Another Nor’easter coming to NYC in final weeks of brutal winter87%

By Jami Ganz0%

2/20/2026, 11:13:55 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 34.3% saturation with 122 hits. Analysis detected 728 faulty-reasoning hits from 356 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 80.1% and a BS Rank of 87% (2,676 of 20,407 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 86.90% of the article peer group.

Just as New Yorkers started to see the grass beneath the slush, another Nor’easter is en route to the tristate area this weekend. 
The National Weather Service has issued a 36-hour storm watch, set to go into effect beginning at 6 a.m. Sunday and ending around 6 p.m. Monday. 
The offshore storm activity is expected to affect all five boroughs and Long Island, as well as other portions of southeast New York, northeast New Jersey and southern Connecticut. 
The NWS warns of potential heavy snow, with total accumulations of between 6 and 10 inches in most locations, and wind gusts of up to 40 mph. 
In Suffolk County, conditions could get even worse, with snow totaling up to 13 inches, forecasters said Friday. 
Ahead of the Monday morning commute, meteorologists advised caution as “areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility,” while the “combination of gusty winds and heavy wet snow could bring down tree branches.” 
Dan DePodwin, AccuWeather’s vice president of forecasting operations, said just a “small wobble” in the storm track could make a huge difference in snow totals for cities near the heavily trafficked highways that connect the tristate region. 
“If the center of the storm comes in closer to the coast, heavier bands can shift into the I-95 corridor,” he said. 
“Travel disruptions are likely on the highways and at the airports on Sunday and can last into Monday.” 
There’s still some uncertainty with just how hazardous conditions could get, though the National Weather Service said Friday there was “increasing confidence of an impactful snowfall across the region Sunday into Monday.” 
NYC and the surrounding areas have been pushing through frigid temperatures ever since the massive storm late last month, which dropped over 10 inches of snow in Central Park and resulted in the cancellation of thousands of flights. 
City streets have been narrowed ever since, with mountains of plowed snow-turned-slush encroaching on both roadways and sidewalks. 
However, forecasters have some good news for the weeks ahead, as spring slowly but surely starts to appear. 
By next weekend, highs could reach the low 50s, with clouds giving way to some much-needed sun. 
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