A major blizzard is expected to move up the East Coast from Sunday into Monday, bringing significant amounts of snow to the I-95 corridor and putting New York City under a blizzard warning for the first time in nearly a decade, most recently in March 2017.
As of Saturday morning, more than 40 million Americans were on alert for winter storm conditions starting Sunday and continuing through Monday.
The National Weather Service has upgraded southern Delaware, the Jersey Shore, all of New York City, Long Island and coastal Connecticut to a blizzard warning to increase confidence in snowfall of more than a foot and gusty winds potentially causing blizzard conditions.
Coastal flood watches are also being lifted from coastal Delaware to the Jersey Shore and Long Island to coastal southern New England due to minor to moderate coastal flooding during high tide.
As the outlook continues to clear, expect additional winter weather advisories to be issued over the next 24 hours across the Northeast.
While the exact snowfall totals and locations that will get the most precipitation from the storm remain uncertain, confidence has increased that the East Coast will handle a strong coastal storm surge from Sunday into late Monday that will produce significant snowfall, high winds and coastal flooding.
A child plays in the snow in front of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, United States, February 16, 2026.
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This coastal storm is expected to begin forming over the coastal Carolinas on Sunday, bringing rain to the mid-Atlantic and some scattered light to moderate snow from northern Virginia into Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey and New York on Sunday morning into the afternoon.
By late Sunday afternoon, the coastal storm will begin to rapidly intensify off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia as it moves northeast and parallels the East Coast.
By early Monday morning, the storm is expected to bring heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding to much of the coastal Northeast.
The Jersey Shore, Long Island, the southern coast of New England, and Cape Cod could all see blizzard and whiteout conditions early Monday due to a combination of heavy snow and very strong wind gusts.
By Monday evening, snow should begin to fall almost completely in the Northeast with the exception of New England which could still see spotty rain.
