A coastal storm blows into the NYC area today, bringing heavy rain for most of the region and snow for the northwestern suburbs.

The storm swept through the Tri-State area, leaving roads and sidewalks coated with slushy snow north and west of the city.

New York and neighboring New Jersey have been bracing for today's storm to hit since last week before it's set to sweep up the East Coast as a bomb cyclone

The New York City area could see its first significant winter weather of the season as a nor’easter-like coastal low forms along the Mid-Atlantic coast.

New York City residents should prepare for an arctic cold front bringing gusty winds, followed by several opportunities for light snow in the coming days, according to AccuWeather forecasts.

The first winter storm of the season could dump up to eight inches of snow for some outer reaches of the tri-state, though many likely won’t see much more than a few flakes before rain takes over for most of the day.

New York City will be soggy Tuesday as a fast-moving winter storm brings heavy snow north and east of the city, raising the risk of airline delays and snarling ground traffic across the interior Northeast.

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 publication expects a milder and gentler winter than average for most of the United States, with only a handful of regions likely to see snow on Dec. 25. The Old Farmer’s Almanac forecasts a white Christmas for parts of the Northeast, the Lower Lakes region and Alaska.

A third winter storm is slated to his the U.S. this week across the Midwest, Northeast and New England, threatening to bring up to 10 inches of snow, forecasters say