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Schools to Remain Open Thursday With Up to 8 Inches of Snow Expected

By Sybile Penhirin | March 4, 2015 10:42am | Updated on March 4, 2015 5:47pm
 A pedestrian walks through Riverside Park on Saturday, Jan. 21 2012, the first snowfall of the year.
A pedestrian walks through Riverside Park on Saturday, Jan. 21 2012, the first snowfall of the year.
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NEW YORK CITY — Students looking for an early spring break are out of luck. 

City schools will remain open Thursday as up to eight inches of snow is expected to fall in New York, according to forecasters and the Department of Education. After-school programs will also stay open. 

The rain showers expected Wednesday will turn into even more snowfall, bringing four to eight inches of the white stuff to the city by Thursday afternoon, and the wind chill could make it feel like five below zero Thursday night, forecasters said.

The snow will start to fall around midnight, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. The heaviest snow is expected Thursday morning with two to four inches possible during the morning commute, according to the city's Office of Emergency Management

“It will snow most of the day on Thursday," forecaster Jay Engle said.

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"The snow will taper off sometime in the afternoon."

A travel advisory was also issued for Thursday, according to OEM. Commuters were advised to use mass transit and avoid driving, if possible. 

Those who have to drive were advised to use caution and allow for extra travel time. 

There will be 500 salt spreaders deployed across the five boroughs and 1,600 snow plows available once there is more than two inches of snow, according to OEM. 

Between three and six inches of snow are expected to fall in Manhattan and the Bronx and up to eight inches in Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for all five boroughs, starting at 7p.m. Wednesday until 7p.m. Thursday.

Amtrak's Northeast Corridor will operate on a modified schedule Thursday with most of the reduced service between New York and Washington D.C., the agency said. 

Passengers can check with Amtrak to see what service in canceled.  

Alternate side parking were already suspended Thursday for Purim. 

Temperatures will plummet in to the teens Thursday night, with wind chills in the single digits, according to forecasters, and the icy temperatures are expected to follow into Friday with highs in the 20s.

"Friday is going to be a very cold day for March," Engle said, adding temperatures will start getting warmer late Sunday or early next week.