7:00 AM | Powerful cold front arrives early Saturday
Paul Dorian
6-Day Forecast
Today
Mostly cloudy and cool with a little light rain or drizzle likely at times, highs not far from 70 degrees
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, cool, still the chance for some drizzle, lows near 60 degrees
Friday
Partly-to-mostly sunny, becoming breezy, cool, low 70’s
Friday Night
Cloudy with showers towards morning, maybe a late thunderstorm, breezy and cool, near 60
Saturday
Cloudy, breezy and cool with periods of rain primarily during the morning and mid-day hours, upper 60’s
Sunday
Mostly sunny, quite cool, low-to-mid 60’s
Monday
Partly sunny, still cool, but milder than Sunday, upper 60’s
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy, cool, maybe a shower, low 70's
Discussion
A powerful cold front is barrelling towards the east coast and it will be an important event in the typical autumnal transitional process of "stepping down" in temperatures from summer-to-winter. The month of September ended on Tuesday with high temperatures flirting near the 80 degree mark along the I-95 corridor and last weekend featured temperatures in the low-to-mid 80's - it'll be quite a challenge to see those kinds of high temperatures for quite awhile behind this front.
The upcoming frontal system will affect the NYC metro region with showers, and possibly a thunderstorm, from late tomorrow night into mid-day on Saturday. Slow clearing will hold off until later Saturday and it’ll occur from southwest-to-northeast in the Mid-Atlantic region (i.e., DC clears out well before NYC) as much cooler air pours into the area. Sunday will feature temperatures way below normal for early October and the cool weather pattern will continue on Monday and Tuesday although it won't be as chilly as on Sunday.
Video
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