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After a snap snowstorm Thursday morning that provoked over 100 accidents on Long Island roads, New Year's Eve revelers can expect more tonight.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory effective until 5 a.m. Friday for Long Island and New York City, saying additional snow is on the way.
The winter weather is expected to resume late Thursday evening and last into New Year's morning. People can expect an additional one to two inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. That would bring snow totals up to about five inches.
Earlier snowfall Thursday led to major traffic headaches, causing more than 100 minor fender-benders throughout Nassau and Suffolk, police said.
'I counted 84 accidents from about 8:30 this morning,' Trooper Frank Bandiero, a State Police spokesman, said shortly after 1 p.m. 'Nothing major - a few multiple-car accidents and just a few minor injuries.
'But most could have been avoided if people would have just slowed down.'
A Suffolk County police spokeswoman said the agency received calls for dozens of accidents, 'mostly fender-benders and nothing serious,' she said.
A Nassau County police spokesman also said there have been numerous minor accidents, but 'nothing major reported yet.'
Also Thursday, a person was struck on the train tracks east of Woodside, prompting the LIRR to temporarily suspend local westbound service between Jamaica and Penn Station and delaying other trains.
The National Weather Service said an inch of snow was reported in Bellerose and Plainview, 1.1 inches in Centereach and .9 inches in Upton.
The weather service issued a winter weather advisory until 6 p.m. for Nassau and Suffolk, with sleet or freezing rain possible.
The rain may make driving Thursday night particularly hazardous.
'There could be a brief period of freezing drizzle, putting a light glaze of ice on top of any snowfall,' the agency said on its Web site.
Snow began falling around 8 a.m. in parts of Queens and Long Island. There were more than a dozen accidents on Long Island roads between 8:23 a.m. and 11 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation Web site.
At about 10:30 a.m., the Long Island Expressway was down to one cleared lane east of county Route 111 in Manorville.
LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark Liberty International airports also reported departure and arrival delays, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory effective until 5 a.m. Friday for Long Island and New York City, saying additional snow is on the way.
The winter weather is expected to resume late Thursday evening and last into New Year's morning. People can expect an additional one to two inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. That would bring snow totals up to about five inches.
Earlier snowfall Thursday led to major traffic headaches, causing more than 100 minor fender-benders throughout Nassau and Suffolk, police said.
'I counted 84 accidents from about 8:30 this morning,' Trooper Frank Bandiero, a State Police spokesman, said shortly after 1 p.m. 'Nothing major - a few multiple-car accidents and just a few minor injuries.
'But most could have been avoided if people would have just slowed down.'
A Suffolk County police spokeswoman said the agency received calls for dozens of accidents, 'mostly fender-benders and nothing serious,' she said.
A Nassau County police spokesman also said there have been numerous minor accidents, but 'nothing major reported yet.'
Also Thursday, a person was struck on the train tracks east of Woodside, prompting the LIRR to temporarily suspend local westbound service between Jamaica and Penn Station and delaying other trains.
The National Weather Service said an inch of snow was reported in Bellerose and Plainview, 1.1 inches in Centereach and .9 inches in Upton.
The weather service issued a winter weather advisory until 6 p.m. for Nassau and Suffolk, with sleet or freezing rain possible.
The rain may make driving Thursday night particularly hazardous.
'There could be a brief period of freezing drizzle, putting a light glaze of ice on top of any snowfall,' the agency said on its Web site.
Snow began falling around 8 a.m. in parts of Queens and Long Island. There were more than a dozen accidents on Long Island roads between 8:23 a.m. and 11 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation Web site.
At about 10:30 a.m., the Long Island Expressway was down to one cleared lane east of county Route 111 in Manorville.
LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark Liberty International airports also reported departure and arrival delays, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
