of today's potentially historic blizzard. these images are from around the stay of new york. this of course is columbus circle. looks beautiful in the snow right? somebody walking down the street with their husky dogs. very pretty too. the snow is pretty to look at except for when a few days go past and it gets dirty and slimy. i won't go into that. we'll enjoy it while we can and stay indoors and drink hot chom chocolate. thank you for joining me. cnn's sp

had gusts to 80 in nantucket. 1 inches in islip but six and a half in central park.d in new york as earlier feared. around here we're still watching some of the snow bands. generally light snow bands more so in virginia than maryland right now that are slickening up the secondary and backroads. that will be around for another two, three hours. as far as the seven-day forecast, we do get a lot better later this morning. we'll see temperatures which will be -- or sunshine return this afternoon. temperatures in the mid- to upper 30s but windchills in the 20s. tonight teens and 20s with windchills in single digits by tomorrow morning. >>> things are looking a little bit better but we still have a few incidents out on the roadways. light volume in most of the area but baltimore-washington parkway southbound between 450 and d.c. 295, the crash is out there slowing you down just a bit trying to make your way towards 695. elsewhere the earlier incident that i thought was just blocking one right lane and now my clicker won't let me get to the map but that's okay. now blocking

about a foot comes down ten miles away in new york city. 50 miles away toward islip on the corner ofg island. more than two feet of snowfall. that range of the system tracked other frommer east made all the -- from the east made all the difference. nantucket, the blizzard baby born around that region. 125, 130 kilometers per hour. they had 16 consecutive hours in nantucket with gusts of at least 60 miles per hour. it tells you why the power of out. the heaviest snowfall falling across western massachusetts. the storm system to the gulf of maine, nova scotia new found land and the canadian maritimes. it will be develop in the next couple of hours. cold weather. boston minus one fahrenheit what it feels like. minus 19 celsius. brutally cold weather. new york city down into about 8 fahrenheit the windchill. everything on the ground is going to freeze. the perspective on the eastern half of the united states below freezing across the northeastern united states. how about temperatures -- the place to beat, dallas pushing up close to 80. freezing a couple of weeks ago across the region. de

there is the snow heaviest from islip and east into new york city so it's still snowing in the city just not coming down at a big, big clip. there is the heaviest snowfall rates to the north of plymouth. not that far from boston coming in. it's an ocean enhanced snow now because the air is coming off the ocean just like going over lake eerie. you know what that's like carol. you see lake-effect snow. ocean-enhanced snow. the humidity enhancing the snow falls there. interest's noon. 2:00 still snowing. 4:00 still snowing. finally we start to taper it off by 6:00 by 8:00 and by 10:00 it's still gone. hours and hours of this to go. still another foot to two feet in the eastern part of this forecast area. this is the new good model, by the way. >> oh, good. >> we put the new good model in there for you and not use the old one which seems to now be outdated. >> that's cool. new technology to start the day, chad. good going. our other meteorologist jennifer gray is standing in boston in the snow. i'm glad you got to come indoors, chad. he's actually still thawing. >> that's right. >> jennifer

eventually we get to from bergen county to islip into long island, a huge different forecast. like an inch in islip on long island. could you get six inches in western parts of new jersey. because the rain moves in and it mixes, so new york city, starts as snow tonight and then all of a sudden it changes over to rain. and then back over to snow as it stops. it's not going to be a great pile-up of snow, but for a while the snow will be there for snowmen. it might be a small snowman, about four to six inches, especially western suburbs out here towards the western part. and then on up towards the berkshires, six inches of snow up there. vermont, probably dry, except the next one comes in making more snow for you. cold enough to make snow and they do that up there at sugarloaf or wherever you go. guys, back to you. >>> i think chad called tom brady a pretty thing. he did -- is that subliminal? >> now we know what side of the he skis on. >> he didn't get a tattoo. >> chad, thanks so much for the forecast. >>> this morning the u.s. is pulling out some staff at the embassy in yemen.

you add in the windchills, islip, feels ss like four.'re looking at additional snow from north of boston on into parts of eastern maine. we are looking at anywhere from 9 to 12 inches of snow. and, in fact, as we look at the -- more of the snow we're going to see, again, during the afternoon, the windy conditions in the northeast, plenty of sunshine through the gulf coast. right on into florida. look for a few showers in the pacific north west and we're expecting rain in central >>> 7:37. good morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. showers pushing up and down the peninsula. you know what this is really light, but you might actually have to use your windshield wipers from time to time if you're heading up the peninsula. southbound 880 will be the trend for today. temperatures right now really mild. 62 degrees on the peninsula. the tri valley is at 63 what about 65 degrees later on. very light showers. mostly cloudy skies. the temperatures in the mid-60s. >>> by the way, we did a live stream on shift.nbc.com and msnbc.com. we d

there in the ocean, and a do-si-do the if you will see, a little forward move, and so it goes from islip and then to newark new jersey and then it goes to 54 miles apart, and the models was on it and one of them, and the snow totals in the past and so looking at here at boston 27.6 and so it should up here but it is not. it stopped and then rotate the around and pause and that caused an extra six hours of snowfall when the storm should be gone by now. >> chad, i want you to look at the video, and this is people out surfing in long island, and i believe it is montauk the, a, and there were two fatalities. >> not fatalities from the surfing. and don, you know the if they send me out to the blizzard again, i want that suit. whatever that guy is wearing, i want to take that to the snowstorm. i can't believe he was out there in that weather. >> i know. we had people out here cross country skiing in the central park, and no hat or skiing and i don't know how anderson does it getting through the show without a hat, but i have to have a hat. >> i have to have one, too, because it keeps me warm.

move east to long island we're getting foot and a half measurements at islip.nd if you go to motauk it's more than that. the snow is heavy. i think there's a tech tags because so much of the media is in new york city they all wake up and look out their windows and say, well, this is a did. don't tell that to people in long island or connecticut or massachusetts or where you saw john yang. this is a very serious storm for a lot of people. if not what it was billed to be in new york city. >> it is a serious storm for essentially new england getting hammered. as you said, eastern long island, also bearing the brunt of the storm as well. steve ratner you look at these pictures of this storm where it is actually having a major impact. you understand that could have been new york city. i suspect that most people will actually think that the governor and mayor made the right call last night. >> there's no question they made the right call because as bill karins, all of you pointed out, if that storm had been 30 50 miles to the west new york could be under two to three