7:00 AM | ***Some snow possible early Thursday...another snow threat comes Friday night/Saturday with greater potential***

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy, still quite windy, cold, maybe a snow shower or two, highs in the low-to-mid 30’s; W-NW winds at 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, cold, not as windy, lows in the mid 20’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, breezy, milder, mid 40’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, cold, good chance of rain developing and it can change to snow late at night, near 30 degrees for late night lows           

Thursday

Mainly cloudy in the morning with the chance of a period of snow, partly sunny in the afternoon, breezy, cold, near 30 degrees

Friday

Mainly sunny early, clouds late, even colder, lower 20’s; chance of snow at night

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, upper 20’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 30’s

Discussion              

The overall weather pattern looks active and quite cold for the next couple of weeks with multiple snow threats and cold air outbreaks on the table.  The first threat of snow will come early Thursday with the arrival of the next Arctic air mass. Low pressure is likely to form along the incoming frontal boundary zone and overnight rain can change to a period of snow early on Thursday. This looks like a minor-to-moderate type of event - perhaps on the order of a coating to 2 or 3 inches - but the timing may not be all that good as it could coincide with the AM rush hour on Thursday. Very cold air will follow for Thursday night and Friday as we get well into the next Arctic air mass. Looking ahead, there is the threat for more snow on Friday night and Saturday and this one has a great deal of potential. One question at this point is how far north up the coast this system can come late in the week as it moves along the same stalled-out frontal boundary zone…stay tuned…an interesting couple of weeks.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather