East Coast braces for a Valentine’s Day Nor’easter with up to three inches of snow forecast for NYC up and Boston facing bomb cyclone

The East Coast is gearing up for the return of winter as a potential Nor’easter looms on the horizon, potentially throwing off plans just before Valentine’s Day.

New York could see up to two inches of snow, while Boston could be hit by a bomb cyclone. also known as ‘bombogenesis’, the rapidly developing storm that can produce heavy winds and snowstorms.

While exact snowfall amounts will depend on the strength of the storm, AccuWeather meteorologists are closely monitoring its development.

The National Weather Service is forecasting a storm that could bring significant snowfall to the region on Monday, changing to rain overnight and returning to a mix on Tuesday.

Early projections suggest most of New York could see snow Monday through Tuesday. New York City has a chance of at least two inches of snowfall, while other parts of the state could see more.

The National Weather Service is forecasting a storm that could bring significant snowfall to the region on Monday, changing to rain overnight and returning to a mix on Tuesday

New York could see as much as two inches of snow, while Boston could be hit by a bomb cyclone, also known as ‘bombogenesis’ (photo: a man walking his dog in Silver Spring, Maryland, on February 6, 2010)

Areas of central New York, including Utica and Rome, have a 60 to 80 percent chance of seeing snow.

Despite a string of mild days, the forecast indicates a storm system could shift north or south in the coming days, with the potential to blanket the state with snow.

AccuWeather meteorologist Dean DeVore said snowfall will likely be limited due to the relatively warm temperature.

He told Staten Island Live that temperatures don’t seem cold enough to favor icy precipitation.

“While the January thaw and interruption of the stormy pattern continued into early February, there will be a change in pattern with a potentially impactful storm moving across the Midwest and Northeast states Monday through Tuesday,” he said to SI Live.

New York could see up to two inches of snow, while Boston could be hit by a bomb cyclone, also known as “bombogenesis,” the fast-developing storm that can produce heavy winds and blizzards.

The FOX Forecast Center predicts the storm may initially start as rain along the Atlantic coast Monday evening, before strengthening from rain to snow as temperatures turn colder (Photo: Boston, January 2024)

“One thing is certain: this storm will initiate a pattern that brings colder, more active weather from the Midwest to the Northeast with strengthening images of seasonally cold air masses with the potential for some clipper systems to produce snow events,” DeVore said.

The coastal storm’s impact on southern New England is unclear, according to the National Weather Service, but near-record high heat is expected Sunday before the weather begins to settle for the rest of the week.

“We are monitoring the potential for a severe winter storm in the Northeast, likely late Monday through Tuesday,” AccuWeather meteorologist Isaac Longley told the newspaper. Boston Herald on Thursday.

“There is a lack of cold air, so the system could bring a mix of rain and snow closest to the coast, while more snow could fall inland and on higher ground,” he added.

While northern New Jersey may see showers Monday evening into Tuesday morning, South Jersey is more likely to see regular rain.

According to the National Weather Service, there is still a 40 percent chance of more than 4 inches of snow in northwestern New Jersey and a 30 percent chance of about 2 inches of snow near Philadelphia.

“The overall pattern is not very conducive to significant snowfall along and east of the I-95 corridor, as a near-perfect balance of all these factors should occur,” the National Weather Service said.

The February 2010 storm, dubbed “Snowmageddon,” devastated DC. (Image: South side of the White House seen under snowfall, February 6, 2010)

“A few big storms are not unusual here for February or early March.” (Image: People attack each other armed with snowballs during a large snowball fight involving about 100 people at Dupont Circle in Washington DC, February 10, 2010)

“Even if we counteract the effects of snowfall, the fairly mild air and easterly winds off the Atlantic on Monday should tend to keep precipitation mainly in the form of rain out of our far northwest zones.”

Residents of New York and New Jersey will still be able to enjoy spring-like temperatures in February before a storm hits.

But the pre-storm warmth could come to an abrupt end when the El Nino weather pattern collides with freezing temperatures from Canada, potentially creating a snowstorm similar to 2010’s “Snowmageddon.”

The February 2010 storm, named ‘Snowmageddon’, was a major snowstorm that caused major impacts in the Northeast, including the deaths of 41 people.

“I think we’re going to have a few snowstorms coming,” AccuWeather Inc. forecaster Paul Pastelok said Bloomberg. “A few big storms are not unusual here for February or early March.”

Washington DC is not expected to bear the brunt of these coming storms, but the city was pummeled by snow during the latest ‘snowmageddon’.