7:00 AM | **Bitter cold air for Thursday and Friday which will lead to snow/ice problems late Friday night/early Saturday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day NYC Forecast
Today
Partly sunny, breezy, cold, highs in the lower 40's
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, becoming windy and turning colder, snow showers likely and even a period of steadier snow possible which could generate a coating or so, lows near 20 degrees by morning
Thursday
Windy and very cold with partial sunshine, snow showers possible, wind chills near zero, mid 20’s
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, bitter cold, windy with wind chills below zero, maybe a snow shower or two, near 10 degrees for lows by morning
Friday
Bitter cold start to the day with mostly sunny skies, winds are brisk early, but then quite calm late, maybe a snow shower, low-to-mid 20’s; snow develops late at night and can accumulate small amounts by early morning
Saturday
Cloudy, cold, early snow changes to ice and then to plain rain at midday, but there can be accumulations of snow and/or ice before the changeover, low 40's late in the day
Sunday
Cloudy, chilly, chance for more rain which could change back to snow or sleet before ending, near 50 degrees
Monday
Partly sunny, breezy, quite cold, maybe a snow shower, low 30’s
Discussion
Another Arctic blast arrives later this evening in the Mid-Atlantic region and this one will be colder than the last one. In fact, temperatures on Thursday and Friday are likely to hold in the 20’s on both days and overnight lows by early Friday morning could bottom out in the upper single digits near New York City, not far from 10 degrees in the Philly suburbs, and around 15 degrees in DC. This bitter cold, dense Arctic air mass will then retreat on Saturday, but not before moisture reaches us from the Midwest. This collision of moisture and retreating Arctic air could lead to accumulating snow and/or ice in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor late Friday night/early Saturday before a mid-day changeover to plain rain.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com