Schools cancel classes for Monday as snow blankets North Fork

It’s a snow day.

The Greenport, Southold and Mattituck-Cutchogue school districts informed parents Sunday afternoon that classes will be canceled Monday as a massive storm pummeled the region with up to a foot of snow.

Oysterponds School District in Orient will hold remote instruction on Monday instead of a traditional snow day. Superintendent Justin Cobis said students will check in remotely until noon, then complete offline activities including measuring snowfall outside.

The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for the North Fork through midday Monday, with snow expected to fall heavily throughout Sunday and transition to sleet and freezing rain Sunday evening.

Between 6 and 10 inches of snow accumulation is forecast during the day Sunday, with an additional 1 to 3 inches of snow and sleet possible Sunday night, the National Weather Service reported. The storm marks the highest snowfall on Long Island since the Jan. 29, 2022 blizzard — when parts of the North Fork were blanketed with about 2 feet of snow, according to News 12 Long Island.

Those shoveling driveways face temperatures Sunday in the teens, with wind chill values between 5 and 15 degrees. The mercury will rise to around 32 degrees by Sunday evening, then fall to around 27 degrees Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

The bitter cold is expected to continue through the week, with temperatures remaining below freezing for the next 10 days and nightly temperatures in the teens and single digits, according to News 12 Long Island. Any snow that melts from sunshine will instantly become black ice on untreated pavement.

Residents from around the North Fork posted snow-filled images on social media. One image by David Betts showed Mattituck Inlet freezing over.

The dangerously cold weather forced organizers of the annual North Fork Polar Plunge to postpone the fundraiser until Feb. 1.

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Snow falls on Old House, with the Cutchogue Library in background. (Credit: Suffolk Times photo), Village Green in Cutchogue (Credit: Suffolk Times photo) Schoolhouse Creek in New Suffolk around 10 a.m. on Sunday. (Credit: Suffolk Times photo) Greenport sights. (Credit:: Demitra Mouyiaris photo) Harbor in Greenport looks like a snow globe during Sunday’s storm. (Credit: Mary Bess Phillips) Greenport village and carousel. (Credit: Kaitlyn Burke photo) Mattituck Inlet freezes over as temperatures fall to mid-teens on Sunday. (Credit: David Betts courtesy photo)

All Cross Sound Ferry service has been canceled for Sunday and Monday.

The Long Island Rail Road is running on a modified schedule Sunday, with no service between Ronkonkoma and Greenport.

Suffolk Transit has canceled bus service Sunday.

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