7:00 AM | **Strong winds late tonight and Thursday...snow and ice a threat this weekend into early next week**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City, NY metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, highs in the mid-to-upper 50’s
Tonight
Becoming partly cloudy, becoming quite windy late, cold, lows near 40 degrees
Thursday
Mainly sunny, cold, very windy with gusts past 40 mph, upper 40’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, breezy, cold, near 30 degrees for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 40’s
Saturday
Sun followed by clouds, cold, near 40 degrees; chance for snow late at night
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, cold, chance of snow and/or sleet that can change to rain, low-to-mid 40’s; any precipitation can change back to snow late at night
Monday
Mainly cloudy, windy, cold, chance for snow or a wintry mix, lower 40’s
Discussion
One major storm is bringing heavy snowfall to the Upper Midwest today and another major storm is impacting the western US with coastal rains and inland snows. The first storm will push quickly in an eastward direction and end up near coastal Maine by tomorrow morning. This system will drag a cold front through our area this evening and it'll become increasingly windy in the overnight hours. Those winds will intensify on Thursday following the frontal passage and can gust past 40 mph on Turkey Day. The second major storm will head northeastward towards the Dakotas later in the week and then run into an “atmospheric roadblock” and be forced to take a turn to the southeast this weekend and head right towards the Mid-Atlantic coastline. Precipitation from this second system will probably arrive here late Saturday night and it is likely to be cold enough for snow and/or ice for at least part of this upcoming precipitation event that may last into Monday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com