Northeast prepares for snowstorm: Latest forecast

A winter storm is moving east Friday with a snowy, rainy mix on the way for the Northeast this weekend.

Fifteen states are on alert for winter weather from Georgia to Maine.

By Saturday morning, heavy rain and thunderstorms will be moving across the Southeast, stretching from Florida to the Carolinas.

A wintry mix of snow, ice and sleet will develop across the Appalachian Mountains throughout the day on Saturday and move through the Mid-Atlantic.

By late Saturday afternoon and into the evening hours, a wintry mix will quickly transition to all rain from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia with no snow accumulation expected.

Heavy rain will also spread across the Jersey Shore and the Delmarva area. Some gusty winds and minor coastal flooding is possible.

In New York City, the rain and snow mix will begin around 3 p.m. Saturday and will continue into the evening hours. It could end as early as midnight.

New York City, which has not seen 1 inch of snow in a single day since Feb. 13, 2022, is not expected to receive much in the way of snow accumulation. But, as you move into New Jersey or the Lower Hudson Valley, the snow gradient could be very high.

Parts of the western and northern New York City suburbs could get up to half a foot of snow Saturday evening.

Boston is under a winter storm watch, with 3 to 6 inches of snow possible. The snow will end in Boston on Sunday afternoon with some wrap-around moisture as the storm departs.

The heaviest snow with this storm will be from West Virginia to the Poconos in Pennsylvania and then through northwest New Jersey, the Catskills in New York and into the Berkshires in Massachusetts, where nearly a foot of snow is possible.