The first day of winter brought with it New York City’s first accumulating snowfall of the season. People across the tri-state woke up to measurable snow on the ground, some finding as much as 4 or 5 inches in parts of New York and New Jersey.

New York City will see a mixture of rain and snow this evening before an arctic blast sweeps into the northeast this weekend, bringing freezing temperatures and gusty winds.

Paging Frosty. The first “measurable” snow of the season is expected to hit the city over the weekend, as bone-chilling pre-Christmas temperatures plunge into the mid-teens, forecasters said Friday. Flurries are expected to start falling overnight Friday with the downfall peaking early Saturday morning as up to two inches accumulate in some areas,