New York City braces for major snowstorm on Christmas Day that could disrupt holiday travel

New York could potentially experience a White Christmas next weekend, as a winter storm is likely to strike several parts of the Northeast and affect holiday plans in what is one the busiest traveling stretches of the year. New York City could experience a White Christmas for the first time since 2009, according to next week's weather predictions Heavy snow is expected to fall in the Midwest as well as in upstate New York & Pennsylvannia trough much of the holiday week. New York City could see snow fall on its skyscrapers on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Cloudy weather is then set to kick into the Big Apple on Saturday, which is Christmas Eve. Another possible scenario taking place over the next week is seeing a nor'easter hit New York City and other parts of the I-95 corridor on Friday until Christmas Day, reports Fox Weather meteorologist Christopher Tate. New York City has a 40-60 percent chance of at least one inch of snow on Christmas Day this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The last time that the Big Apple experienced a White Christmas was in 2009 when more than an inch of snow had been reported at Central Park at 7am on Christmas Day Rain could potentially turn into hail as precipitation is expected to kick into New York City starting on Thursday of next week AAA estimates 112.7million people will journey 50 miles or more away from home from December 23 to January 2.