7:00 AM | *Warm up begins today and it'll peak on Thursday afternoon*

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, becoming noticeably milder, highs in the mid-to-upper 50’s; S-SW winds at 5-10 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, not as chilly as recent nights, lows in the mid-to-upper 40’s

Thursday

Partly sunny, quite mild, breezy, chance of late day showers, middle 60’s for afternoon highs           

Thursday Night             

Mainly cloudy, breezy, showers likely in the evening, turning colder and clearing late, mid 30’s for late night lows           

Friday

Mainly sunny, quite breezy, colder, mid-to-upper 40’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, still on the chilly side, but not as breezy as Friday, mid-to-upper 40’s            

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, chilly, maybe a late day afternoon shower, lower 50’s; showers likely at night       

Monday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, chilly, chance of a showers, lower 50’s

Discussion              

It’ll turn noticeably milder this afternoon in the NYC metro region on the back side of high pressure which will result in an S-SW low-level flow of air.  The warm up intensifies on Thursday just ahead of the next strong cold front and temperatures are likely to climb well up into the 60’s during the afternoon hours. That cold front will usher in another colder-than-normal air mass for the end of the work week and the weekend and yet another cold air mass is destined to arrive into the Mid-Atlantic region early next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian