7:00 AM | ****Snow continues for awhile this morning as low pressure intensifies...very cold in its wake tonight/Saturday...icing possible early Sunday...another cold blast early next week****

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Snow continues into mid-to-late morning, heavy at times, becoming mainly sunny for the mid-day and afternoon, quite breezy, cold, highs in the mid 30’s (normal high at Central Park is 40 degrees); W-NW winds increasing to 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, still quite breezy, very cold, lows not far from 15 degrees

Saturday

Mainly sunny, quite cold, near the freezing mark for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Becoming mainly cloudy, quite cold, mid-to-upper 20’s for late night lows           

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, not as cold, chance for rain, ice and/or snow showers, near 40 degrees by later in the day

Monday

Mostly sunny, breezy, quite cold, lower 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, very cold, lower 20’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, still quite cold, lower 30’s

Discussion              

Low pressure that generated the overnight snowfall continues to intensify this morning as it pushes northeastward over the open waters of the western Atlantic. This system will push fairly rapidly during the next few hours to a position off the east coast of Maine by mid-day.  Snow will continue for awhile this morning and it can be heavy at times in some areas.  Skies will clear this afternoon and it’ll become quite breezy and temperatures will do no better than the middle 30’s for highs.  Later tonight, temperatures will likely drop into the middle teens and Saturday will remain much colder-than-normal for this time of year despite some sunshine.  Milder air will try to push into the area late Saturday night and Sunday and this process may initially result in some snow or ice in some areas.  By later Sunday, temperatures should be able to reach the 40 degree mark, but the warm up will be short-lived as another impressively cold air mass will arrive early next week following the passage of the next cold frontal system.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather