6:15 AM | **Winds become a big factor today on the back side of a frontal passage...gusts up to 45 mph or so...a chilly mid-week, but warmer by week's end**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, becoming very windy, mild, a few showers likely, maybe a gusty thunderstorm, highs in the middle 60’s; W-NW winds increasing to 15-25 mph; gusts to 45 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, windy with gusts to 40 mph, cold, maybe an evening shower or thunderstorm, lows near 40 degrees
Wednesday
Partly sunny, still windy with gusts to 40 mph, unseasonably chilly, lower 50’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly clear, cold, upper 30’s for late night lows
Thursday
Mainly sunny, milder, upper 50’s
Friday
Partly sunny, mild, middle 60’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, breezy, very warm, chance of showers, upper 70’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, not as warm, but still rather mild, chance of showers, middle 60’s
Discussion
After a cold frontal passage in the overnight hours, the pressure gradient between the departing low and an incoming high pressure system will tighten today and the result here will be increasingly strong winds from a west-to-northwest direction...gusting to 45 mph or so. A secondary cold front will pass through the area this evening and it will usher in a chilly air mass for the mid-week with temperatures below-normal for the middle of April. It does warm up rather quickly later in the week and the first half of the weekend is likely to feature high temperatures in the upper 70’s although showers may be a threat on Saturday with an approaching cold frontal system.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather