(Bloomberg) -- A winter storm is poised to drop snow on New York City and surrounding areas later this week, threatening to snarl holiday travel plans.
Up to 0.5 inches (1.3 centimeters) could fall in New York’s Central Park late Friday into Saturday. While that’s no more than a “coating,” said Joe Pollina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, it would be the first measurable snowfall in the park since last February. Upstate New York and New Jersey could see as much as two inches throughout the storm.
The snow is expected to come on the back of a rapid “clipper” system from Canada, which will collide with “a weak, offshore low-pressure system,” Pollina said. “These will work together to bring in some more moisture and cooler air, to allow for some rain-snow mix that changes over into plain snow.”
The clipper system will bring periods of heavy snow across the upper Midwest Thursday, with light to moderate accumulation in the Appalachian Mountains and interior Northeast on Friday.
Temperatures will plunge as winds pick up across New York, dropping into the mid-teens F (about minus 9C) overnight on Saturday and Sunday before gradually warming up early next week. By the end of December, New York — and much of the country — will likely see above-average temperatures, according to the US Climate Prediction Center.
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