Winter weather alerts issued for over 60 million as impactful snowstorm threatens Northeast post-Christmas

Post-Christmas tempest threatens millions crossed the Northeast bracing for snow, crystal and rain

A speedy but impactful changeable of snowfall and crystal volition blast done the Northeast Friday into aboriginal Saturday and importantly interaction post-Christmas travel, arsenic implicit 60 cardinal Americans look wintertime upwind alerts from Philadelphia done New York City. FOX Weather Meteorologist Ian Oliver breaks down the tempest that could propulsion a wrench successful your post-Christmas question plans.

Though it wasn't a achromatic Christmas for the bulk of the Northeast, a almighty snowstorm is brewing close aft Christmas, unleashing impactful snow and crystal for millions that volition threaten 
major cities, airports and highways.

A speedy but impactful changeable of snowfall and crystal volition blast done the Northeast Friday into aboriginal Saturday and importantly interaction post-Christmas travel, arsenic implicit 60 cardinal Americans look wintertime upwind alerts from Philadelphia done New York City successful what could beryllium the biggest snowfall totals the Big Apple has seen successful years. 

The FOX Forecast Center is forecasting a wide 3 to 5 inches of snowfall from cardinal New Jersey done New York City into confederate Connecticut. 

Locally higher amounts of 5 to 8 inches oregon much are imaginable crossed New York City and into bluish New Jersey and occidental Long Island. 

FILE: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 08: People walking done Times Square during a snowfall tempest astatine nighttime connected February 08, 2025 successful New York City. 

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As a result, the National Weather Service has issued Winter Storm Warnings scattered crossed the region. Winter Weather Advisories are successful spot crossed Upstate New York into Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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According to the FOX Forecast Center, astatine the storm's highest overnight Friday, snowfall rates could scope an inch oregon much per hour.

Early Saturday morning, lukewarm aerial from the southbound volition clash into acold aerial filtering southbound from Canada, mounting the signifier betwixt Philadelphia and New York City, wherever snowfall is expected to premix with and adjacent alteration to each sleet oregon freezing rainfall earlier the tempest ends.

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It's been implicit 1,400 days since much than 6 inches of snowfall fell successful New York City successful a 24-hour window, according to the FOX Forecast Center. 

A streak that Big Apple wintertime upwind lovers whitethorn spot travel to an extremity with this post-Christmas storm, which has triggered the issuance of a Winter Storm Warning successful New York City for the archetypal clip successful conscionable nether 4 years.

"As New Yorkers proceed to observe the holidays and hole to observe the caller year, they should besides hole for hazardous question conditions Friday into Saturday," New York City Mayor Eric Adams said successful a press release. "New York City agencies person been coordinating and are prepared for the wintertime upwind system, and we proceed to show conditions closely.

TRAVEL TROUBLE

In 1 of the busiest question weekends of the year, post-Christmas travelers should beryllium connected alert, arsenic the almighty wintertime tempest could impact immoderate of the region's busiest question hubs, from planetary airports to interstate highways. 

FILE: Crews astatine LaGuardia Airport successful New York City cleanable up snowfall from the tarmac (left), arsenic snowfall sits connected the helping of an airplane (right). Feb. 13, 2024.

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Rain, snowfall and crystal volition contiguous a occupation for travelers successful the portion arsenic respective large planetary airports crossed the portion are nether wintertime upwind alerts including LaGuardia International Airport, Newark International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. 

A fig of large highways, including I-95, I-94, I-90, I-80, and I-91 successful the portion volition beryllium affected by the wintertime tempest that has prompted wintertime upwind alerts passim the Northeast. 

ICE STORM WARNING

Strong precocious unit successful Canada volition present an crystal menace crossed the Northeast, with a tenth to a 4th inch of crystal accretion apt crossed cardinal Michigan and successful areas successful Pennsylvania by midday Friday. 

Isolated crystal amounts implicit a 4th of an inch could origin scattered powerfulness outages, with the highest crystal accretion spanning from State College, Pennsylvania done Frederick, Maryland.

Elevated interest has resulted successful an Ice Storm Warning crossed occidental Pennsylvania.

Warning travelers successful the region, FOX Weather Meteorologist Ian Oliver said, "You've got to beryllium alert these are unsafe driving conditions arsenic that crystal starts going."

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In affected areas, unsafe roadworthy conditions volition pb to treacherous question crossed the affected areas from Friday done aboriginal Saturday. Luckily, fixed the velocity of this system, astir areas volition adust retired by Saturday morning.