Let alone the fact every model has NYC at around 35-36 at the start of the storm, thats not a signal for accumulating snow midday. Depends also if it comes in strung out and messy or like a wall, like a wall would provide some evaporational cooling.
Might actually have a better chance of a flip to snow on the backend of storm 1 in say Westchester and Rockland than any meaningful frozen precip from storm 2.
The Wed storm already is pretty much a cutter with some frozen precip at the start. The Monday storm is actually more favorable for CNE/NNE imo as there is stronger secondary development.
The strength and placement of the high to the north is the only variable here that could make the start more interesting but I’d lean toward the scenario you described above.
How much is needed to be considered measurable? I’m partly confused about this whole 0.0 thing because parts of the city saw a tiny bit of snow in mid December.
The pattern stays active through early February and it's a little cooler so probably thats our best chance although this winter everything that can go wrong seems to go wrong.
The 12Z Euro keeps the low south of Michigan and NYC starts snow on Wed. Can't believe we are tracking a storm that will be at most an inch of slop to rain but thats winter 2022-2023.
I agree the changing to rain stinks but what are we gonna do, it’s our best chance to see any snow it sounds like before March unless something else pops up on the narrow 1/27-2/2 window.
CMC/Ukie/Euro all start NYC as snow for that one. The high to the north should support the possibility of frozen precip at the start. Still far out though.
CMC trended toward the Euro with storm 2, looks decent for interior parts of the subforum and the coast gets a couple of inches before changeover. That one is still so far out could definitely trend (either better or worse).