A bomb cyclone winter storm is whipping up — and it’s headed for New York City, threatening even more snow and colder temps this weekend.
The storm is forecast to blow into town Saturday night and stay through Sunday. It could drop upward of 3 inches on a region still digging out after more than a foot of snow fell Sunday and Monday.
A “bomb cyclone” or bombogenesis is a weather pattern that describes intense winter storms that form — usually over the ocean — and rapidly build up deadly power.
NYC is expected to see more snow and punishing wind chills this weekend as a bomb cyclone is expected to bear down on the metro area.Erik Thomas/NY Post
Strong winds are expected to accompany the bomb cyclone, and with temps already hovering between about 14 and 24 degrees. New Yorkers should brace themselves for wind chills reaching into the single digits — and even below zero, AccuWeather meteorologists cautioned.
“Regardless of the storm track, it will likely be a blustery day on Sunday, especially from the city on east and south,” AccuWeather senior meteorologist Matt Benz told The Post.
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Mercifully, however, the conditions are not expected to be as bad as the dangers Winter Storm Fern brought to the Northeast last weekend.
“Here in the city, snow can lead to slippery roads for Sunday,” Benz said. “Unless there is a major shift in the storm track to the west, we don’t expect travel conditions to be as dangerous as they were compared to last weekend here in the city.
The conditions are expected to not be as bad as last weekend’s Winter Storm Fern.FOX Weather
”But weather will be worse east of the city on Long Island, where as much as 6 inches of snow could fall and white-out blizzards could overtake the north and south forks.”
The storm is expected to blow out by Sunday night.
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And while temps will remain frigid into next week — the freezing point is only forecast expected to be broken by a single degree next Thursday — nothing more than a few flurries are forecast for the foreseeable future.
The bomb cyclone is likely to impact the East Coast from South Carolina up through Maine, with similar snowfalls throughout.
The bomb cyclone is likely to impact the East Coast from South Carolina up through Maine.AFP via Getty Images
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Boston could see between 3 and 6 inches, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, between 1 and 3 — while the central regions of Virginia and North Carolina could see between 6 and 12 inches, according to the AccuWeather forecast.
The storm comes as swaths of the country are still digging out after Winter Storm Fern dumped snow across the region.
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New York City saw more than a foot of accumulation on Sunday, Boston saw about 23 inches, and Philadelphia saw just under a foot.
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And most of that snow remains days later — as frigid temps resting well below freezing have prevented melting.
In NYC, those frigid temps aren’t expected to break until February — with meteorologists previously cautioning that the cold spell will keep temps in the teens and 20s and be “exceptionally dangerous.”
