weather advisory

The region can expect up to three inches of rain and heavy winds.

Officials have issued weather advisories in anticipation of heavy rain and winds throughout the city and southern areas of the state.

Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the sanitation department will blanket the city with salt.

“It’s going to be quite an exhilarating weather day,” one meteorologist said, but snow remains unlikely

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut could see between 2 and 4 inches of rain by the time the storm deaprts Tuesday evening.

Temperatures in the metro region are expected to drop, bringing freezing rain and ice

There is also potential for "a few tornadoes" today and tonight, per the National Weather Service, as well as scattered power outages.

The first big snow of the year has arrived on schedule, and should be falling until sometime tonight.

Photograph of a sidewalk shed in danger of collapse on Broadway