6:00 AM | *Quite mild for the Mets opening game early this afternoon...rain later tonight into tomorrow morning...maybe a thunderstorm...a chilly weekend*

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Opening Day for the Mets!

Clouds give way to partial sunshine, quite mild, becoming windy, cannot completely rule out an isolated afternoon shower, highs in the lower 70’s (normal high at Central Park is 54 degrees); S-SW winds increasing to around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cool, periods of rain late, maybe a thunderstorm, lows in the upper 40’s

Friday

Mainly cloudy with lingering showers possible in the morning, windy, cooler, temperatures holding steady within a few degrees of 50 for much of the day

Friday Night             

Becoming partly cloudy, brisk, cold, maybe a shower early, upper 20’s for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly sunny, windy, cold, lower 40’s  

Sunday

Mainly sunny, chilly, lower 50’s

Monday

Partly sunny, mild, upper 50’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, lower 60’s

Discussion

The opener for the Mets is scheduled for 1:15pm later today and it’ll become quite mild and breezy for their first game with high temperatures in the lower 70’s. A strong cold front closes in on the area later tonight and it’ll bring us periods of rain, maybe a thunderstorm, from later tonight into tomorrow morning. On the back side of the front, winds will shift to a north-to-northwest direction on Friday leading to a colder-than-normal weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures on Saturday will likely do no better than the lower 40’s for afternoon highs despite plenty of sunshine and it stays on the cool side to close out the weekend. Much milder weather returns to the Mid-Atlantic region during the early part of next week as strong high pressure ridging that has been parked over the western US in recent days slides in this direction.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather