In case there was any doubt that good fortune is always smiling on the NFL, a major snowstorm hit the New York metropolitan area less than 12 hours after the end of Super Bowl XLVIII. Snow began falling at 5 a.m. ET on Monday and is expected to drop as much as 10 inches on the area.

This is what MetLife Stadium looked like Monday morning, in a picture tweeted out by NFL public relations man Brian McCarthy, via Brad Mayne, the president of MetLife Stadium. Hours before, the field was covered in confetti and victorious Seattle Seahawks.

Good morning #SB48 fans. Here @MLStadium we start move out with snow, take a look pic.twitter.com/gzrnlPQ058 — Brad Mayne (@bradmayne) February 3, 2014

More than 1,000 flights have already been cancelled in the New York metro area, leaving some Super Bowl travelers stranded.

While the NFL’s first cold-weather Super Bowl was a rousing success (except the stinker of a game), will the brush with cold weather scare the league away from playing similar games? Postgame snow or not, it’s going to be hard to convince Washington, Philadelphia and Chicago that they shouldn’t host a game after New York got a chance. If that happens and the NFL continues to flirt with winter weather, it’s only a matter of time before it gets buried.

For now, we’ll lament the missed possibilities a snowy Super Bowl would have brought. Remember how fun those blizzard games were in December? And, sure, Peyton Manning can’t play in bad weather, but it’s not like he played well in good weather on Sunday.