Streets were brined, plows were ready and flights were canceled as the metropolitan region braced for up to 11 inches of snow.

Lee Goldberg has an AccuWeather update on the winter snowstorm that is now pushing across the Tri-State area with some of its heaviest snowfall.

FOX Weather Field Correspondent Robert Ray is live from Times Square talking with tourists, locals, street vendors and FOX Weather Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari as snow begins to fall in the Big Apple.

A powerful winter storm is expected to dump up to 8 inches of snow on New York City and New Jersey -- and potentially more in the Hudson Valley -- starting late Friday afternoon. Post-Christmas travel could be perilous. See the hourly outlook below and get the full forecast here.

New York is expected to get blanketed with up to 10 inches of snow starting later Friday, the most in nearly four years.

A clipper storm, as defined by the National Weather Service, is a fast-moving storm that drops into the U.S. over the Great Lakes from Alberta, Canada.

Snowfall projections have risen for an approaching quick-moving system set to bring accumulating snow overnight into Tuesday, Dec. 23, making for a potentially messy morning commute in the tristate, according to the National Weather Service.

A winter storm watch will take effect for New York City — as well as northeast New Jersey, New York’s lower Hudson Valley and Long Island – on Friday at 4 p.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday,