N.Y. weather: Nuisance snow or blockbuster weekend storm? NYC models gain clarity

New York’s Staten Island. Meteorologists were already assessing the likelihood of a significant storm this weekend as snow began to fall on New York City on Monday. But according to the most recent predictions, what was first anticipated to be a spectacular snowfall will only bring about an inch of accumulation to New York City.

The most recent information on this revised prognosis was given by Bob Larson, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather, in an interview with Advance/SILive.com.

The modeling’s approach to the impending storm at that time (Monday) varied greatly, from a very modest occurrence to possibly a blockbuster snowfall that was essentially a large nor easter moving up the coast. Two days have passed, and the modeling has reached a consensus to the extent that we are no longer worried about a significant, blockbuster snowstorm.

According to Larson, AccuWeather initially predicted that this storm might move northeast along the Atlantic coast and could bring many inches of snow, possibly more than a foot.

Residents will still need to use the shovels and salt to deal with the expected buildup even if the snowfall levels will probably not reach those high numbers.

According to Larson, snowfall is predicted to begin late Friday evening, after midnight, and last until Saturday midday.

According to Larson, this mild or bothersome event will be equivalent to Monday’s winter weather, bringing around an inch or less of snow to the New York City area.

We are officially forecasting 1 to 3 inches as of right now (Wednesday morning), but there is mounting evidence that it is likely closer to an inch or even less, Larson said.

The overall area will have significantly less cold precipitation from the weekend system than from Monday’s storm, which dumped a lot of snow on southern New Jersey and Delaware.

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Gusts are not anticipated to influence Saturday’s weather, despite the fact that high winds will continue through Thursday. It is predicted that gusts will peak at 50 mph on Thursday and then decrease to 25 mph on Friday.

Wind is not a problem by the time we reach the storm, similar to Monday’s storm, Larson continued.

Although they won’t be as strong as the gusts that followed Monday’s storm, wind speeds are predicted to increase into the night and continue into Sunday as the storm moves away on Saturday.