A fast‑strengthening winter storm has upped the odds for plowable snow in parts of the Northeast, even as dangerous icing looms to the south.
AccuWeather’s latest map for Saturday night, Jan. 24, through early Monday, Jan. 26, highlights where at least 3 inches is most likely.
Breakdown by region (risk of 3 inches or more):
- New York City metro, Long Island’s North Shore, North Jersey, the Lower Hudson Valley, and northeast Pennsylvania including Scranton: high, roughly 60 to 80 percent. Boston and much of interior southern New England are in the same high‑risk stripe.
- Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania: high, 60 to 80 percent, with a corridor of similar odds extending toward New York City and Boston.
- Albany to Syracuse and parts of central New England: moderate, around 40 to 60 percent.
- Most of Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC: around 80 percent.
- Far northern New York and northern Maine: lower, generally 1 to 20 percent, as the main precipitation band may remain south.
The National Weather Service says the expansive system will produce heavy snow along the northern side of the storm and broad swaths of freezing rain and sleet to the south from Friday, Jan. 23, through the weekend, with extreme cold prolonging impacts into early next week. Hazardous travel, power outages, and tree damage are likely where icing occurs…