6:15 AM | ***Brutal cold and single digit temperatures in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor...southern states suffer with snow and extreme cold***

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, still bitterly cold, highs near 20 degrees and much lower wind chills; W-NW winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, very cold, lows in the lower teens

Thursday

Partly sunny, very cold, upper 20’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly clear, brutally cold, lows in the mid-to-upper teens

Friday

Partly sunny, still quite cold, near 30 degrees for afternoon highs

Saturday

Mainly sunny, cold, near 30 degrees

Sunday

Increasing clouds, cold, upper 30’s

Monday

Partly sunny, cold, chance of snow, mid-to-upper 30’s

Discussion

Arctic high pressure will settle over the area today and then moves offshore on Thursday. As a result, it’ll remain bitterly cold for another day around here with afternoon highs near 20 degrees and overnight temperatures should drop to the lower teens. With the high pressure offshore on Thursday, there will some moderation in temperatures and afternoon highs both tomorrow and Friday should be in the middle-to-upper 20’s.

Elsewhere, the southern states from Texas to the Carolinas continue to suffer through unusual severe winter weather conditions during this nationwide Arctic air outbreak. Accumulating snow fell yesterday on Houston, Texas on the order of 4 inches or so (their 2nd biggest snowstorm) and as much as 10 inches on New Orleans, Louisiana. And perhaps most amazing of all, there are single digits temperatures this morning across southern Louisiana.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather