Snow way! NYC could see up to 4 inches of snow overnight Friday
Old Man Winter is taking a bite out of the Big Apple.
As much as 4 inches of snow could blanket New York City overnight Friday into Saturday — just days after the last winter storm passed through the area.
The quick-moving low-pressure system is expected to arrive around midnight, beginning as flurries before snowfall rates could intensify.
Snow could fall at a rate of a ½-inch to 1-inch per hour at some points between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
By the time the storm pulls away before noon Saturday, the five boroughs could pick up anywhere from 2 to 4 inches, the NWS said.
“There was always a chance to see multiple rounds of snow this week,” Fox News meteorologist Samantha Thomas said, following Tuesday’s snowstorm that dumped roughly 4 inches on the city and forced schools to close.
“The totals have increased a little bit over the last couple of days,” Thomas noted.
Friday’s system is tracking a bit farther south than Tuesday’s. Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Baltimore are all expected to receive accumulating snow.
The NWS warned the snow-covered roads and visibility as low as 1/2 to 1 mile could be dangerous for those traveling.
To some New Yorkers, the news of another snowstorm came as a shock.
“You’re joking,” Christina Blackwell told The Post on 5th Avenue in Park Slope, where some side streets began receiving their first coating of salt.
Blackwell was joined by her best friend and her friend’s 4-year-old son, Evan. “Every time they say it’s going to snow it doesn’t happen,” she added.
Others had little concern.
“That’s not enough,” said John, 33, from Sunset Park, who planned to continue drinking at a local watering hole, Union Hall.
He said the constant weather-related warnings are overblown, pointing to a snowball’s worth of leftover snow from Tuesday’s school-closing storm.
Oscar, 29, a cook at Tacos Morelos food truck, said he had no intention of changing his plan to close up at 4 a.m.
“I’m from Buffalo, that’s nothing,” said attorney and longtime Brooklyn resident Thomas Wojtaszek about the forecast.
Fortunately, the storm will be in and out quickly.
“We can still see lingering snow showers throughout the day, a few bursts here and there but for the most part it’s going to be overnight and a lot of people are going to be waking up to snow tomorrow morning,” Thomas said.
Temperatures are expected to plummet Saturday night with wind chills in the upper teens on Sunday morning before some warmer weather rolls in during the week, she said.
