7:00 AM | **Finally...a soaking rainfall coming to the Mid-Atlantic region**

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, chilly, highs in the mid-to-upper 40’s; N winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, lows not far from 30 degrees

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, chilly, becoming breezy, periods of rain, some of the rain can be heavy at times at the end of the day, upper 40’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, chilly, windy, periods of rain, some of the rain will be heavy at times, temperatures hold steady or even rise slowly

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of showers, low-to-mid 50’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, cool, near 50 degrees

Friday

Increasing clouds, chilly, chance of rain late, near 50 degrees

Saturday

Partly sunny, chilly, chance of rain, upper 40’s

Discussion              

The big weather story of the week in the Mid-Atlantic region will be the soaking rain event that takes place from later tomorrow into early Wednesday as strong low pressure pushes into the Great Lakes region. It has been very dry in recent weeks, but this system should produce an inch or more of rain throughout the area by early Wednesday morning. It appeared last week that there would be an influx of unseasonably cold air into the Mid-Atlantic region on the back side of this storm, but that no longer appears to be the case. Instead, Turkey Day should be dry and cool with only slightly below-normal temperatures for this time of year. The weather becomes unsettled again at week’s end and for the upcoming weekend and it looks like it will be on the chilly side.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather