by A winter storm is expected to move through the Northeast starting Monday and last through Tuesday, bringing up to a foot of snow in some areas stretching from central Pennsylvania to the Catskills and Hudson Valley in New York, forecasters said. .
The heaviest snow will likely be north of New York City, said Frank Pereira, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.
Precipitation is expected to start as rain Monday night in New York City and then turn to snow late Tuesday morning, said David Stark, a meteorologist with the Weather Service’s New York office. .
Between one and two inches of snow were expected in the New York City metropolitan area and Long Island.
Inland sections of northeastern New Jersey, the lower Hudson Valley and southern Connecticut can expect heavy, wet snow with accumulations of up to nine inches, with locally higher amounts, especially north of I-84, later in the day. on Monday night. the weather service said.
Snowfall of up to two inches per hour is possible. In southern Westchester and coastal Connecticut, snowfall totals of two to four inches are expected, although locally higher amounts are possible, forecasters said.
A winter storm watch was in effect for northeastern New Jersey, the lower Hudson Valley and southern Connecticut from Monday night into Tuesday. said the New York Weather Service.
Forecasts Sunday called for up to a foot of snow from central Pennsylvania to the Catskills and then into parts of southern New England, Massachusetts and the Boston metropolitan area.
Drivers should expect a difficult trip Tuesday in eastern Pennsylvania through the New York City area and into the Hudson Valley and southern New England, where visibility could be reduced by local heavy snow, Bill said. Deger, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.
During Tuesday’s early afternoon high tide, “there could be pockets of minor, perhaps even moderate, coastal flooding along the East Coast,” said Rob Megnia, a meteorologist with the Weather Service’s Boston office. “People should be aware of that even if they don’t expect much snow.”
Pereira, of the Weather Prediction Center, said the storm “would move pretty quickly.”
“As we get into Tuesday night, the system will move out into open Atlantic waters,” he said, adding that the storm should be over by Wednesday morning.
Johnny Diaz contributed reports.
