A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for NYC, central and northern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, interior Connecticut and upstate New York through Friday evening. Models indicate that a strong storm will form along the southeast US and track up the coast, stall and retrograde or move to the west on Friday. The intense development of this storm will force warmer air in from the ocean near the coast in NYC, Long Island, coastal and southeast CT and southern NJ so that there will be rain and sleet falling in these areas for a time especially on Thursday afternoon. Accumulations will be 2 to 4 inches near the coast where it changes to rain and up to 6 to 8 inches in the city and as much as 12 inches or more in the northern and western suburbs where it stays all snow.
George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.
