Philly snow updates: Blizzard warning continues as snow tapers off; tens of thousands lose power; updated snowfall totals

Several major Philadelphia arts institutions have announced closures due to emergency weather.

Early Monday, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, and Calder Gardens announced closures on their social media accounts.

The PMA said it'll reopen on Tuesday.

Multiple sections of the New Jersey Turnpike are experiencing major delays and closures after a series of accidents Monday morning amid whiteout conditions.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill extended a travel ban through noon, citing visibility issues, though those restrictions exclude the Turnpike and essential workers.

In an interview with Fox 5 New York early Monday, Sherrill said plowers were “down to pavement” on the Turnpike.

Cape May Mayor Zack Mullock said his coastal city of Victorian homes "looks beautiful" covered in the foot of snow that had fallen by Monday morning.

 "It looks like a snow globe," he said.

"We had a good amount," Mullock said, speaking by phone, from atop a tractor, which he said he was using to help plow out some neighbors. "There's a few individual homes where a tree took a power line. The tides were ok. We were a little nervous about that. Overall, I would say things are pretty good."

More than a foot of snow fell overnight across the Philadelphia region, though the Jersey Shore was hit hardest by a powerful winter storm that was still dropping heavy snow Monday morning.

Due to heavy snow bands, the totals varied widely. Ten inches of snow were recorded in Boothwyn Monday morning, while 15 inches dropped overnight in Mount Ephraim, Camden County.

Officially, 13.7 inches fell at Philadelphia International Airport as of 7 a.m.

More than 130,000 households in the Philadelphia region lost power overnight due to the snowstorm.

Philadelphia households have mostly recovered from power outages on Monday morning, according to Peco, with only 280 active outages as of 10:30 a.m.. Over the course of the night, nearly 9,000 households powered by Peco lost power.

South Jersey still has 73,000 households without power as of Monday morning, according to Jersey Central Power and Light, but that number has slowly decreased since earlier in the morning.

A water main break may pose a threat to the water quality in Camden Monday morning, American Water Contract Services said. As a precaution, some areas of Camden are under a “boil water” advisory while crews assess the water supply.

The water main break occurred at Ninth and Jefferson Streets on Sunday night. In response, American Water was advising all residents living between Ferry Avenue and Collings Road in Camden, which includes the Fairview, Morgan-Village, and Centerville neighborhoods, to not drink or use tap water until further notice.

The advisory will remain in effect until repairs are complete and water quality is tested to be safe.

With an official snowfall of 13.7 inches measured at Philadelphia International Airport, the city’s seasonal total bumped to 29.8 inches.

Among the 142 winters in the period of record, this one now is tied for 27th place, and also is the snowiest since 2018.

You may have noticed snow has been scarce in recent winters, and this also will be the first one since 2021 with snowfall above the normal, which is 23.1 inches.

Amtrak canceled more than 30 trains on its Northeast Regional and Acela train lines on Monday morning due to the snowstorm. Keystone Service has been suspended until at least noon.

Alerts went out at 4 a.m. announcing a slew of cancellations and advising riders to book the next available train. Amtrak will notify impacted customers directly. Customers whose trains are cancelled can rebook or request refunds, without penalties, on Amtrak.com, through the Amtrak mobile app, or by calling the Amtrak Care Center at 1-800-USA-RAIL.

Amtrak will operate 55% of planned service Monday on the Northeast Regional rail service, 33% of planned Acela trains, and half of the planned trains on the Keystone Service trains, when it returns at noon.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Monday morning that New Jersey's travel ban would continue until noon as white out conditions were making it difficult to see, especially on major roads like the Garden State Parkway.

"It was an early morning call," she said, in an online interview with South Jersey weather forecaster Nick "NorEaster Nick" Pittman. "It was difficult to see the edge of the road where the guardrails were. We still have snow falling in a lot of parts of our state."

She said more than 200,000 people had lost power across New Jersey, but that more than half of them had already had power restored. "which is pretty shocking given how horrible the conditions are."

Almost all SEPTA services, besides some subway services, are temporarily suspended.

Bus service, including the Route 15 Trolley (G), is suspended until further notice. All other trolleys are diverted to 40th and Market streets.

Regional Rail is temporarily suspended until safety inspections are complete. If Regional Rail service returns, it will follow a Saturday schedule.

Scott Evans, Atlantic City's Fire Chief and head of Emergency Management, said flooding in the coastal city was not as bad as feared. "The flooding definitely underperformed in a good way," he said. "We'll take it any day."

He described it as "the low end of moderate" level of flooding, something Atlantic City is used to dealing with. The city had about a foot of snow by daylight, he said, with persistent high winds over night prompting numerous calls for "arcing wires."

At the 11 p.m. Sunday high tide through around 2:30 a.m., there was about 8 to 10 inches of water in "some of our lowest lying areas," he said, including Massachusetts Avenue, Bungalow Park and Lower Chelsea.

At Philadelphia International Airport, 604 flights had been canceled as of Monday morning, as snow blanketed the city. Another 42 flights were canceled for Tuesday, according to FlightAware, which tracks flights.

“Passengers should check on the status of their flights with their airlines—the airlines will also provide guidance on what passengers should do in the event their flights are cancelled,” said airport spokesperson Heather Redfern.

The airport also announced ticketing at Terminal A-West, B, and C and TSA checkpoints would be closed Monday.

As much as a foot of snow fell overnight across the Philadelphia region as heavy snowfall from a massive winter storm continues across the Delaware Valley.

Due to heavy snow bands, the totals varied widely. Ten inches of snow were recorded in Boothwyn Monday morning, while 11 inches dropped overnight in Mount Ephraim, Camden County.

Officially, 13.7 inches fell at Philadelphia International Airport as of 7 a.m. Here are more snowfall totals.

If you perceive the atmosphere for whatever reason has a grudge against weekends, that’s understandable.

Precipitation has fallen on six of the last seven weekends, with snowflakes making appearances in all of them, most emphatically on Jan. 25, when 9.3 inches of snow and sleet balls accumulated, and then refused to leave.

The storm rhythm actually is a quite common one, meteorologists say.