sneak peek. let s get to the storm. once again, another big storm. we re talking about measuring some of the snow levels by the foot. and you can see what happens. people trying to get out, get around in some of this stuff. the federal government, we ll let you know, is going to be opening two hours late in d.c. the schools however in d.c., philly, new york, boston will not be opening today. they are all closed. let s give you a live look outside at what s happening in new york city right now. the city is under a weather emergency. that sounds like the norm right now. some places got 15 inches or more of snow overnight. also having to deal with thunder snow, if will you. lightning and thunder. take you to boston now, they re expecting more than a foot after all is said and done. that s a picture of our reynolds wolf out there doing his duty for us this morning. we re going to get back in just a second. you see them getting ready for the live shot. let s check in with rob marciano. he
it s a bit of a tough go. all right. we re starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and it s not another train. this snow is beginning to wind down. there s not a whole lot of cold air behind us. but the temperature is sticking around. at least on the streets, we ll see a little melting but it s not going to melt away anytime soon. the snow will stick around and refrigerator the air tonight. and 15.4 inches. newark has seen 14.2, norwalk at 17.0. the snow totals may climb up even though the snow for the most part has stopped. newark and jfk shut down for the moment. they re working feverishly to open those up. boston, going to have cancellations, if not serious delay. baltimore and d.c., their snow has stopped there. this is the next system.
well, at 43 minutes past the hour. welcome back to this american morning. you need to know that schools are closed in philly, new york, boston and new york today. did i say that already? yeah. what was the fourth one? philly, boston d.c. schools. d.c., that s the other one. good to have you here, stephanie. i said it first. i said it first. yeah, i said it. he knows my look. she looked at me sideways. and it has to do, of course, with all the snow. a lot of people saying over a foot in a lot of places. a few updates. this changes. jfk now scheduled to open at 10:00, newark scheduled to open at 9:00 a.m. but 1,000 flights are canceled in the area. you need to check faa website constantly also checking your
off the road in new york and boston so the plows can get through. they have closed schools in all of those cities. since mid december, it has actually snowed eight times in the new york city area, about once every five days. in boston, they have gotten 50 inches and counting so far this season. gobbling through their snow removal budgets. reynolds wolf is standing by this morning. one other note. we got word from amtrak they have suspended their new york to boston service as well because of the weather. no surprise. i mean, we have seen some very heavy snow as you mentioned around the region. south boston 11.5 inches of snowfall and standstill at the airport. they have had over 300 flights canceled or coming in or departing. one mode of transportation has been working pretty well at least since 7:00 last night is due to the cleaners that we have on the sidewalks. take a look at something. bob? bob crowley is our cnn photo journalists. let s show them the condition of the sidewalks. t
talking about 6 to 8 inches of more snowfall. the highest point we have seen in this area 11.5. kick it back to you in the studio. so he is telling consider ourselves lucky. could have been worse. 6 more inches. thanks. it could have been far worse than this. let s turn to the airports and give you an idea of what is happening in the northeast. here s a look where we are right now. this is a changing situation but reagan national right now open. boston logan open. john f. kennedy is closed but they are trying to get up and moving over the next couple of hours. newark closed right now but going to reopen to departures in about an hour. and open to arrivals around noon. rob marciano is in the extreme severe weather center for this playing out for us and breaking records right and left with the snow. the totals in new york city puts you over the top for the month of january to break a record over 32 inches of snow.