New York City could be hit with a major bomb cyclone or nor’easter Sunday night, but forecasters say it’s far too early to make a run on bread and milk.
A large snowstorm is expected to tear through the Midwest and Southeast, then turn north at the end of the weekend.
The weather system would likely have an impact on the tri-state area, although experts on Wednesday evening cautioned it was too early to make a precise forecast.
“A lot can change in the next few days, but given what we’re seeing right now, that’s our thinking — that there certainly will be enough snow at least for a long enough period of time that it will mess up travel,” Accuweather senior meteorologist Dave Dombek told The Post.
“It will be significant enough that it will mess up the roads and travel and it could be a real mess for a time.”
Dombek said there was about a 20 percent chance that the city would see more than 6 inches of snow. A better bet would be that the boroughs would see about 3 inches, as areas north and west of the city get hit “considerably” harder, he said.
“If we’re in the ‘mostly snow’ zone, then we’re looking at much heavier amounts. At this juncture that doesn’t look likely, but it’s still in the cards,” Dombek said.
There was also a chance the storm could develop into a bomb cyclone — “basically it’s a storm that intensifies very very quickly” as barometric pressure plummets, the meteorologist said.
Very cold air was coming to the area over the weekend, with temperatures dropping dramatically Friday and flirting with the single digits Friday and Saturday night before rebounding to around 30 degrees Sunday afternoon.
The frigid temperatures could accelerate a strong snowstorm, but a more mild wintry mix was also possible, depending on the timing of the warmup.
Dombek said, “The colder it is at the start of the storm and the longer it can stay cold, the more snow we’re going to get.”
He advised New Yorkers should consult forecasts and travel advisories Friday and Saturday for updated forecasts.