\u201cWe do have two opportunities for snow this week. The first comes very late tonight and tomorrow morning,\u201d said Larson. \u201cWe expect snow or a mix of snow and sleet to get underway at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. That\u2019ll transition over to pretty much just rain by around 1 p.m. and will end by about 3 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n
Larson noted that the snow accumulation from the Tuesday event will be minimal \u2014 less than an inch \u2014 and will melt rapidly as Christmas Day approaches.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday there will not be much wind to speak of during the precipitation; wind speeds will range from 7 to 14 mph and increase as the evening hours draw closer.<\/p>\n
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AccuWeather says minimal accumulation and rising temperatures will ensure any snow melts before the holiday, with a potentially stronger storm arriving Friday.AccuWeather<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be nothing to shovel, just a slushy coating of about an inch or less,\u201d Larson said. \u201cEven if that were to happen, temperatures will be above freezing Tuesday afternoon into the evening.\u201d<\/p>\n
Temperatures will climb into the 40s on Wednesday, Larson added, with wind speeds of 15 to 25 mph and gusts of up to 35 mph through a good part of the day. <\/p>\n
\u201cAny snow that did manage to fall would easily melt away by Christmas,\u201d the meteorologist said. \u201cSo that\u2019s why I say, unfortunately, no \u2014 well, depending upon what you\u2019re looking for\u2014 but no white Christmas this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Larson said on Wednesday evening into Thursday morning, there will be a weak storm system moving through the New York City area that could bring in a 10th of an inch of rain or snow showers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t really think we\u2019re talking any snow, if so, I think it\u2019s very light,\u201d predicted Larson. \u201cSo in other words, we\u2019re not really talking about anything that would accumulate.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Christmas Eve, and Thursday, Christmas Day, afternoon highs should be around 40 degrees and dry, the meteorologist said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe wind, which I mentioned would be strong later Tuesday evening and Wednesday, will no longer be gusty by Christmas Day,\u201d emphasized Larson. \u201cThere is a possibility of some winter precipitation from a second storm at the end of the week, not Christmas Day, but moving in during the day Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Friday and Saturday, according to the forecaster, the weather looks to be wet with temperatures that will be cold but above freezing both days.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will likely be by Friday afternoon that some snow or wintry mix moving in, could reach the borough,\u201d Larson said. \u201cThat can continue Friday night. Although it\u2019s too early for specific details, that storm looks to be potentially a little more potent than Tuesday\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 If you are hoping for a white Christmas this year, those dreams will have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-78469","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\/78469","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=78469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}