The winter mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain had already caused confusion in the Big Apple early on Thursday. Many suburban schools closed on snowy days.
Forecasters predicted that snow would begin to fall during morning rush hour, and that rain would rain.
While New York City students missed snow days, several commuting districts, including Westchester, Rockland County, Long Island and parts of New Jersey, either delayed their start or closed completely. .
The winter mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain has cancelled classes entirely for students north to Wapping Central School District, Wallkill Central School District and Poughkeepsie City School District.
Students at Southern Westchester schools all had a two-hour delay, including White Plains Public Schools, Mount Vernon City School District, Rye City School District, and Long Island schools such as Islip School District and Houpoge Public Schools.
Meanwhile, New Jersey districts such as the Franklin Lakes School District and West Orange Public Schools have been closed, but other districts, including the Teenick Public School District and Tenafly public schools, have delayed their start.
As winter mix showered in New York City, several local airports had experienced delays. There had also been flight cancellations as of Thursday morning.
Of all flights departing from Laguardia, one was delayed and 46 was cancelled on Thursday morning. According to FlightAware flight tracking data. Meanwhile, two flights heading to Laguardia were delayed and flights 37 were cancelled.
JFK also had a delay, with 13 flights delayed at the airport and 20 cancellations. Flight 17 heading to JFK was delayed, with Flight 15 being cancelled early Thursday.
Newark appears to be less of a problem as 12 flights departing from the airport have been delayed and 12 more have been cancelled. According to the flight tracking website, the airport is in the airport and seven flights have been cancelled entirely.
All winter weather advisories have been expanded to expect up to 2 inches of snow and up to 1/1 inch of ice until 1pm in northeastern New Jersey, Hudson Valley and southern Connecticut. Wednesday.
According to the NWS, New York City metropolitan areas can only be seen with light coatings and little accumulation of ice.
Local officials are urging residents to use public transport and limit morning travel.
