Overview
- The National Weather Service has a winter storm watch in effect from 4 p.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday for much of Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey and the New York City metro area.
- Most locations are forecast to receive 4–8 inches of snow with isolated totals up to 10 inches, and bands could briefly reach 2 inches per hour overnight, according to AccuWeather.
- Snow is expected to begin before the Friday evening commute, intensify overnight, and taper off by late Saturday morning into early afternoon, creating significant road and airport delays.
- Forecasters expect a transition from dry, powdery snow to wetter snow and sleet into Saturday morning, which could worsen travel impacts.
- New York City Emergency Management issued a travel advisory as Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul urged limited travel and close monitoring of alerts, and forecasters note another system late Sunday into Monday will likely bring rain that could erase accumulations.