周六，数百万美国人处于冬季天气警报之下，因为东北地区遭遇了“东北风”。
随着冬季风暴向新英格兰海岸移动，白茫茫的天气持续存在。
州长查理·贝克在周六晚上的新闻发布会上说，马萨诸塞州的降雪速度为每小时2到4英寸。他说，这场冬季风暴“正如预期的那样”，强风和大量降雪对该州东部、东南部和沿海社区的打击最大。
包括大西洋城在内的新泽西州部分地区的降雪量高达每小时2英寸，而康涅狄格州东部地区的降雪量高达每小时3英寸。
除了降雪之外，东北海岸线还报告了时速60至70英里的强风。
周六下午，几个州进入紧急状态，为最严重的风暴系统做准备。
狂风、危险的旅行、潜在的停电和寒冷的气温都是与冬季和复活节相关的问题。根据Flightaware的数据，马萨诸塞州有超过10万名客户断电，周六，超过3550个进出美国的航班被取消。
康涅狄格州州长内德·拉蒙特在周六中午的一次简报会上说，康涅狄格州的机场“此时已经瘫痪”。官员们说，地铁北线每小时服务有限，美国国家铁路客运公司没有运营。
积雪总量，危险条件
到周六下午，东北海岸已经下了一英尺多的雪，据报道新泽西和长岛的部分地区超过了18英寸。
从长岛东部到新英格兰中部，预计还会有3到6英寸的积雪，而沿着新英格兰海岸预计还会有6到12英寸的积雪。
康涅狄格州到缅因州的部分地区可能会有18到24英寸的降雪，波士顿地铁附近可能会有24英寸的降雪，这可能会打破纪录。对于波士顿市来说，有记录以来1月份一天的最大降雪量是22.1英寸——2015年1月27日——总的来说，有记录以来一天的最大降雪量是23.6英寸，发生在2003年2月17日。
州长说，马萨诸塞州东南部可能会有大约30英寸的降雪。
乔希·雷诺兹/美联社
一场暴风雨中，一对行人走过哈佛广场的约翰·哈佛雕像
新泽西海岸;纽约萨福克县;罗德岛和沿海的马萨诸塞州经历了白茫茫的天气——持续的大雪和狂风。
纽约市以北通往波士顿和缅因州波特兰的95号州际公路走廊上，狂风大作，时速45英里至70英里。
零下的寒风刺骨
五大湖和新英格兰的部分地区可能会经历严寒天气，寒风刺骨，气温接近零下25度。
周六晚上，当纽约市和波士顿的寒风分别降到零下2度和零下5度时，东北地区将会感到寒冷。
寒冷的天气甚至正在向南蔓延到佛罗里达州，到周日早些时候气温将降至20多度。包括迈阿密、那不勒斯和西棕榈滩在内的城市已经发布了风寒警报。周六晚上，佛罗里达大部分地区都收到了冰冻警告。
沿海问题
沿海地区对风暴潮和潮汐影响感到担忧，尤其是在纽约萨福克县的沿海城镇，周六晚上涨潮时可能会出现4至8英尺高的海浪，并持续到周日。
波士顿也可能遭受15到20英尺的最大海浪冲击。
海滩侵蚀、局部洪水和财产损失都可能发生在这些有风暴和涨潮的地区。
州长卡伦·Polito周六告诉记者，马萨诸塞州的一些沿海社区正在经历轻微到中度的洪水。官员警告说，楠塔基特洪水泛滥，市中心“严重洪水泛滥”。
然而，这场冬季风暴有一线希望:风暴系统仍然偏东，这意味着95号州际公路以西各州的大雪和与天气相关的混乱减少。
Powerful nor'easter slams East Coast, with heavy snow and strong winds
Millions of Americans are under winter weather alerts Saturday as a nor'easter slams the Northeast.
Whiteout conditions persist as the winter storm makes its way toward the New England coast.
Snow has been falling at a rate of 2 to 4 inches per hour in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said during a Saturday evening press briefing. The winter storm is "delivering as expected," he said, with strong winds and large amounts of snow hitting the state's eastern, southeastern and coastal communities the hardest.
Parts of New Jersey, including Atlantic City, saw snowfall rates upward of 2 inches per hour, while eastern Connecticut saw as much as 3 inches per hour.
In addition to the snowfall, strong wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph have been reported along the Northeast coastline.
States of emergency were in effect in several states as they braced for the worst of the storm system Saturday afternoon.
Whipping winds, treacherous travel, potential power outages and frigid temperatures are all concerns associated with the winter nor'easter. Over 100,000 customers are without power in Massachusetts, and over 3,550 flights have been canceled within, into, and out of the U.S. Saturday, according to Flightaware.
In Connecticut, airports are "down at this point," Gov. Ned Lamont said during a briefing midday Saturday. Metro-North is running on limited hourly service, and Amtrak is not operating, officials said.
Snow totals, treacherous conditions
By Saturday afternoon, over a foot of snow had so far fallen along the Northeast coast, with parts of New Jersey and Long Island reporting over 18 inches.
Additional snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches are forecast from eastern Long Island up into central New England, while another 6 to 12 inches is expected along the New England coast.
Parts of Connecticut to Maine may see up to 18 to 24 inches of snow total, with the possibility of up to 24 inches near Boston Metro -- a potential record breaker. For the city of Boston, the most snowfall in one day in January on record is 22.1 inches -- Jan. 27, 2015 -- and the most snowfall in one day on record overall is 23.6 inches, which happened Feb. 17, 2003.
Southeastern Massachusetts could get about 30 inches of snow, the governor said.
Coastal New Jersey; Suffolk County, New York; Rhode Island and coastal Massachusetts experienced whiteout conditions -- persistent heavy snow and gusty winds.
The Interstate 95 corridor north of New York City toward Boston and Portland, Maine, saw whipping wind gusts of 45 mph to 70 mph.
Below-zero wind chills
Parts of the Great Lakes and New England likely will experience bitterly cold temperatures with wind chills near 25 below zero.
The Northeast will feel frigid Saturday night as wind chills plunge to 2 and 5 below zero in New York City and Boston, respectively.
Cold weather is even heading south to Florida with temperatures dipping into the upper 20s by early Sunday. Wind chill alerts have been posted for cities including Miami, Naples and West Palm Beach. Freeze warnings were in effect for much of Florida Saturday night.
Coastal concerns
There are coastal concerns about storm surge and tidal influence especially along the coastal towns in Suffolk County, New York, which could see 4- to 8-foot-high waves during high tide Saturday night and into Sunday.
Boston may also get battered with largest wave swells at 15 to 20 feet.
Beach erosion, localized flooding and property damage are all possible in these areas with the storm and high tides.
Some coastal communities in Massachusetts are experiencing minor to moderate flooding, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito told reporters Saturday. Nantucket saw high floodwater, with "significant flooding" downtown, officials warned.
However, there is one silver lining to this winter storm: The storm system remained easterly, meaning less heavy snow and weather-related snarls for states west of I-95.
