5:30 AM | *****Major winter storm hits from later Saturday night into Monday...significant snowfall and some icing...bitter cold to follow*****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Partly-to-mostly sunny, colder, becoming quite breezy, highs in the lower 30’s; W-NW winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, windy, bitter cold, lows not far from 10 degrees
Saturday
Increasing clouds, very cold, upper teens for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, bitter cold, snow develops after midnight and becomes heavy at times towards morning, near 15 degrees for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, very cold, breezy, periods of snow, heavy at times, sleet can mix in at times during the PM hours, significant snow accumulations of 8-14 inches, lower 20’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, very cold, still the chance of snow during the morning hours, middle 20’s; brutally cold at night
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, bitter cold, near 20 degrees; brutally cold at night
Wednesday
Partly sunny, very cold, lower 20’s
Discussion
A major winter storm will affect the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend with significant snowfall and some icing is likely to take place as well. The stage will be set as the latest in a series of Arctic blasts swallows up much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation by later tonight. Despite the likelihood of some icing, this should turn out to be one of the biggest snowstorms in many years for the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor with estimates of 8-14 inches in most areas. The higher amounts in the snowfall accumulation range will be to the north and west (less icing) and the lower amounts will be to the south and east (more icing). In terms of the icing, sleet is likely to be the predominate form thankfully; however, freezing rain cannot be ruled out which always raises the red flag for potential power outages. Snow should begin just after midnight on Saturday night and precipitation can continue into Monday morning meaning there can be impacts on travel conditions to start the new work week. Brutally cold air will follow the weekend storm and there is a possibility for another storm to deal with next weekend. (Note- the last time NYC recorded a temperature below zero was in February 2016).
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather