A nasty wintry mix will dump between one and possibly 20 inches of snow on the city tomorrow when two storms combine off the Atlantic coast, forecasters say.
One storm, barreling east from Montana, will join another, roaring up from Texas, and spend all of tomorrow pelting the city.
The storms’ paths are still up in the air. Some models say we could get three to six inches of snow, others more than a foot, depending on where the storms converge.
“The closer to the New Jersey coastline, the bigger the storm we’ll get,” said AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Walker.
The best guess now is that a rain-snow mix, with temperatures in the upper 30s and possibly as high as 40, will hit the city starting tomorrow morning.
That turns to all snow as the mercury drops below freezing after dark.
The heaviest snow will fall north and east of the city, with six to 12 inches — and perhaps much more — in New England.
The weekend will remain cold, with highs of 34 degrees Saturday and 36 on Sunday.
At least it’ll be sunny.
But what you’ll notice on Saturday will be the wind — sustained gusts of 25 to 35 mph will be blowing whatever amount of snow is on the ground, Walker said.
Early yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg downplayed predictions of a possible foot-plus accumulation of snow, saying it would likely be much less. “This is the winter and we do have these things,” he said.