6:00 AM | ***Snow likely on Friday night...maybe a heavier snow squall...watch for slippery spots...bitter cold this weekend with powerful winds and below zero wind chills***

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, cold, highs not far from 30 degrees; N-NW winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, bitter cold, lows in the middle teens

Friday           

Increasing clouds, cold, near 30 degrees for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, very cold, chance of snow or snow showers...perhaps even a heavier snow squall, middle teens for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly cloudy with AM snow showers possible, very windy with gusts to 50 mph, bitter cold, temperatures hold steady in the morning and drop to lower teens in the afternoon, much lower wind chill values of well below zero

Sunday

Partly sunny, very windy, bitter cold, upper teens with much lower wind chills of well below zero

Monday

Mainly sunny, quite cold, upper 20’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 30’s

Discussion

An Arctic air mass is headed to the Mid-Atlantic region for the weekend with its origins on the Siberian side of the North Pole. This Arctic blast will be directly discharged to us from eastern Canada as compared with the more conventional “northwest-to-southeast” route that has air traveling over the Great Lakes meaning there will be less chance for modification. The cold front at the leading edge of this bitter cold air mass will be quite active on Friday night with strong support in the upper part of the atmosphere, leading to snow showers and perhaps a heavier snow squall. Snow accumulations of a coating to a couple of inches are likely on Friday night…watch out for slippery spots. In addition to the bitter cold this weekend, winds will become a major factor on both days with gusts up to 50 mph producing dangerously low wind chill levels of well below zero in many locations.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather