7:00 AM | ****Heavy rain and powerful winds from later tonight into early Friday...power outages on the table...much colder air mass blasts into the region on Friday****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, becoming very windy and much milder, periods of rain mainly after 4PM, some of the rain can become heavy at times at day's end and there can be a late day thunderstorm, highs late in the day near 60 degrees
Tonight
Periods of rain, heavy at times, a possible thunderstorm, very windy, watch for localized flooding, temperatures holding in the 50’s
Friday
Rain can still be heavy at times in the morning, windy, remaining mainly cloudy in the afternoon with a couple of snow showers possible, temperatures plunge from mild early day readings in the 50's to the 30’s by late in the day
Friday Night
Mainly clear, quite cold, near 20 degrees for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, very cold, near the freezing mark for highs
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, upper 30’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain and/or snow showers, lower 40’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, breezy, colder, upper 30’s
Discussion
A powerful cold front will barrel towards the eastern seaboard from later today into early Friday and it’ll bring some wild weather to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US. Ahead of the front, heavy rains, possible thunderstorms, and potentially damaging winds will develop and raise the prospects for localized flooding and power outages. It’ll become much milder as well today with temperatures soaring to the 60 degree mark by late in the day in the NYC metro region. On the back side of the front, temperatures will plunge on Friday from their mild early morning highs in the 50's to the 30’s by the end of the day. Any standing water on untreated surfaces that is left behind by the heavy rain event could freeze-up in a hurry on Friday as temperatures take that plunge. The cold air mass will stick around into the weekend with temperatures on Saturday struggling to reach the freezing mark.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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