A quick-moving winter storm is predicted to blast New York and the tristate space on Thursday morning, bringing snow, sleet and finally rain to the area.
Precipitation will start in a single day Wednesday into early Thursday morning, the Nationwide Climate Service stated. However as a result of the system will blow by way of the realm so shortly, the skies ought to clear up by Thursday night.
“This is a fast-moving system and much of the [precipitation] looks to fall in about a 6- to 9-hour period from early Thursday morning into early Thursday afternoon,” forecasters stated.
MTA employees apply salt to the sidewalk outdoors the F line subway station at Jay St. and York St. in DUMBO, Brooklyn, on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Each day Information)
The heaviest precipitation will fall proper round morning commute time, in line with meteorologists. The storm will initially convey snow to the area, however as temperatures heat up all through the day, it’ll become sleet and finally rain.
“The coast will go over to plain rain the quickest as temperatures rise above freezing,” the NWS stated. In the meantime, inside areas of North Jersey and the decrease Hudson Valley will take the longest to heat up.
In New York Metropolis, as much as 2 inches of snow might fall throughout the 5 boroughs earlier than sleet and rain start coming down. Even when a number of inches of snowstorm within the metropolis, the white stuff is predicted to soften relatively shortly due to the afternoon temperature improve. Excessive temperatures on Thursday are nonetheless predicted within the low 40s.
Although Thursday’s storm is predicted to clear the realm shortly, that won’t imply the tip of nasty climate for the area. Whereas Friday is forecast to be comparatively calm, one other bout of snow, sleet and rain is predicted for Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning.
“Snow [Saturday] evening should start to mix with sleet and then freezing rain late outside of the NYC metro area especially to the north/west,” NWS forecasters stated, “and change to all rain for the NYC metro area and Long Island at first, then inland after daybreak Sunday.”
Small quantities of ice are doable on each Thursday afternoon and Sunday morning, however forecasters stated possibilities of ice within the 5 boroughs are comparatively low. The areas at largest threat of ice accumulation are North Jersey and the decrease Hudson Valley.
