NYC School Closings: How To Find Out If Wednesday Is A Snow Day

NEW YORK CITY — The city might be preparing for the second snow storm to hit in a month, but New York school kids had better not sleep in.

There are no plans for a snow day Wednesday, despite forecasters predicting 3 inches of snow which will start falling at 3 a.m.

"I would not anticipate schools being closed for this event," said Kathryn Garcia, the Department of Sanitation's commissioner, Tuesday.

Officials usually consult the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, the National Weather Service, the City Sanitation Department and the City Transit Authority to decide if the city's students should get a snow day.

Any updates will become available on a number of city sites as the weather changes:

1. Follow the Department of Education Twitter feed
2. Check out the DOE Facebook page
3. Keep tabs on the DOE Homepage
4. Check the NYC.gov website.

You can also subscribe to the New York City Patch newsletter to get updates in your inbox on New York City weather alerts, school closures and local stories.

Here's the weather forecast is detail, courtesy of the National Weather Service:

Tuesday
Rain. Temperature falling to around 52 by 5pm. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night
Rain before 1am, then rain and snow between 1am and 2am, then snow after 2am. Low around 33. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Wednesday
Snow, mainly before noon. High near 37. Wind chill values between 30 and 35. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 25. Wind chill values between 15 and 20. West wind around 11 mph.

Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 33. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.