7:00 AM | ****Heavy rain and potential damaging wind gusts on Thursday night...power outages on the table...much colder air moves in on Friday****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
A good travel day…partly-to-mainly sunny, cold, calm, highs in the mid 40’s
Tonight
Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, a shower possible towards daybreak, temperatures likely to rise towards morning
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, becoming very windy and much milder, periods of rain mainly after 3PM, some of the rain can be heavy at times late in the day, near 60 degrees
Thursday Night
Heavy rain, strong winds and a possible thunderstorm, watch for localzied flooding conditions, temperatures holding at mild levels mainly in the 50's
Friday
Heavy rain threat continues early in the day then turning much colder during the afternoon with some clearing, windy, temperatures to drop into the 30's by later in the day from early day highs, watch for icy spots with any leftover standing water on untreated surfaces
Saturday
Mainly sunny, very cold, near the freezing mark
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, mid 30’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of rain and/or snow, low-to-mid 40’s
Discussion
A powerful cold front will come barreling towards the east coast late tomorrow night/early Friday and it’ll bring some wild weather with it to the Mid-Atlantic region. Ahead of the front, there will be heavy rain, possible thunderstorms, and potentially damaging wind gusts which, unfortunately, raises the prospects of power outages. It’ll become much milder as well on Thursday with temperatures likely flirting with the 60 degree mark for late day highs. The combination of heavy rainfall and mild conditions will cause a rapid melting of snow and this is likely to lead to localized flooding in areas of poor drainage. On the back side of the front, temperatures will drop rapidly on Friday from the mild levels early to the 30's by late in the day. The cold air mass will stick around as we begin the upcoming weekend with temperatures on Saturday struggling to pass the freezing mark.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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