Winter Storm Watch for NYC Metro Area - Major Winter Storm for Thursday and Friday...

A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for NYC, central and northern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, interior Connecticut and upstate New York through Friday. Models continue to indicate a strong storm that will form along the Southeast US and track northward, 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 1 to 3 near the coast where it changes to rain and up to 6 inches in the city and as much as 12 inches in the northern and western suburbs.

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.