JANUARY 25– 4 P.M EST PLOWING PROGRESS STILL SNOWING AT 5 INCHES AN HOUR

WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER

 

The town of Greenburgh has 131 miles of roads that we must plow.  Crews have been working since 7 AM today and won’t stop until all the roads in town are passable and in good shape.  We have 35 town snow vehicles/trucks on our roads. It could take about three hours for each of the trucks to complete their route before they come back and start over again.

If snow is coming down fast enough a road can look like it never was plowed minutes after the  plow goes through. Plowing isn’t a one and done thing—it’s a constant loop. Snow falls, plows clear it, snow immediately covers the road again. When snowfall rates are high accumulation outpaces plowing.  Add wind, drifting, and it looks untouched.

  The reality is that crews are working nonstop. Plows don’t stop the snow. They only remove what already is fallen.

  PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor

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JANUARY 25– SNOW FLAKE-BY-FLAKE: THE BIG WHITE CONTINUES AT 5 INCHES AN HOUR AT 12:30 PM EST 1 P.M.:TEMP 18 DEGREES WIND 13 MPH GUSTING TO 26. DRIFTING ESCALATES

WPCNR FLAKE-BY-FLAKE FLASH By John F. Bailey. January 25, 2026:

 

The Sunday snow started at 7 A.M. this morning and by 10:15 A.M had accumulated approximately 5 inches.

The is a skier’s dream: fluffy white power  which when you swerve to a stop makes all the lady skiers take notice.

It took this official shoveler and snow blower pilot 1 hour and 20 minutes to clear my driveway of 5 inches of snow.

However, the snow is continuing it’s 5 inches an hour accumulation rate. One hour later the 5 inches of slow I cleared from my 90 foot driveway had been replaced.

At this rate the snow as beautiful as it is continues the pace of its original forecast by The Weather Channel of 16 inches.

I reckon it will take two more clearings with the snow blower to get the driveway clear.

I await the battery recharging which should be just about done.

It is  a relentless 45 degree angle of fall continuing at this hour.

The temperature is 16 WPCNR SNOWY DEGREES, and the surface under the fallen snow is a wet slippery causing uncertain footing with steering the snowblower.

I warn you after an hour out in this Arctic cold, your fingers become numb in your gloves and your toes become numb even in  your L.L. Bean snow boots.

I cross my fingers that this snow will not last until  Monday evening.

I also suggest you clear it in three stages.

John Bailey reporting from my driveway in a Very White White Plains New York USA, where at 1 P.M. i  have to advise you the wind has picked up, it is now 18 degrees with the wind at 13 miles hour gusting to 26 miles an hour  enhancing the drifting effect  and escalating the difficulty in clearing the “Great White” in an orderly manner that will last.

 

In fact this drivewat as of 11:15 was cleared to the blackgtop, now at 1:15 PM it is completed been replaced with new snow.

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JANUARY 24–SNOW ADVISORY FROM THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS

This is a message from the City of White Plains.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Sunday, January 25th through Monday, January 26th. Snow is expected to be heavy at times with significant accumulation.

The City’s Department of Public Works crews will be working through the storm to clear roads as quickly and completely as possible. Snow is expected to be heaviest from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Sunday, with high snowfall rates, causing near white-out conditions at times and significantly impacting road conditions. Please refrain from unnecessary travel during this storm.

In order to enable DPW to do their job it is vital that vehicles not be left parked on the street. As a courtesy, the City of White Plains is offering free parking to White Plains residents for vehicles registered to addresses within the City of White Plains in the Hamilton-Main Garage starting at 5:00 PM on Saturday, January 24th until Monday, January 26th at 10:30 AM. All other garages, lots and on street parking will remain subject to normal enforcement. There will be strict enforcement of the City’s ban on overnight on-street parking, as vehicles left on the street impair the City’s ability to clear snow, creating hazardous conditions and lengthening the storm’s impact.

Thank you for your cooperation and please stay safe.

Thank you, The City of White Plains

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