{"id":103471,"date":"2026-01-17T19:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103471\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:19:08","slug":"snow-halts-flights-in-nyc-newark-as-storms-make-for-messy-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103471\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow halts flights in NYC, Newark as storms make for messy weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A snowstorm sweeping through the tri-state area halted air traffic at LaGuardia and Newark airports Saturday afternoon and is expected to be the start of a messy holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Up to four inches of snow <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-jersey\/marlboro-coltsneck\/s\/jyatb\/snow-total-projections-rise-as-backtoback-storms-hit-nj?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=alert&amp;user_email=fd6c0c70cf31a2791c79ff19fec252983fc0b14b15822cefc9a7a6bb10f88e26&amp;user_email_md5=f04ecdd29627bb1abfe5945d30e01588&amp;lctg=523d60efd1b216b50c7c0fb7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was forecast for northwestern New Jersey <\/a>Saturday, and by 1 p.m. there was enough precipitation in the five boroughs for officials to put a ground stop on air traffic at LaGuardia Airport.<\/p>\n<p>A short time later nearby Newark Liberty International and Teterboro airports <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ATCAlerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">were also in a ground stoppage.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38211497\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-according-weather-reports-deep-119096673.jpg\" alt=\"People walking through snow and freezing rain on Broadway near City Hall Park in New York.\" class=\"wp-image-38211497\"  \/>An inch of snow can accumulate in the city on Sunday.  Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The snow isn\u2019t expected to stick around much on Saturday in New York City \u2014 but the forecast for Sunday and Monday was quite different, meteorologists said.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, snow is likely to end after 4 p.m., with temperatures at 32 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as the rest of Saturday goes, it looks like we\u2019ll have some snow here for the next few hours continuing in the city and really it\u2019s been snowing across most of new Jersey as well,\u201d AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dan Pydynowski told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>However, Saturday\u2019s snow will have a tough time sticking to streets and sidewalks, \u201cbut grassy areas, Central Park, car tops\u201d could see \u201ca slushy coating on some surfaces this afternoon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Snow could start again on Sunday as early as 8 a.m. in Central Park, with anywhere from 2 to 4 inches expected to fall during the day.<\/p>\n<p>By late Sunday morning and even early evening, it may still be falling, possibly even heavier than before.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might not be particularly heavy at first. It might be really light and not sticking,\u201d Pydynowski predicted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s probably a period at some point tomorrow afternoon where it comes down a little harder and a little steadier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do get below freezing Sunday night. So even though the snow\u2019s long gone, people out driving or walking to the subway, will have to watch for some slick spots,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures could drop to 25 degrees on Sunday night into Monday morning \u2014 making for a messy commute on the Martin Luther King Day holiday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A snowstorm sweeping through the tri-state area halted air traffic at LaGuardia and Newark airports Saturday afternoon and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4709,57,9,24,55,54,56,8555,58,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-103471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-central-park","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-city-news","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-snow","16":"tag-us-news","17":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}