7:00 AM | **Accumulating snow during the first half of the week...very cold Thursday/Friday and then frigid for the weekend with zero degrees on the table...more snow threatens next week**

6-Day NYC Forecast

Today

Cloudy, cold, chance for some snow this morning in the metro region, it is more likely across Long Island, highs in the mid-to-upper 30’s

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, intermittent snow, lows in the upper 20’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, occasional snow, mid 30’s

Tuesday Night

Mainly cloudy, cold, more snow showers possible, upper 20’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance for more snow showers, upper 30’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, colder, low 30's

Friday

Partly sunny, cold, chance for some snow late, near 30 degrees

Saturday

Partly sunny, breezy, very cold, mid 20’s

Discussion

Our very active weather pattern continues for the foreseeable future and it looks like it will bring accumulating snow to the NYC metro region during the first half of the week from two separate systems. In addition, it'll turn very cold for the Thursday/Friday time period and then absolutely frigid this weekend with zero degree readings on the table and perhaps the coldest Valentine's Day (Sunday) in a long, long time. On top of all that, there is the chance for more snow next week. Powerful low pressure this morning is moving slowly to the northeast just off the coast and the NYC metro region is on its northwest fringes. Some snow is possible this morning in the immediate metro region, but more likely across Long Island. Another low pressure system will trek across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley later tonight and Tuesday and it will transfer its energy to a coastal storm that will produce an extended period of snow in the region with accumulations. This type of system has the chance to produce accumulations on the order of a couple of inches-to-several inches for much of the NYC metro region, but confidence is not too high yet as to exactly where that total snowfall accumulation pattern will set up later tonight and Tuesday. There will be small-scale or mesoscale bands of snow setting up somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic region on Tuesday producing heavier snowfall amounts in localized areas with lesser amounts in nearby regions. The preliminary snowfall estimate for the NYC metro region is 1-2 inches today from the first system and then an additional 2-4 inches from later tonight into Wednesday for a total of 3-6 inches by Wednesday from both systems. Stay tuned - its a challenging forecast.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian

Vencore, Inc.