7:00 AM | ****Heavy rain and strong winds from later today into Wednesday...flooding and power outages on the table with this powerful storm system****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy with rain developing during the early afternoon and becoming heavy at times later in the day, chance for a late day thunderstorm, watch out for localized flooding, becoming milder, increasingly windy, highs near 50 degrees; E-SE winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts later in the day to 35 mph
Tonight
Rain, heavy at times, chance for a thunderstorm, watch out for localized flooding, strong and potentially damaging wind gusts to 55 mph, chilly, temperatures likely rising into the middle 50’s
Wednesday
Becoming partly sunny, chilly, still very windy with gusts to 40 mph, chance of rain showers, temperatures dropping from early day highs into the 40’s by mid-afternoon
Wednesday Night
Mainly clear, windy, colder, low-to-mid 30’s for late night lows
Thursday
Mainly sunny, chilly, mid-to-upper 40’s
Friday
Increasing clouds, chilly, mid-to-upper 40’s; rain and increasingly windy at night
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cool, still windy, chance of AM rain, low-to-mid 50’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, windy, colder, mid 30’s
Discussion
A powerful storm system will bring heavy rain to the NYC metro region later this afternoon and tonight and significant flooding is on the table. Some spots can receive as much as 2-3 inches of rain and this will be on top of already well-saturated grounds from multiple heavy rain events in recent weeks. In addition to the heavy rainfall, winds will become increasingly strong with potentially damaging gusts to 55 mph or so raising the possibility of broken limbs, downed trees and numerous power outages. Another significant storm system can produce similar conditions around here from late Friday into early Saturday (i.e., heavy rain and strong winds). A third storm system threatens the Mid-Atlantic region during the first half of next week and this time snow will be on the table.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather