7:00 AM | ***A wintry mix is possible by mid-day on Thursday, but plain rain looks to be the dominant precipitation type...heavy rain, strong winds tomorrow night***

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly sunny with some late day high clouds, cold, highs not far from 40 degrees; N-NW around 5 mph

Tonight

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, lows in the mid 20’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, cold, a wintry mix is possible by mid-day, but any frozen precipitation will transition to plain rain during the afternoon, increasingly windy, lower 40’s for late afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

A stormy night with rain, heavy at times, strong winds, temperatures holding near steady or rising slightly

Friday

Mainly cloudy with periods of rain in the morning, chilly, windy, lower 40’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, cold, lower 40’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, a bit colder, mid-to-upper 30’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees

Discussion              

Low pressure will form over the Carolinas on Thursday and intensify as it moves near or over the Delmarva Peninsula tomorrow night to a position off the Long Island coastline by mid-day Friday. A wintry mix is possible here by mid-day on Thursday, but plain rain will be the dominate precipitation type in the afternoon and evening hours. As the developing storm intensifies near the Delmarva Peninsula later tomorrow, easterly winds will increase here and pump in slightly milder maritime air causing the changeover from any wintry mix that falls to plain rain.  The rain can get quite heavy tomorrow night and winds will be pretty strong off the ocean with flooding possible along coastal sections. The rain winds down Friday morning and it’ll turn gradually colder this weekend.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather