From coastal Maine to northern New Jersey, including Portland, Maine, Boston, Hartford, Providence, to New York City metro area and Long Island a blizzard warning has been issued.
According to the Weather Channel, winter Storm Nemo will shift its focus from the Great Lakes today, and aim its shot on New England tonight into Saturday.
"Travel will be highly impacted by Winter Storm Nemo," warned meteorologist Maria Larosa. "The snow has already begun in Boston. Visibility will only get worse as the day wears on."
Air travel has come to a virtual standstill, mass transit is shutting down, and government officials are begging people to get off the roads now.
"Right now, if you're heading out the door in Boston, you may be thinking there are no problems. Butwe cannot stress how quickly this will get worse," says Larosa.
Amtrak is suspending northbound service out of Penn Station after 12:30 p.m. EST on Friday.
"More than 3,000 flights have been cancelled in the Northeast corridor Friday morning," reported meteorologist Mike Bettes. Most of those are out of New York and Boston. More than 800 flights are already cancelled for Saturday as well. That will cause a ripple effect nationwide in air travel. On Thursday, in advance of the storm, all major airlines were scrambling to rebook passengers on flightsafter Winter Storm Nemo hits.
At Boston's airport and New York's three main airports, most airlines plan to shut down operations Friday afternoon and resume again on Saturday, according to airline tracking company FlightAware.com. Bradley Airport in Connecticut cancelled most afternoon flights.
Check on Delays Per Airline
• Delta Air Lines: Canceling flights at Northeast airports Friday; most cancellations after noon EST; Offering customers in the Northeast, Ottawa, and Montreal whose flight may be affected by the storm the ability to make one-time changes to their travel schedules without fees; Customers booked on Delta-ticketed flights to, from or through the affected cities Feb. 8-9 may immediately rebook for travel before or after their original travel dates as long as new flights are ticketed and rescheduled with travel beginning by Feb. 12, 2013.
• American Airlines: Customers ticketed to travel on AA flights to, through or from affected airports may change flights if the ticket was issued no later than Feb. 6. The ticket reissue charge will be waived for one ticket change.
• Jet Blue: Waive change/cancel fees and fare differences for customers traveling Friday, February 8-9 to or from affected cities;Customers may rebook their flights for travel through Tuesday, Feb.12.
• US Airways: Affected customers can change their trip online (in most cases) and US Airways will waive change fees.
• United Airlines: Giving customers as much notice as possible so they can adjust their plans accordingly, and customers with flexibility can take advantage of a travel waiver in place for those traveling to and through 32 airports in the Northeast. All waiver information is available on united.com.
• Southwest Airlines: Customers with reservations to/from affected cities on Feb. 8-9 are eligible to reschedule their flight in accordance with Southwest's accommodation procedures.
