Snow Storm: Jersey City School Closings for Monday, March 2, 2009

Radar Map at 9:50PM Mar. 1. Blue indicates snow fall. Look at JC, everything is blue!

The snowfall has started around 8:30PM tonight, the snow is not sticking yet. However, the entire Hudson County is expected to be covered with 8 to 12 inches of snow accumulations by tomorrow. As a result, some Jersey City schools have already announced suspension of classes for tomorrow, Monday, March 2nd, 2009. Snow fall will intensify overnight.

Read the rest to look if your school is closed or not. Severe Weather Alert included.

JC School Closings (March 2, 2009)

Al Ghazaly School – Closed
Concordia St. Joseph School for the Blind – Closed
First Christian Pentecostal Academy – Closed
Genesis Educational Center – Closed
Golden Door Charter School – Closed
Hudson County College – Closed
Hudson County Regional H.S. – Closed
Hudson Milestones Day Care Center – Closed
Hudson Milestones Jersey City ATC – Closed
Kenmare High School for Women – Closed
Liberty Academy Charter – Closed
NJ City University (NJCU) – Closed
Our Lady Czestochowa-Jers. City – Closed
Our Lady of Mercy – Closed
Our Lady of Victories – Closed
Primary Prep – Closed
Sacred Heart Elementary School – Closed
Schomburg Charter – Jersey City – Closed
Soaring Heights Charter School – Closed
St. Aloysius Elementary School – Closed
St. Anthony High – Closed
St. Joseph Elementary School – Closed
St. Mary H.S. – Closed
St. Patrick & Assumption/All Saints – Closed
St. Peter’s Prep – Closed
YCS May Academy – Closed

For Public Schools, tune in to Channel 1. It was reported that all Public Schools are closed tomorrow. (JC Board of Ed also announced all PS schools closures today)

SEVERE WEATHER ALERT

Winter Storm Warning for Hudson County, NJ
from 6 pm EST, Sun., Mar. 1, 2009 until 6 pm EST, Mon., Mar. 2, 2009
Issued by The National Weather Service
New York City, NY
4:11 pm EST, Sun., Mar. 1, 2009

… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY…

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY.

A STEADY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE TRI-STATE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT FOR SLEET TO MIX IN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM… BUT FOR THE MOST PART THIS WILL BE AN ALL SNOW EVENT. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER ORANGE AND WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTIES… TO 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL LONG ISLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT. SOMEWHAT LOWER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE TWIN FORKS OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT DUE TO THE SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET. FOR THE NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA… 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.

SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO OCCASIONALLY 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW… SLEET… AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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… MAJOR SNOWSTORM TO IMPACT TRI-STATE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY…

.LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST THIS EVENING WILL TRACK NORTHEAST… PASSING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND MONDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL THEN PROCEED UP INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BY MONDAY EVENING. STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL PROVIDE THE COLD AIR FOR A MAINLY SNOW EVENT… WITH SOME SLEET MIXING IN LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG ISLAND.

Click HERE for full list of NJ School status. JC Public Schools are closed according to JCBOE.