6:00 AM | ***One more day of spring-like warmth and a possible record-breaker...much colder for Thursday and Friday following passage of strong cold front***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Partly sunny, becoming quite windy, warm and a possible record-breaker, chance of PM showers, highs in the upper 70’s; S-SW winds around 5-15 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy with occasional showers and possibly a strong thunderstorm, breezy and turning colder late, late night lows near 45 degrees
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, windy with gusts to 35 mph, colder, chance of rain showers that can mix with or change to snow, temperatures generally in the 40’s
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, brisk, cold, maybe a snow shower, near 30 degrees for late night lows
Friday
Sun followed by clouds, windy, chilly, upper 40’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, chilly, near 50 degrees
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, mild, lower 50’s; showers and thunderstorms possible at night
Monday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, mild chance of rain, lower 60’s
Discussion
One more day of spring-like temperatures here at mid-week in the Mid-Atlantic region and some record highs may be set in spots as clouds increase ahead of a strong cold front. That strong cold front and a pre-frontal trough can produce showers for the mid-to-late afternoon and then a strong thunderstorm will be possible early tonight. Much colder air will arrive on Thursday leading to quite a dramatic drop off in temperatures as compared with today’s potential record-breaking warmth. The chilly air will stick around on Friday and the weekend will start off on the cool side with dry conditions likely on both Friday and Saturday. Another strong cold front heads our way for the late Sunday night/Monday time frame with additional showers and thunderstorms possible. A widespread colder-than-normal air mass will then spread into the eastern states by Tuesday of next week on the heels of that next strong cold frontal system.
One final note, it looks like record high temperatures were set yesterday in D.C., Philly and New York City with DCA at 84 degrees, IAD at 85 degrees, BWI at 85 degrees, PHL at 83 degrees, and in Central Park (NYC), it was a record-breaker at 80 degrees and the earliest 80-degrees ever recorded.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather