6:00 AM | ****Powerful ocean storm to produce significant snow and wind in metro region...extreme cold and dangerous wind chills to follow****
Paul Dorian
6-Day NYC Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny, quite cold, but not as harsh as recent days, highs in the upper 20’s
Tonight
Becoming mostly cloudy, very cold, good chance for snow late, lows in the upper teens
Thursday
Mainly cloudy and continued quite cold with periods of snow, accumulations of 3-6 inches likely, becoming windy, mid 20’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, bitter cold, windy with dangerous wind chills, lows in the mid-to-upper single digits with sub-zero wind chills
Friday
Brutal cold despite some sunshine, windy with dangerous sub-zero wind chills, lower teens for highs
Saturday
Continued brutal cold with some sunshine, winds will slacken off, but dangerous wind chills are still possible, lower teens for highs
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still very cold, but not quite as piercing, low 20’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, not as cold, chance for snow, ice and/or rain, mid-to-upper 30’s
Discussion
The bitter cold weather pattern of the past couple of weeks for the eastern two-thirds of the nation will not ease up at all this week and an added feature will be a powerful storm that develops over the western Atlantic Ocean during the next 24-36 hours. This storm is likely to generate ice and accumulating snow over the next couple of days all the way from Florida to New England and significant accumulating snow can fall in this region on the order of 3-6 inches with even higher amounts to the east over Long Island and southeastern Connecticut. Any shift westward in the storm track could result in even more snowfall for the metro region – still within the realm of possibility.
Perhaps even more important than any snow that falls from this upcoming storm will be the extreme cold that follows throughout the eastern US in the Thursday night-to-Saturday time period. Wind chills will reach dangerous sub-zero levels as winds gust to 50 mph or so in this late week time period and power outages may become a real concern; especially, across coastal sections. A relaxation in temperatures is likely to arrive in the Mid-Atlantic region by early next week, but there may be a wintry mix of rain, sleet and/or snow to accompany this temporary “warm up”.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com