NEW York City is expected to have its first snowfall of the season as millions across the Northeast prepare for their first winter dusting.
A “Winter Operations Advisory” was issued in the Big Apple from 6am on Wednesday as commuters were warned to expect some flurries.
The first snow is expected to be light, however.
The city’s roads will not be affected by the snow showers as the Department of Sanitation prepared salt spreaders.
New Yorkers are still advised to use public transportation when possible.
“You may have to get into the surrounding areas north and west of I-287 [to see accumulation],” Accuweather senior meteorologist Bob Smerbeck told the New York Post.
“Better chances up into the Hudson Valley and up into the Catskills, where there can be a coating of snow.
“I would think that would definitely be the exception rather than the rule,” he added, saying that the snow could be followed by rain.
Snow is expected midweek from Ohio Valley across much of the Northeast, according to Accuweather.
Brisk winds are expected to add to the cold but the blasts of cold air will be from a different storm.
Temperatures dropped into the 20s in NYC, Washington DC, and Boston on Tuesday night.
Meteorologists say the storm should come in two parts but both will be weak and fast-moving.
The speed of the storms will limit the amount of moisture they can pick up from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean that would result in snow or rainfall.
Temperatures will remain slightly above freezing and snow accumulation will be limited to less than one inch.
According to statistics, December 24 is the average date by which New York City receives its first inch of snow, NY1 reports.
It can come much earlier, however.
The earliest snow was seen in 2012 when 2.9inches fell on October 29.
Last year, the snow flurries also came earlier.
Between December 16 and 17, 2020, 10.4 inches of snow blanketed the city.
It marked the second-largest snowfall of the winter.
March 12 was the earliest date snowfall was seen in a year.
Temperatures are expected to rise this weekend after the snowfall.
“The next 10 days we’re gonna be up and down with roller-coaster temperatures,” Smerbeck said.
“It’s the time of year it’s going to happen.”
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