6:00 AM | **An Arctic blast has arrived in the Mid-Atlantic region on the heels of a strong cold frontal passage and it won't be the last...weekend snow threat(s)**

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy this morning with a few snow and/or rain showers, windy, quite cold, highs near 40 degrees early in the day…temperatures to drop from later this morning through the afternoon; W-NW winds around 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, windy with gusts to 30 mph, very cold, lows near 20 degrees

Friday           

Increasing clouds, breezy, quite cold, low-to-mid 30’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, quite cold, chance of snow or snow showers, upper 20’s for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow or snow showers, near 40 degrees

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, cold, chance of snow or snow showers, middle 30’s

M.L.K. Day

Mainly sunny, breezy, very cold, near 30 degrees

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, bitter cold, lower 20’s

Discussion

An Arctic air mass has pushed into the Mid-Atlantic region on the heels of a strong cold frontal passage and temperatures have very likely already reached their highs for the day. The winds will be quite strong through the day from a west-to-northwest direction making it feel even colder than the actual ambient temperatures. It stays much colder-than-normal on Friday and then an upper-level disturbance will head in this direction on Friday night and Saturday potentially resulting in some snow and/or rain to the metro region. Another system will then try to slide up along the east coast on Sunday and it can bring some snow or snow shower activity to the area during the second half of the weekend. More Arctic air is on tap for the Mid-Atlantic during the early part of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather