The name Castro has been in politics for decades and the Castro brothers (Fidel on the left) have ruled Cuba with an iron fist for just as long. Thanks to the harsh and tyrannical control by the infamous dictators known as The Castro Brothers, Cuba remains a single party Marxist island with the lowest internet and cell phone service for their local citizens in our entire western hemisphere. How much longer will our world allow this?

However, ii it time to make room for a new and improved political duo of Castro brothers?

On the East Coast, the biggest snowfall event of the season thus far is wrapping up for the Mid-Atlantic and will persist until early Wednesday for southern New England. The developing surface low responsible for this plethora of snowfall is forecast to develop into a strong ocean storm over the Canadian maritime. The tightening pressure gradient will result in gusty winds in addition to the snow, thus causing wind chills to plummet.

NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has declared a state of emergency as a major winter storm moves across the New York City metropolitan area.

The State of Emergency covers the following counties: Suffolk, Nassau, Richmond, Kings, Queens, New York, Bronx, Westchester and Rockland.

Cuomo also activated the State Emergency Operations Center to monitor the major winter storm that is expected to bring moderate to heavy snow and strong winds to Long Island, New York City and the Lower Hudson Valley, and usher in extremely cold temperatures statewide.

The snow is falling and the NYC area is expecting a low temperature of 16 degrees. That dreaded polar vortex appears to be returning.

***Arctic air-mass arriving to the Eastern U.S.***

BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN) NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN NASSAU-

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES.

The Port Authority claims to be ready to tackle winter’s latest blast of snow, which is projected to begin tomorrow morning and continue until Wednesday morning.

The agency says it is prepared to deploy extra staff and has assembled snow equipment to handle what forecasters say could be significant snow and bitter cold temperatures at the Port Authority’s airports, tunnels, bridges, PATH system and seaport.

Arctic cold front moves across the region this evening, and then a wave of low pressure passes south and east of Long Island Tuesday through Wednesday.

A series of low pressure systems will move through the Great Lakes and northeast states, each sending a reinforcing cold front across the area through the upcoming days. Some areas could get almost a foot of snow.

Tonight: NW winds 15 to 20 kt with occasional gusts up to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft this evening...then 1 ft or less. Scattered flurries early this evening.