6:00 AM | ***A wintry mess on Saturday and Saturday night with some snow and ice accumulations...watch for slick spots on the roads***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City, NY metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, windy, cold, highs in the lower 30’s
Tonight
Increasing clouds, quite cold, winds becoming light and variable, lows in the upper teens
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cold, snow is likely to develop during the afternoon hours and may transition to a wintry mix of snow, sleet and/or freezing rain by late in the day, accumulations in the 1-3 inch range are possible before any changeover takes place, watch for slick spots on the roads, low-to-mid 30’s for late afternoon highs
Saturday Night
A wintry mix or rain, cold, near 30 degrees for lows early in the night, temperatures may rise late
Sunday
A snow shower possible early then becoming partly sunny, windy, cold, low-to-mid 30’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, quite cold, near 30 degrees
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, quite cold, near 30 degrees
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, near 30 degrees
Discussion
Strong high pressure will build over southeastern Canada today and temperatures here will struggle to pass the freezing mark. Winds will continue to be brisk gusting up to 30 mph or so, but they won’t be as strong as yesterday. Clouds will thicken up in the late night and early morning hours and precipitation will head this way on Saturday from the Ohio Valley. Given the cold and very dry air mass in place on Saturday, the initial batch of precipitation is quite likely to begin as snow around here in the early-to-mid afternoon and there can be accumulations of 1-3 inches. During the late afternoon hours, it'll turn somewhat milder in the upper atmosphere, but the low-level cold, dry and dense air mass will be reluctant to give up its ground. As a result, surface temperatures will struggle to climb above the freezing mark; especially, in suburban areas to the north and west of the metro region and this can lead to some icing problems on untreated surfaces. By tomorrow night, surface temperatures should climb above freezing in the immediate NYC metro area, but some freezing can still occur in areas to the north and west. Another cold, windy day is in store for the area on Sunday and the new work week will begin with quite cold conditions.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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