7:00 AM | **Weekend Arctic blast with an accumulating snow threat and a widespread freeze early Sunday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day NYC Forecast
Today
Partly sunny, quite breezy, colder, cannot rule out a couple of morning snow and/or rain showers, highs near 50 degrees
Tonight
Becoming cloudy, cold, lows in the low-to-mid 30’s
Saturday
Cloudy, brisk, cold, periods of snow are likely and mixed with rain at times, highs near 40 degrees
Saturday Night
Windy with gusts past 40 mph with snow likely during the evening hours then becoming partly cloudy after midnight, total snow accumulations of a "coating to 2 inches"; primarily, on grassy and other non-paved surfaces, very cold by morning with lows in the mid-to-upper 20’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still quite breezy and cold, mid 40’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, milder, good chance for showers, highs in the upper 50’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, mild, showers likely, near 60 degrees
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, cooler, mid 50’s
Discussion
Another Arctic blast is headed to the Mid-Atlantic region for the weekend and there will be a strengthening “clipper” low pressure system pushing eastward from the Ohio Valley towards the east coast. As a result, clouds will thicken up tonight and snow showers could break out early on Saturday. Periods of snow are likely on Saturday mixed with rain at times and then precipitation should become all snow early tomorrow night. Winds will pick up late in the day on Saturday and then could gust past 40 mph tomorrow night. Snow accumulations of a "coating to 2 inches" are possible by late tomorrow night; primarily, on grassy and other non-paved surfaces. The greatest chance for those higher amounts in that range will be in higher elevation locations to the north and west of the NYC metro region. Another widespread deep freeze is likely to occur throughout the area by early Sunday morning with overnight lows temperatures down in the 20’s. It turns milder again early next week, but the threat for showers will also return.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com