It won’t be a white Christmas. But it will be a white weekend — at least around here.
There is increasing confidence in accumulating snow for the tri-state area Friday into Saturday, with models forecasting as much as 6 inches for the immediate New York City area and more elsewhere.
Up to 8 inches will be likely in northern New Jersey and the Hudson Valley. Higher totals are possible farther inland at higher elevations around Sullivan and Ulster counties.
For New York, Connecticut and most of New Jersey this will be an all-snow event, as temperatures stay below freezing for the duration. Areas farther southwest will see a mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain from the system.
Snow will ramp up early Friday evening, with the heaviest snowfall overnight Friday night and lingering light snow Saturday morning as the storm system exits. Another system – warmer with all rain – will move through Sunday night.
Very thin ice accumulation on roads in the wintry mix zone could cause very dangerous travel Friday night into Saturday.
A winter storm watch has been issued for the tri-state area.
The second system moving through over the weekend, the Sunday evening rain event, will melt some of the snow on the ground and could cause isolated flooding and travel headaches into Monday.
After this weekend, very cold air moves in as we close out 2025 and say hello to 2026. Bundle up!
