{"id":114092,"date":"2026-01-27T18:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/114092\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:30:26","slug":"n-y-weather-noreaster-could-pummel-nyc-with-snow-strong-winds-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/114092\/","title":{"rendered":"N.Y. weather: Nor\u2019easter could pummel NYC with snow, strong winds this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 New Yorkers will want to keep their shovels at the ready as a \u201cclassic nor\u2019easter\u201d may bring snow and heavy winds to the five boroughs this weekend.<\/p>\n

A \u201cpowerful low\u201d is expected to track up the East Coast in the coming days, and depending on the ultimate path of that system, New York City could find itself dealing with another round of impactful winter weather.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Staten Island residents had to dig through a winter storm that brought about a foot of snow<\/a> to the borough.<\/p>\n

According to AccuWeather<\/a> Senior Meteorologist Matt Benz, as of Tuesday morning, New York City is on the threshold of the area that could receive snow from this storm.<\/p>\n

Benz anticipates that this storm could impact the city beginning late Saturday night and into the day Sunday.<\/p>\n

After the area of low pressure develops off of the Outer Banks, the nor\u2019easter could take one of two paths.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question is, does it keep moving east towards Bermuda or does it cut northward towards Cape Cod?\u201d Benz questioned.<\/p>\n

Should the storm track towards Bermuda, the city will still see some wind, but the five boroughs could escape precipitation.<\/p>\n

However, if the system moves further north, both snow and wind \u201cwould be on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Nor'easterMeteorologists are monitoring a nor’easter that could impact New York City on the weekend of Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. This photo from Feb. 1, 2021, shows a person walking in New Dorp during a nor\u2019easter.(Advance\/SILive.com | Alexandra Salmieri)<\/p>\n

Benz told the Advance\/SILive.com that as of Tuesday, there is a \u201cmoderate risk\u201d that the city will see a winter storm this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s more or less kind of a 50-50 chance right now of it occurring,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

While Benz could not provide any snowfall estimates this far out, he did note that this storm could bring heavy winds to the city. Should the storm get close enough to the five boroughs, wind gusts could even reach between 50-60 mph along the coast.<\/p>\n

This combination of wind and snow would create visibility concerns in the city, Benz said.<\/p>\n

Any snow that does arrive this weekend will stack on top of the existing snow, as minimal melting is expected to take place this week due to freezing conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you did see something that took off towards Cape Cod, the highest impacts would be during the day on Sunday,\u201d added Benz.<\/p>\n

In addition to high winds, those along the coast may want to prepare for potential coastal flooding, as the storm will coincide with the full moon and astronomical high tide this weekend.<\/p>\n

The determining factor<\/p>\n

So what needs to happen for this storm to miss the city?<\/p>\n

According to Benz, a clipper storm emerging out of the upper midwest could end up giving this nor\u2019easter the boot and push it further away from the city.<\/p>\n

If this \u201ckicker low\u201d remains further west and misses this developing nor\u2019easter, then the coastal low will likely push further north along the coast.<\/p>\n

However, if the \u201ckicker low\u201d comes in stronger, it could essentially push the nor\u2019easter further east.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 New Yorkers will want to keep their shovels at the ready as a \u201cclassic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-114092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}