First Alert Forecast: Yellow Alert in place for wintry mix, snow and rain

Saturday was a cold day, which led to a cold night with cloudy skies and a chance of light showers for the immediate coasts of Long Island and New Jersey.

Turning to Sunday, the day starts off mostly cloudy and calm. Light snow will begin to move into our northwestern suburbs around 8 a.m.

As the day wears on, precipitation will overspread the region, increasing in coverage and intensity. While this will be a mostly rain event for the city and surrounding areas, our northern suburbs will see some accumulating snow.

The counties of Orange, Sullivan, Dutchess and Ulster are where the heaviest of snow is expected, and consequently where the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory. Snowfall totals here will range from 2-5 inches, while isolated higher totals can't be ruled out.

Areas adjacent to these counties will also see some snow, but due to mixing with rain, are not likely to see much accumulation, with only a coating to 2 inches possible.

The precipitation will continue through most of Sunday, gradually tapering off during the early hours of Monday. It may even end as snow in New York City, however, no accumulation is expected.

Due to all of this, a Yellow Alert is in place for Sunday into early Monday. Sunday's high will be 43.