A winter storm sweeping throughout the nation may deliver snow and ice to New York Metropolis firstly of the week.
Winter Storm Blair is anticipated to make its means east from the Rockies by way of the weekend, reaching the mid-Atlantic by Sunday evening and bringing with it icy situations that might impression the Monday commute.
In New York Metropolis, the weekend is prone 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, based on 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, based on The Climate Channel.
The community calls Blair essentially the most widespread winter storm of the season to date. It dumped chilly rain and mountain snow on the Pacific Northwest and Rockies on Friday, earlier than its low stress 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 attainable in some locations. Parts of jap Kansas, Missouri, decrease Illinois and far of Kentucky may see broken bushes and impacted energy traces all through the weekend.
Throughout the county, the wintry climate ought to taper off by Monday evening, although leftover snow and ice may nonetheless impact commutes on Tuesday morning.
In New York Metropolis, the remainder of the week is anticipated to deliver sunny skies however chilly temps hovering at or simply above freezing.
