you can see folks taking advantage to get some plowing and shoveling done. the road plows have been out as well trying to clear these roads before the next round of snow hits. earlier i couldn t find a ruler so i was measuring the snow showing it s about a water bottle deep. oh, there s my ruler. we finally found one here. and here in ridgewood, new jersey we re looking at that s easily 6 inches. bill karins sad some people in this area have seen up to 8 inches. we could see a foot here when all is said and done. i know the storm hasn t necessarily lived up to its potential but at least in the suburbs, we re 20 miles north of new york city, we re still seeing significant snowfall. people are still being urged to stay home. ali. let s head to boston now where nbc s ann thompson is tracking the conditions there. ann, you have not seen the worst
to the left but 6 to 10 are expected in boston, millions are home from school. officials are urging people to stay home. snow and ice is pummelling the i-95 corridor. governors are declaring states of emergency in six streets. travel bans for major highways, dozens of accidents reported. the conditions are so tricky, employers are telling people to work from home if they can or to come in late. stay inside, view this through the window, it looks beautiful through the window. if you step outside, it is not as beautiful, trust me, i ve been there. i watched one shot of a car that slid off the road and of course it s a connecticut state trooper assisting but that prn
bronx area of new york city. you ve been through these nor easters before. up see how quickly these things change firsthand. that s what we ve been doing all morning long. we re originally along interstate 95 and that one weep know that i-95 corridor, that one is tricky. this morning before sunrise we were talking about heavy snow. but you will literally go miles on the highway and everything would completely change. it would be icy conditions, rain, back to flakes and huge, fat snowflakes and now we re looking at 87 north and you can see as we look outside, conditions, they re okay right here. that doesn t mean as we go a little bit further down the road that s not going to change. very windy. gusting about 30 miles per hour. so out of nowhere when those gusts come up, you do see the car sway around a little bit. tractor trailers are not allowed on the highway right now. conditions intermixed throughout the day. thanks, indra.
getting worse, ali. we ve been out here all morning. we had really light snow earlier today. now we re having more of those blinding whiteout conditions. over the last several hours, plows like this one have been going up and down streets here, trying to clear the way. as you just heard from state officials here in massachusetts, this is the major train station here. as a matter of fact, just a few moments ago with the strong gusty winds upwards of 60 miles an hour, they lost power here. so that s part of this unfolding story here. as you can see, there are still some folks here who are out on the road but these are becoming blinding, whiteout conditions. on the ground i ll show you we ve got a couple of inches before we hit concrete down here. we re expecting more of that snow to continue to fall to intensify through the day. this is the beginning of what s expected to be a bigger surge in this storm system. we re bracing for more inclement weather as the hours pass.
can see it in the south shore in places lying hull and scituate. the other is power outages because this snow is wet and heavy. it will get on those wires. then you pick up, you get those 40, 50 mile-an-hour winds, that means downed wires and that could be a big problem as we go into this afternoon. thanks very much for that. that is the stuff to be careful about, downed wires, power out ands, advisability, fast snow that comes down so fast that no one can actually do anything about it. it s almost better to sit back and wait that out. meteorologist bill karins has been tracking the storm for days. this one actually happened, bill. it didn t happen exactly howe we thought it would but that s how these nor easters go. a little shift of about 20, 25 miles made a big difference tw the snow and sleet forecast. we still have a high-impact event. give it a couple hours and things will improve to new york