6:00 AM | ***A brutally cold day to end the work week with afternoon temperatures generally confined to the teens***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Sun followed by clouds, breezy, bitter cold, highs in the upper teens with below zero wind chills; NW winds around 5-15 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, absolutely frigid, lows not far from zero degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, breezy, brutally cold, near 20 degrees for afternoon highs with below zero wind chills
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, windy, biting cold, slight chance of snow, upper single digits for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, windy, still very cold, chance of snow, low-to-mid 20’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, cold, but not as harsh, near 30 degrees
Tuesday
Partly sunny, cold, lower 30’s
Wednesday
Increasing clouds, quite cold, chance of snow late in the day or at night, upper 20’s
Discussion
It remains brutally cold around here today with temperatures struggling to make it past the upper teens for afternoon highs and overnight lows will be in the low-to-mid single digits in many spots. The bitter cold conditions continue through the weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region and will extend all the way down to southern Florida where Sunday morning temperatures could be near freezing in Miami. Another big story will be the the explosive cyclogenesis that’ll take place as the central pressure of a low-pressure system drops dramatically between later Saturday and early Sunday. Low pressure will move near the Carolina coastline by later Saturday and then it’ll get juiced up by the phasing of a northern stream wave of energy and a southern wave. The biggest impact from this weekend storm will likely be across southern Virginia, the Carolinas, and eastern New England can get hit hard as well...all locations with snow and strong winds. The NYC metro region will not go completely unscathed as winds will pick up noticeably from later Saturday into Sunday and there can be some snow in the area.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather