7:00 AM | ***Occasional showers, milder and winds can gust to 50 mph from later today into tonight ***

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy with occasional showers, maybe a thunderstorm, milder and becoming very windy with gusts to 50 mph possible, highs in the upper 50’s; S-SW winds increasing to 20-30 mph; gusts to 50 mph possible

Tonight

Evening clouds and lingering showers possible then skies will clear after midnight, turning much colder and still very windy with gusts to 40 mph, lows late near 30 degrees

Thursday

Mainly sunny, still windy with gusts to 40 mph, much colder, lower 40’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly clear, quite cold, mid-to-upper 20’s for late night lows  

Friday

Partly sunny, cold, mid 40’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, much milder, occasional showers, upper 50’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, brisk, colder, upper 40’s

Monday

Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of showers, upper 40’s

Discussion              

If you are an inflatable Santa Claus then today is not your kind of day in the Mid-Atlantic region. A strong cold front will cross the region later today and winds ahead of it will increase dramatically from a S-SW direction and can gust up to 50 mph or so.  Following the front, winds will remain quite strong later tonight and Thursday gusting to 40 mph or so from a northwesterly direction.  After a milder day here at mid-week, temperatures will crash later tonight and hold in the lower 40’s for highs on Thursday afternoon. It remains quite chilly and dry on Friday, but then turns much milder on Saturday with occasional showers as the next frontal system arrives. 

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather