First Nor'easter Of Season Could Slam NY This Weekend: NWS

NEW YORK — Soggy skies are in store this week for New York, with a potential nor'easter threatening to bring high winds, flooding and more, according to the latest forecast.

Jay Engle, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told Patch that while there "is a lot of uncertainty" about the specifics, "we know that there is going to be a storm intensifying off the coast Thursday night or Friday."

That's when the storm will be in the developmental stage and, at this point, it's uncertain how far off the shore the storm will be, or whether it can be pulled back closer to the coast, Engle said.

"There's an another piece of upper level energy that may try to interact with the storm and help pull it back closer to the coast, but there is uncertainty as to the precise timing or how close it will get to the coast," he said.

What could be a nor'easter is expected to slam Long Island late Friday into Saturday, Engle said. "We're not sure what those impacts are going to, but the greatest chance" for those impacts appear to be on the East End, he said.

However, Engle said, those models may shift or change.

Should the nor'easter materialize, Long Island could see 1 to 3 inches of rain and winds of 40 and up to 60 miles per hour, "if the storm comes together," he said, adding that at this point, there is no additional context to provide.

Below-normal temperatures and rain will linger through the week, National Weather Service forecasters said.