7:00 AM | *Coastal storm pounds the Mid-Atlantic region today...significant late week/weekend warm surge*
Paul Dorian
6-Day NYC Forecast
Today
Cloudy, quite breezy, cool, periods of rain with the steadiest and heaviest coming during the afternoon hours, there can also be a thunderstorm or two, highs in the mid-to-upper 50’s
Tonight
Cloudy, quite breezy, cool, periods of rain still likely; especially, during the evening hours, lows in the lower 50’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy with lingering showers possible in the morning, becoming noticeably milder during the afternoon hours, mid 60’s late in the day
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, patchy fog and drizzle possible, mid-to-upper 50’s for lows
Thursday
Partly sunny, warmer, low-to-mid 70’s
Friday
Partly sunny, very warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, breezy, quite warm, low 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, breezy, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the day or at night, upper 70’s
Discussion
A coastal storm is intensifying as it turns slowly up the Mid-Atlantic coastline and it will produce heavy rain bands today in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor along with some strong wind gusts and perhaps a thunderstorm or two. The rain bands will rotate to the northwest and into the I-95 corridor from the southeast today as the low pushes slowly up the coast. The low pressure system will push to near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay by later today and then weaken tonight as it pushes away from the coastline. The steadiest, heaviest rain threat will end by early tomorrow and it’ll become noticeably milder during the afternoon hours on Wednesday. A strong surge of warm air will then boost temperatures to near 80 degrees on Friday in the NYC metro region and for both weekend days as well. At the same time the Mid-Atlantic warms up considerably, very cold air for this time of year will plunge into the western US and states like Colorado and Wyoming could actually end up with substantial snowfall.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com