STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Winter storm Kenan made its way to the New York City area, with snow beginning to fall late Friday night and expected to continue overnight.
Staten Island residents are expected to see 6 to 10 inches of snow, according to AccuWeather forecasters. In its latest briefing, the National Weather Service has predicted a possible 6 to 12 inches of snow.
Continuing Friday night into Saturday, snowfall rates of up to 1 inch per hour are likely. Near blizzard conditions will make travel difficult. Wind gusts that could top 50 mph and sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph could send snow flying.
“If you have a choice of traveling tomorrow, I would definitely say stay put, because I think getting around tomorrow is going to be a slow-go if not a no-go,” Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather, told the Advance. “It will greatly reduce visibility.”
Temperatures are projected to descend into the teens by Saturday morning and not rise much during the day.
Kines told the Advance that the heaviest snow will fall between the hours of midnight and noon.
City and state officials announced plans to deploy 700 salt spreaders to pre-treat roadways on Friday in preparation for winter storm Kenan.
THE MAYOR MAY COME TO STATEN ISLAND
Mayor Eric Adams said he’s planning to make his way around the city during the storm, particularly the outer boroughs, to see how the storm’s progressing, while remaining in contact with his team.
“I’m an outer-borough cat,’' he said. “I’m going to go into Brownsville, East New York; we may take a ride out to South Jamaica, Queens, head up to the Bronx, and one of my favorite boroughs that, under my administration, they are not the forgotten borough, they are the unforgotten borough, and that’s Staten Island. We want to make sure that folks know that I want to be visible.”