A winter storm could bring 2 - 4 inches of snow to the New York City area on Sunday. A winter storm will pass off the East Coast this weekend, and it should bring the New York City and other coastal areas in the tri-state their first measurable snow.

The first in a round of fast-moving Alberta clippers will bring rounds of snow and rain to New York and much of the Northeast on Wednesday before more winter storms follow throughout the week

New York City and the Northeast will likely see a dollop of snow late Monday into Tuesday from a storm rising up from the US Gulf coast, even as a record-breaking system pulls away from Chicago and the Midwest.

The NYC area is bracing for another round of bitter cold as Arctic air settles over the region this week, with the potential for weekend snow returning.

The CBS News New York First Alert Weather Team has issued a First Alert Weather Day for Tuesday due to a coastal storm that will bring heavy rain and snow to the region.

A fast-moving storm has delayed flights nationwide and stands to give New Yorkers a slippery commute Tuesday morning before shifting to rain even as it drops heavy snow upstate and across New England.

The latest forecast calls for anywhere from five to eight inches of snow in the mid-Hudson Valley and northwest New Jersey.

NEW YORK — Millions along the Interstate 95 corridor on the Northeast Coast will see their first significant winter storm of the season this weekend, as a fast-moving system takes advantage of freezing temperatures brought by another invasion of the Polar Vortex .