Although heavy storm winds brought up to nine inches of rainfall and snow to parts of the Northeast yesterday, State College was spared from any serious weather.

Campus Weather Service said it does not expect any significant rain or snow for State College in the near future either, despite significant snowfall to the north and extremely significant rainfall to the east.

"If anything, we're going to see light, slushy accumulation," Jessica Stumpf, shift manager at Campus Weather Service, said. Heavy wind with gusts up to 50 mph has been an issue however, and windy conditions will continue for the next several days, she added.

"Here, it's not looking too bad," Stumpf said.

Paul Ruskin, spokesman for the Office of Physical Plant (OPP), said although Penn State was spared from heavy snow, OPP was prepared for the worst.

Ruskin said a midnight clear was declared for the whole weekend, requiring all parking lots to be cleared by midnight in case of snow.

"It's better to over-prepared than under-prepared," Ruskin added.

According to Accuweather, New York City received 8.31 inches of rainfall during 24-hour period that began yesterday. Philadelphia was also hit hard by the storm, receiving 6.22 inches in parts of the area.

"That's just phenomenal," Kerry Schwindenhammer, a meteorologist for Accuweather, said. He added that the most rain came when the storm moved north through North Carolina, with the top part of the storm dumping most of the rainfall totals.

With the heavy rainfall totals came widespread flooding. In one New York City neighborhood, residents paddled through flooded streets in boats. Nearly 300,000 homes lost power because of the storm, the Associated Press reported.

Schwindenhammer said the worst of the weather should be over at this point, but heavy winds will continue for awhile.

"Winds should begin to slack towards [tomorrow]," he said.

In spite of the weather, traffic coming from the affected areas has been flowing fairly normal. Greyhound reported that all busses running in and out of State College from the affected areas have been on time.