NYC’s Bad Christmas Travel Weather Forecast Officially Hazardous: NWS

NEW YORK CITY — It'll take a Christmas miracle for New Yorkers' pre-holiday travel plans to come through, the latest forecast shows.

New York City is under a hazardous weather outlook ahead of Grinch-like weather Thursday and especially Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

A passing cold front Friday — part of a massive "major winter storm" anticipated to wreak pre-holiday havoc across the nation — could bring damaging winds that down trees and power lines, the outlook states.

"New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible," Thursday night's forecast states.

"Chance of precipitation is 100%," the forecast for Thursday and Friday states.

New Yorkers looking to get out of town Friday ahead of Christmas will be met with "poor" travel conditions, AccuWeather reported.

And New York City won't even get the worst of the storm.

Millions in the Midwest will see a pre-Christmas blizzard with 12 inches of powdery snow, high winds and rapidly falling freezing temperatures, AccuWeather reported.

"Travel could be totally shut down in Chicago by the storm from late Thursday to Friday," said Bernie Rayno, AccuWeather's chief on-air meteorologist, in the service's report.

Here's the complete National Weather Service forecast for New York City.

Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 29. North wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 40. Wind chill values between 25 and 35. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.

Wednesday Night
Increasing clouds, with a low around 32. Northeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday
Rain likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 52. Northeast wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night
Rain. Temperature rising to around 54 by 2am. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Friday
Rain, mainly before 4pm, then showers likely after 4pm. High near 57. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Friday Night
Showers likely before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 25.

Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 17.

Christmas Day
Sunny, with a high near 27.

Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 19.

Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 31.