Powerful nor'easter bomb cyclone to slam millions in major Northeast cities with potentially a foot of snow

Millions on the Interstate 95 corridor successful the Northeast are bracing for impacts from a powerful nor'easter weaponry cyclone that is apt to bring important snowfall betwixt 5-18 inches crossed overmuch of the portion overnight Sunday. 

The tempest volition commencement to travel unneurotic connected Sunday day arsenic an country of debased unit rapidly strengthens arsenic it moves disconnected the seashore of North Carolina. 

Forecast information shows the nor'easter tracking dangerously adjacent to the East Coast, delivering dense snowfall from Virginia to Maine starting Sunday evening. 

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The captious operation of dense snowfall and almighty winds could pb to terrible blizzard conditions crossed southeast New England.

Snow totals Sunday nighttime into Monday could apical 12-18 inches successful Boston during this storm, portion New York City and Philadelphia are forecast to get betwixt 8-12 inches. 

The further inland, the little snowfall determination volition be, according to the FOX Forecast Center. 

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Washington, D.C. volition spot snow, but apt lone 3-5 inches done Monday. 

A household walks successful the snowfall adjacent the National Mall successful Washington, DC, connected January 25, 2026. 

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In summation to classical nor'easter traits, this tempest volition besides spell done bombogenesis, wherever the cardinal unit of a tempest drops 24 millibars successful 24 hours. 

By then, the tempest volition person the characteristics of a weaponry cyclone and a nor'easter. 

Winter Storm Watches person already been announced for New York City, Long Island, parts of New Jersey, including the Jersey Shore, Connecticut and Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and Baltimore. 

Some parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut are nether Winter Weather Advisories, with Boston being nether a Coastal Flood Watch.

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Monday volition spot conditions rapidly deteriorate crossed New England arsenic classic, terrible Nor'easter conditions acceptable successful with dense snowfall and almighty winds. 

Blizzard conditions volition beryllium highly imaginable crossed southeast Massachusetts and Rhode Island, according to the FOX Forecast Center. 

Widespread powerfulness outages volition beryllium imaginable from the winds, which could violently gust arsenic precocious arsenic 70 mph.

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Weekend nor'easter overview. 

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Cities are bracing for impacts, arsenic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday that metropolis sanitation crews were preparing up of the storm.

"If you can, springiness yourself other clip to travel, cheque successful connected neighbors—especially seniors—and instrumentality it dilatory retired there," the politician wrote connected societal media.

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A idiosyncratic walks done a snow-covered Central Park successful New York City connected December 27, 2025. 

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The FOX Forecast Center said arsenic the unit gradient tightens astir the strengthening low, a persistent fetch of beardown northeasterly winds volition proceed to thrust h2o shoreward.

This unsafe tempest surge volition elevate h2o levels, starring to insignificant to mean flooding during precocious tide, particularly successful eastbound Massachusetts.

Powerful waves generated by the aggravated winds volition batter the shorelines, starring to important formation erosion arsenic acold southbound arsenic the Outer Banks successful North Carolina, which has an ongoing contented of location collapses on beachfronts owed to erosion. 

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Snow successful New York City and areas westward volition spot an extremity to the snowfall during the time connected Monday. 

Snow volition proceed to interaction Long Island up done Maine done Monday night. 

By Tuesday morning, snowfall volition beryllium implicit for everyone successful the Northeast, according to the FOX Forecast Center. 

Stay with FOX Weather each play agelong for unrecorded sum tracking this brewing menace for millions.