NEW YORK CITY — Thursday morning's rush hour might be bad, but the evening commute will probably be worse.
Up to 10 inches of snow is expected to blanket the city Thursday with some areas seeing as much as a foot, National Weather Service officials said Wednesday.
The storm will hit just a day after the city basks in near record high temperatures in the 60s, NWS spokesman Brian Ciemnecki said.
"It looks like it's going to come in right before or right around the morning commute," he said.
"Then it snows for at least a good chunk of the day before coming to an end late in the afternoon or evening hours."
Temperatures will likely hover in the low 30s. The bad weather is expected to clear by Friday, which should be dry.
But, before the storm starts, you can expect a balmy Wednesday.
"What's going to surprise a lot of people is that on Wednesday we're looking at pretty warm temperatures right around 60 degrees," Ciemnecki said.
Record to near record warmth for Wednesday, followed by snow now looking likely for the Thursday morning commute. A changeable week ahead!
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) February 6, 2017
The National Weather Service's snowfall estimates will probably be revised on Wednesday as we approach "the event," Ciemnecki said.
