6:15 AM | ***A combination of snow and sleet tomorrow night into early Thursday...plain rain later Thursday...repeat scenario for the weekend...snow threat next week***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Becoming mainly sunny, breezy, a bit colder than Monday, highs in middle 40’s; NW winds increasing to around 10-20 mph
Tonight
Increasing clouds, brisk, cold, lows in the low-to-mid 20’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, cold, slight chance of snow late in the day, middle 30’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Snow that can mix with sleet late, cold, watch for slippery spots, lows in the upper 20’s
Thursday
Mainly cloudy with snow, sleet, freezing rain changing to plain rain by mid-day, becoming milder, near 40 degrees late
Friday
Mainly sunny, breezy, colder, lower 40’s
Saturday
Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance of afternoon snow and snow, sleet, freezing rain possible at night, upper 30’s
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, becoming milder, chance of plain rain, low-to-mid 40’s
Discussion
In just the next week or so, it appears there will be as many as three opportunities for snow, ice and rain in the Mid-Atlantic region. The first such opportunity will come from later tomorrow into Thursday and this could turn out to be quite a mess around here for the Thursday AM commute with some accumulations of snow and sleet. The setup will include a cold frontal passage today that will be followed by an influx of fresh cold and dry air in the overnight hours while at the same time moisture begins to gather over the Tennessee Valley. This dense, cold air mass will be quite reluctant to give up its ground on Wednesday night and Thursday as the moisture arrives and surface temperatures will be slow to climb to above freezing levels until mid-day Thursday.
Looking ahead, there can be a repeat performance in the Mid-Atlantic region during the upcoming weekend with “snow-to-sleet-to-freezing rain-to-plain rain” on the table. Looking even farther ahead, there may be an accumulating snow threat by the middle of next week in this on-going very active weather pattern.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather