york for most of my life, grew up in upstate new york and forecasting in bangor, maine, for four winters and never walked through a storm like i did this morning in new york city. central park, 13 inches n brooklyn, it s 18 inches. the snowdrifts are covering cars. some areas, the ground is bare, no snow. and other areas, three to four feet of snou. that s why th snow. that s why this is a full-fledged blizzard. newark, one of the higher totals at the airport, 20 inches of snow. i think some reports from jersey as high as 26 inches. so over two feet. you will notice that philadelphia picked up a foot of snow. boston, 11 inches and snowing hard. other areas, a little less. this is not a storm that s going up and down the east coast. balt mohr and also washington, d.c., this storm was a miss for you. now as far as the current radar, it s finally stopping in new york city, at least for a break. philadelphia, just light snow for you. the heavy snow is coastal jersey
very good morning to you. this is first look on msnbc. we begin this morning with the blizzard of 2010. it will be a day of digging out from a monster snowstorm that buried the northeast. and for anyone trying to return home from the holidays, the storm certainly won t make it easy. nbc s kirk gregory reports. reporter: the latest punch from old man winter hit hard in new york. blizzard warnings in the tristate area snarling travel plans for millions. we had nine out of ten families traveling back home in their car and the storm hitting the east coast. reporter: the entire northeastern corridor is blanketted. the holiday storm also hit philadelphia. there isn t going to be a game. reporter: heavy snow, high winds and near whiteout conditions postponed the sunday night football game between the vikings and eagles until tuesday night. reporter: before the game and after the game from 3:00 a.m. to midnight, we expected the worst of the weather to move in. that s
we begin this morning with the blizzard of 2010. it will be a day of digging out from a monster snowstorm that buried the northeast. and for anyone trying to return home from the holidays, the storm certainly won t make it easy. nbc s kirk gregory reports. reporter: the latest punch from old man winter hit hard in new york. blizzard warnings in the tristate area snarling travel plans for millions. we had nine out of ten families traveling back home in their car and the storm hitting the east coast. reporter: the entire northeastern corridor is blanketted. the holiday storm also hit philadelphia. there isn t going to be a game. reporter: heavy snow, high winds and near whiteout conditions postponed the sunday night football game between the vikings and eagles until tuesday night. reporter: before the game and after the game from 3:00 a.m. to midnight, we expected the worst of the weather to move in. that s exactly what happened. reporter: the massive storm brough
let s get over to bill karins who is tracking this monster storm for us. bill, it is a mess out there. veronica, a storm like i never experienced. i mean i lived in upstate new york for most of my life, grew up in upstate new york and forecasting in bangor, maine, for four winters and never walked through a storm like i did this morning in new york city. central park, 13 inches n brooklyn, it s 18 inches. the snowdrifts are covering cars. some areas, the ground is bare, no snow. and other areas, three to four feet of snow. that s why this is a full-fledged blizzard. newark, one of the higher totals at the airport, 20 inches of snow. i think some reports from jersey as high as 26 inches. so over two feet. you will notice that philadelphia picked up a foot of snow. boston, 11 inches and snowing hard. other areas, a little less. this is not a storm that s going up and down the east coast. balt mohr and also washington, d.c., this storm was a miss for you. now as far as the current radar