NYC region braces for ‘fast-moving’ snow storm Friday into Saturday: ‘Reasonable worst-case scenario of up to 10 inches’

New Yorkers are in store for a belated white Christmas — with a “reasonable worst-case scenario” of up to 10 inches by early Saturday afternoon, weather experts warned Thursday.

Forecasters are expecting the snow to wallop Gotham starting late Friday afternoon into Saturday – just in time to cause “hazardous” post-holiday travel delays and plenty of messy headaches for the gift-return crowd.

A winter storm watch will take effect for New York City — as well as northeast New Jersey, New York’s lower Hudson Valley and Long Island — on Friday at 4 p.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

The flurries are expected to become heavier into the evening as temperatures drop into the high 20s, the weather service said…

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