Major Winter Storm This Weekend from the Southern Plains to the Northeast...A Foot of Snow and Sleet for the NYC Metro Area...

All week the weather forecast models have been consistently indicating that an upper low over the Southwest US will produce a strong influx of moisture from the Pacific across the Southern Plains and the Deep South. This moisture will overrun Arctic air that has spread down into the Midwest. A large area of snow, sleet and freezing rain will develop across Texas and the southern Plains early on Saturday and spread to the Southeast and then to the Northeast early Sunday morning. The snow will mix with sleet and fall heavily at times in the NYC metro area.  There is the potential for a foot or more of snow for the city which will be the heaviest accumulation since the January 28-29, 2022 winter storm. Arctic air has produced frigid conditions tonight that will continue from the upper Midwest to northern New England with lows -20F to -30F and wind chills down to -50 to -60F. The temperature in New York City will be below freezing at least through next weekend.  

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. Visit our website at WrightWeather.com. Follow George Wright on Twitter @gwweather.

More Snow Tomorrow for NYC and the Surrounding Suburbs, Arctic Blast to Follow...

An area of low pressure moving through New England today produced approximately 2 inches of snow in the city and the surrounding suburbs.  Higher amounts up to 4 inches were found north and west of the city. For the first time in years, there will be accumulating snow two days in a row from two different weather systems.  Low pressure forming off the Southeast coast tonight will track rapidly northeast.  Snow from this system will graze New Jersey, New York City and Long Island.  Higher amounts can be expected closer to the coast but rain mixing in may hold down accumulations in some areas.  Snow tomorrow is expected to total 2 to 4 inches.  Clearing and frigid weather will follow Sunday and it will not get out of the 20s on MLK Day.  

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. Visit our website at WrightWeather.com. Follow George Wright on Twitter @gwweather.