6:00 AM | ***Chance of some PM snow on Friday with Arctic front...maybe a snow squall...bitter cold weekend with powerful winds***

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Clouds give way to sun, cold, highs in the low-to-mid 30’s; W-NW winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, bitter cold, lows near 10 degrees

Thursday     

Mainly sunny, cold, near 30 degrees for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Partly cloudy, bitter cold, near 10 degrees for late night lows

Friday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of some snow during the afternoon and evening hours, maybe a snow squall, near 30 degrees

Saturday

Partly sunny, very windy, bitter cold, upper teens with dangerously low wind chills

Sunday

Partly sunny, very windy, bitter cold, upper teens with dangerously low wind chills

Monday

Mainly sunny, breezy, very cold, low-to-mid 20’s

Discussion

Temperatures climbed above freezing on Tuesday for the first time in awhile in many spots and this allowed for some melting of the “snowcrete” that has been stuck in place in recent days. Yesterday’s “warmup” is the good news…the bad news is that much colder air returns by tonight and we’re headed for a bitter cold weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region. The next weather system of note will be a strong Arctic cold front that arrives later in the day on Friday and it can produce some snow during the afternoon and evening hours…perhaps even a snow squall. The passage of the late week Arctic front will result in a direct discharge of Arctic air from eastern Canada and temperatures are likely to be confined to upper teens for afternoon highs. In addition, the winds will be powerful on both Saturday and Sunday as the result of a very tight pressure gradient across the northeastern states and wind chill levels will be below zero at times. Another clipper system will drop southeast on Sunday from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic and it can produce snow showers in parts of the area.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather