NYC Weather: Mid-Week Snow Possible As Bigger Storm Looms

NEW YORK — Better stay bundled up. New Yorkers may have to brave some mid-week snow ahead of a larger storm that could batter the Northeast next weekend, forecasters say.

A chance of snow will loom over the city Thursday night and early Friday morning, possibly creating a slippery Friday commute, the National Weather Service forecast shows. It's uncertain how much snow could fall, but it may be followed by rain late Friday morning, the weather service says.

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Even more flakes could come next weekend, as a winter storm may batter the entire Northeast U.S. with snow and ice, forecasters say.

The storm will first strike the West Coast on Thursday and then make its way across the country to the East Coast, according to Weather.com.

"There is the potential for widespread accumulating snow and ice along and north of where the low (pressure) tracks through parts of the Midwest and Northeast," the website says.

The potential for flakes will come after some more bitterly cold days. The temperature will reach a slightly-below-normal high near 36 degrees on a sunny Monday, but it will feel much more frigid with wind chill values between 15 and 25, the weather service says.

The city should warm up mid-week with the mercury hitting a high near 40 on Wednesday, accompanied by wind gusts as strong as 20 MPH, the forecast says.

But a chill will return on Thursday with a high near just 33 degrees, about five degrees below normal, according to the weather service.

Here's a closer look at what to expect from the weather this week, courtesy of the National Weather Service.

Monday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 36. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. North wind 7 to 10 mph.

Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 24. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Wind chill values between 20 and 30. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 30. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. West wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 33.

Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Friday
A chance of snow before 9am, then a chance of rain between 9am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

(Lead image: Pedestrians walk through a wintry mix in Manhattan on Nov. 15, 2018. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)