Two weather systems – one currently in the Gulf of Mexico and one in the Pacific Northwest – are expected to merge and result in a winter storm for the New York City metropolitan area
beginning late Thursday night/early Friday morning and continuing through late Saturday morning/early Saturday afternoon. Strong winds, heavy snow, moderate to heavy rain, and
minor to moderate coastal flooding are all expected with this event. With the system still a few days out there is some degree of uncertainty with the exact track, timing, and impacts.
More information will become available early tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon with subsequent model runs.

PRECIPITATION AND TIMING
Snow will move into the area late Thursday night and bring around one inch of snow before changing over to rain between 7-10AM Friday morning. Rain, which will be moderate to heavy at times, will continue until approximately 7-10PM Friday evening when it will transition back to all snow. A wintry mix of snow, sleet, and rain is possible during the times of transition.
Snow will start to taper off late Saturday morning/early Saturday afternoon. Ice accumulation is not expected with this event.

Snow accumulation for this event is expected to be 6-7 inches across New York City (in the worst case scenario, NYC could see 12 inches of snow). The highest accumulations are expected in the northern parts of Manhattan and The Bronx with lower accumulations along the south shores of Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.
The heaviest snow will fall between 7PM Friday evening and 5AM Saturday morning.

TEMPERATURES (HIGH/LOW)
Tonight: :Low of 22
Thursday: 33/32
Friday: 38/27
Saturday: 33/20

As the snow begins Friday night, the NYC area will experience a precipitous drop in temperatures which could lead to a “Flash Freeze” condition in which any rain that has fallen/ponded on roadways will freeze and then be covered by snow. This would result in haz

(YWN Desk – NYC)