7:00 AM | ***The threat continues for a late week coastal storm***

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Partly sunny, quite warm, humid, chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, highs not far from 90 degrees

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the lower 70’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, hot, humid, lower 90's for afternoon highs

Thursday Night

Chance of late night showers, mild, muggy, near 75 degrees for late night lows

Friday

Mostly cloudy, warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rainfall can be heavy at times, mid-to-upper 80’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Sunday

Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Monday

Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Discussion

The threat for scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue today and tonight in the Mid-Atlantic region and then attention will turn to the Southeast US as low pressure pushes through the Carolinas and heads toward the warm waters of western Atlantic Ocean. This low pressure system is likely to take a turn to the north later in the week and ride up along the Mid-Atlantic coastline or just to its east. There is a chance that if the low pressure system spends considerable time out over the water, it could actually intensify and become a "named" tropical system. Whether or not it becomes a "named" storm, it has the potential to bring some heavy rainfall on Friday to the eastern part of the Mid-Atlantic and rip currents in the western Atlantic Ocean. The departure of this coastal low on Saturday will likely not be the end of the wet weather pattern in the eastern US. An impressive upper-level trough should form by later in the weekend likely leading to more rainfall around here into the first half of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com