Hudson Valley: Timing, Totals For Super Bowl Sunday Storm

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The 2021 Super Bowl snowstorm is expected to bring tough travel conditions to the lower Hudson Valley and make roads slippery throughout the region all day before ending between 7 and 9 p.m. Sunday evening,

The National Weather Service is hedging its bets, having widened its range for snow accumulation to 4-8 inches (from 5-7) for southern Westchester, northeast New Jersey, western Long Island and southwest Connecticut.

In Orange, Putnam, Rockland and northern Westchester, expect snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. Dutchess and Ulster could get 2 to 4 inches of snow, the National Weather Service said.

This storm has acted unpredictably all week, as Alex Marra and Bill Potter of Hudson Valley Weather have pointed out. Their final forecast lowered accumulation predictions.

"Due to limited moisture, and a fast moving system, snowfall totals of 2 to 3 inches seem likely, with possibly only an inch or two in the northern Hudson Valley," they said.

Eastern Long Island and southeast Connecticut are expected to get the most snow.

The storm will move from southwest to northeast starting in the morning, and while the bulk of the snow will come between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., snow could be falling until around 9 p.m.

Snowfall rates could be over an inch an hour at times, the NWS warns.

Operations at the following state-run COVID-19 testing sites will be suspended on Sunday due to the winter storm:

• Glen Island in New Rochelle;
• Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens;
• Bronx Bay Plaza in the Bronx;
• Lehman College in the Bronx;
• Jones Beach on Long Island;
• Stony Brook on Long Island;
• Seaview Avenue on Staten Island; and
• Fountain Avenue in Brooklyn.

New Yorkers with appointments scheduled on Sunday will receive notice of the closure via text message and telephone. Appointments will be rescheduled for later in the week.