A winter storm sweeping throughout the nation may convey snow and ice to New York Metropolis at first of the week.
Winter Storm Blair is anticipated to make its approach east from the Rockies by means of the weekend, reaching the mid-Atlantic by Sunday night time and bringing with it icy situations that might affect the Monday commute.
In New York Metropolis, the weekend is more likely to see some solar with a excessive of some levels over freezing, earlier than dropping to the mid-to-high 20s in a single day Sunday into Monday morning.
Monday is anticipated to be cloudy with some flurries within the metropolis falling largely from late morning to mid-afternoon, in keeping with AccuWeather. Whereas roughly an inch of accumulation is probably going, the climate service warns {that a} shift within the storm’s observe may produce heavier snowfall.
“Travel impacts possible for the Monday AM and Monday afternoon commute,” the Nationwide Climate Service stated in a Friday night replace for southeast New York and northeast New Jersey. “There is still uncertainty in the exact track of low pressure, and small deviations in track would increase or decrease snowfall amounts by a few inches.”
Additional south, cities together with Baltimore and Washington, D.C. may see as much as 6 inches of snow, in keeping with The Climate Channel.
The community calls Blair essentially the most widespread winter storm of the season to this point. It dumped chilly rain and mountain snow on the Pacific Northwest and Rockies on Friday, earlier than its low strain was anticipated to hold the storm from coast to coast.
Residents of the Central Plains and far of the Midwest had been warned of “increasingly hazardous travel conditions,” with greater than a foot of latest snow potential in some locations. Parts of japanese Kansas, Missouri, decrease Illinois and far of Kentucky may see broken bushes and impacted energy strains all through the weekend.
Throughout the county, the wintry climate ought to taper off by Monday night time, although leftover snow and ice may nonetheless impact commutes on Tuesday morning.
In New York Metropolis, the remainder of the week is anticipated to convey sunny skies however chilly temps hovering at or simply above freezing.
