New York City could be walloped by up to two feet of snow and winds packing gusts of up to 70mph from a nor'easter forming on the East Coast this weekend.
The strong storm is forecast to develop off the East Coast when a cold front moving across the Northeast hauls in a fresh blast of frigid conditions late Friday through Saturday.
That combination of fresh cold air and the intensifying storm crawling northward off the East Coast sets the stage for a possible high-impact winter storm in some portions of the Northeast, including New York City, according to Accuweather.
It is still not clear what track the storm will take but early models show it developing off the coast of the Carolinas, then heading northeast just off the New England shore, east of Nantucket and Cape Cod, NBC New York reported.
On Friday a cold front moving across the Northeast will haul in a fresh blast of chilly air followed by low pressure off the East Coast late Friday through Saturday
It is still not clear what track the storm will take but early models show it developing off the coast of the Carolinas, then heading northeast just off the New England shore
A storm forecast to develop off the East Coast this weekend could bring heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding to parts of the Northeast
AccuWeather senior meteorologist Adam Douty told The New York Post that New Yorkers could likely see snow accumulate and high winds beginning late Friday into early Saturday.
'The key point at this time is there's going to be a big storm, but the impact all depends on where it's going to track along the East Coast,' Douty said.
Douty said it is likely the city and areas north will be hit with 1 to 2 feet of snow and winds of up to 70 mph if the storm tracks far enough to the west, 'But that's still up in the air at this point,' he told the Post.
In New York City the chance of at least one inch of snow is 60 percent, while the chance of at least three inches is 35 percent and the chance of at least six inches is 25 percent, the Washington Post reported.
The storm is predicted to bring up to two inches of snow to New York City but the heaviest snowfall is expected across New England, particularly in Massachusetts
The storm could bring possible power outages and flooding along the New Jersey coast and into New England and could impact states as far south as North Carolina through Maine, Douty told the Post.
But the heaviest snowfall is expected across New England, particularly in Massachusetts, Accuweather forecasted.
In an online forecast discussion on Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service in Boston cautioned against taking early predictions as set in stone, the Post reported.
'For now, what you can do is prepare for the potential of an impactful snowfall with accompanying strong winds,' the agency wrote.
This nor'easter is set to come almost two weeks after winter storm Izzy dumped a foot of snow and caused mayhem across the Eastern U.S.
Snow and ice stretched from Mississippi to Virginia as Izzy slammed the Southeast, leaving more than 250,000 without power and grounded and delayed hundreds of U.S. flights.
The storm system dropped a foot or more of snow in parts of New York state - with Buffalo the worst hit. Dayton in Ohio saw 15 inches, with Pottsville in Pennsylvania also covered with the white stuff through Monday morning after pummeling parts of the Southeast.
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