6:15 AM | **"Slap-in-the-face" cold today with powerful NW winds producing below-zero wind chills...light snow event late Friday night into early Saturday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, very windy, cold, highs near 30 degrees, but with below-zero wind chill values; W-NW winds increasing to 20-30 mph; gusts to 50 mph (must be trash day with this kind of wind)
Tonight
Mainly clear, windy with gusts to 45 mph, very cold, lows in the upper teens, but much lower wind chill values
Friday
Sun followed by clouds, brisk, cold, middle 30’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy, cold, snow or snow showers possible after midnight, low-to-mid 20’s for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly cloudy in the morning with the chance of snow or snow showers, partly sunny in the afternoon, cold, low-to-mid 30’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, brisk, cold, upper 30’s
Monday
Partly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, brisk, cold, middle 30’s
Discussion
The main weather story today will be the wind with gusts possible of 50 mph making it feel much colder than the actual air temperatures. In fact, wind chill levels can drop to below-zero at times of the highest wind gusts...not a day to stay outside for long stretches. The powerful NW winds are being generated by a tight pressure gradient between strong low pressure over Nova Scotia and high pressure building across the middle of the nation.
Elsewhere, low pressure will get organized later today over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Cold air has penetrated deep into the southern states and this combination will lead to significant snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas during the next couple of days. That same low pressure will head northeast and likely reach the coastal waters of the southern Mid-Atlantic by mid-day Saturday. It will be a relatively weak system for us likely producing a light snow event from late Friday night into early Saturday on the order of a coating to a couple of inches. High pressure and more cold air returns to the region for the early part of next week.
A bit of good news to wrap up…spring training is only 33 days away.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather