7:00 AM | ***A brief wintry mix possible late morning; otherwise, plain rain for the afternoon and night...rain becomes heavy with increasingly strong easterly winds***

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy with a brief wintry mix possible by late morning and this will transition to plain rain this afternoon, rain becomes heavy at times later in the day, increasingly windy, highs not far from 40 degrees; E winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts later today to 35 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, periods of rain, heavy at times, windy with gusts possible to 40 mph, lows near 40 degrees as temperatures will hold steady or even rise slightly

Friday

Mainly cloudy with periods of rain, windy, cold, lower 40’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, cold, near 30 degrees for late night lows  

Saturday

Mainly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees  

Sunday

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

Monday

Mainly sunny, cold, upper 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees

Discussion              

The precipitation field associated with a weakening storm system over the western Great Lakes and a newly developing secondary storm system over the Carolinas will arrive in the NYC metro region around late morning/mid-day moving in from southwest-to-northeast. There can be a wintry mix initially, but plain rain is likely in the afternoon. The rain becomes heavy later today and it’ll be quite a stormy night with heavy rain and strong winds. Increasingly strong easterly winds develop as the low pressure system intensifies near the coast and this will pump in slightly milder maritime air. Temperatures will hold steady tonight or even rise slightly so I do not expect any kind of a freeze-up during the overnight hours.  The rain winds down later tomorrow and the weekend will turn gradually colder and below-normal for this time of year.  

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather