Glen Ridge and Bloomfield Schools are closed today, but no word at 5:34 am of any cancellation in the Montclair public schools. Montclair Schools closed today.
MKA is also closed.
Meanwhile, the National Weather Service warns of a severe ice storm today and warns motorists to stay off the roads.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL BECOME A BLEND OF SLEET AND PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING...THEN TRANSITION BACK TO ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. AS A RESULT EXPECT TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...AND FROM A HALF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END BY EARLY THIS EVENING.AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
By the way, Montclair Schools, you need to wake your webmaster up a little earlier on snow days and change your phone recording. Nobody cares about last night's PTSO meeting being cancelled at 5:30 am when the ice is falling.















Montclair closed. just saw on the news.