6:00 AM | **Occasional showers and thunderstorms likely...Hurricane Erin curves away from the east coast, but rip currents, rough surf, strong winds along coastal sections**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Clouds and limited sun, comfortable temepratures, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid-to-upper 70’s; E-SE winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the low-to-mid 60’s
Thursday
Partly sunny, windy, cool, chance of showers, middle 70’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, breezy, cool, lower 60’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, nice, lower 80’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, pleasant, lower 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, comfortable, chance of showers, low-to-mid 80’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, nice, maybe a shower, lower 80’s
Discussion
An upper-level trough will push into the northeastern states later today and raise the chance for afternoon and nighttime showers and thunderstorms in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor...some of the rain can be heavy at times. Hurricane Erin (category 2) will curve away from the east coast during the next couple of days partly as a result of this incoming upper-level trough and begin to accelerate to the northeast on Thursday and is likely to be positioned over the open waters of the North Atlantic by later this weekend. Despite Erin’s track well to our east, rip currents and rough surf will be a big problem along coastal sections during the next couple of days and there can be some beach erosion and flooding at times.
A second high pressure system takes control of the weather for the late week and beginning of the weekend with sunny weather and comfortable temperatures expected on Friday and Saturday. Looking ahead, there are signs for cooler-than-normal conditions across much of the eastern half of the nation for the last week or so of August and we’ll have two tropical systems to monitor on the heels of Hurricane Erin that are now in the eastern Atlantic (may become Fernand and Gabrielle).
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather