6:00 AM | *****All eyes continue to focus on major weekend winter storm that will have significant impacts over a large part of the nation*****

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Increasing clouds, breezy, quite cold, but milder than yesterday, highs in the lower 30’s; S winds around 5-15 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, not as harsh as recent nights, maybe a snow shower, lows in the upper 20’s

Thursday     

Mainly sunny, milder, breezy, lower 40’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Partly cloudy, cold, middle 20’s for late night lows

Friday

Partly sunny, breezy, quite cold, lower 30’s

Saturday

Increasing clouds, very cold, upper teens; chance of snow at night

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, very cold, good chance of snow, upper teens

Monday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, bitter cold, still may be some snow, low-to-mid 20’s

Discussion

The next couple of weeks will feature some of the worst weather winter has to offer with bitter cold conditions at times and a major storm system that can bring a crippling ice event to some areas this weekend and significant snowfall to others. After another day with below-normal temperatures here at mid-week, it’ll turn milder on Thursday, but that warmup will be for a brief time only.

Another Arctic outbreak will spread south to Texas and east to the coast at the end of the week and this air mass will feature some incredible cold across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest with 30 degrees below zero in some spots. By the end of the week, moisture will be gathering across the south-central states. As this moisture pushes to the north and east, it will encounter this very cold air mass, and the result will be a crippling ice event in many southern states, and significant accumulating snow farther to the north including in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather