6:00 AM | **One system pulls away and another system to bring more snow here on Saturday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day NYC Forecast
Today
Early morning clouds give way to partial sun, quite cold, highs not far from 35 degrees
Tonight
Becoming cloudy, very cold, lows near 20 degrees
Saturday
Cloudy, quite cold, becoming breezy, some snow is likely with possible accumulations on the order of a coating to a couple of inches in the metro region, mid-to-upper 20’s for highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy with snow possible early, brisk, very cold, upper teens
Sunday
Mainly sunny, blustery, very cold, mid 20’s
Monday
Partly sunny, very cold, upper 20’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, not as cold, upper 30’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, milder, chance for rain, upper 40’s
Discussion
Low pressure will pull away from the Mid-Atlantic coastline this morning and now attention turns to the next developing storm system. This next system will strengthen rapidly on Saturday near the Mid-Atlantic coastline and it is going to produce major snowfall for the Southeast US from Alabama to southeastern Virginia. Accumulations are also likely right here in the immediate I-95 corridor region from DC-to-Philly-to-NYC with preliminary estimates as follows: a coating to a couple of inches in the NYC metro region, 2-4 inches just to the south and east (e.g. interior South Jersey), and 6 or more inches possible on Saturday at the eastern edge of Long Island. There will be a sharp gradient in snowfall amounts on the northwestern edge of this system so stay tuned as a slight shift in storm track or an adjustment in its potential strength and precipitation field extent can have big impacts around here. Bitter cold air will follow this storm for Saturday night through Monday night in the eastern US and portions of the Carolinas - where there may be a foot or more of fresh snowcover - could drop to amazing below zero readings.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com