The NYC area could see significant snow this weekend for the first time in years, with "the potential for up to 6 inches." Here's the forecast.

According to the National Weather Service, there's a 30% chance of snow showers after 4 p.m. Thursday. Skies will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Snow should enter New York City around 7 p.m. and be out of the area between 11 p.m. and midnight.

New York City emergency officials have issued a “Cold Weather Alert” amid a stretch of below-freezing wind chills that will only get colder into next week. The coldest air of the season so far will crash into the tri-state on starting early next week with “feels like” temperatures Tuesday dropping as low as -7 degrees.