Heavy snow continued to fall throughout the Ithaca area through the mid-morning, as a blast of winter weather brought the biggest snowfall we’ve seen all winter in parts of the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier.
Steady snow started falling Sunday night after 8 p.m. in the Ithaca area, with the heaviest snow falling overnight and into the early Monday morning hours.
The National Weather Service in Binghamton reported snow totals over 7 inches in Freeville before 9 a.m. Monday, with around 6 inches of snow in areas of Cayuga Heights by 7 a.m., and Danby by 8 a.m.
Outside WHCU’s studios on Hanshaw Road in the town of Dryden, over 7 inches had fallen by about 9:30 a.m. Monday.
Reports of over 10 inches of snow came in from portions of Broome, Chenango and Schuyler counties. Snowfall totals could hit above 12 inches in some spots by the time the storm system clears the region. In parts of the eastern Catskills, up to 18 inches of snow could fall before the snow lets up.
In the Ithaca area, forecasts call for winds to increase Monday afternoon, and that could cause some problems with blowing snow.
“It will become quite windy through Monday afternoon, with some wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour,” says WENY-TV Chief Meteorologist Joe Veres.
Tompkins County Sheriff Ken Lansing said Monday morning that no serious accidents were reported. Dozens of scanner reports came in throughout Monday morning for cars off the road or cars involved in minor accidents.
Every school district in the WHCU listening area closed their doors for the day Monday with officials in the Ithaca City School District making the decision to close before 5 a.m. Cornell and Ithaca College kept regular schedules Monday, while TC3 closed for the day. SUNY Cortland operated on a two-hour delay.
