7:00 AM | **Arctic blast arrives late today with possible snow showers...very windy and cold tonight and Wednesday...snow possible late tomorrow night/early Thursday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day NYC Forecast
Today
Mainly cloudy, becoming windy, chance of rain showers this morning, chance of snow showers late in the day and perhaps even a heavier snow squall, highs in the upper 40’s (normal high is now 45 degrees at Central Park)
Tonight
Mainly cloudy with snow showers still possible, windy, turning very cold by morning with lows in the lower 20's
Wednesday
Very cold and windy with gusts to 40 mph possible, partial sunshine, temperatures will struggle to reach 30 degrees and wind chills will be considerably lower
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, quite breezy, very cold, snow likely late, lows near 20 degrees by morning
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow early, low 30's for highs
Friday
Mainly cloudy, still cold, chance for snow late in the day or at night, low-to-mid 30’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, breezy, cold, upper 30’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, milder, mid 40’s
Discussion
An Arctic blast arrives later today with possible snow showers and perhaps even a heavier snow squall. Temperatures on Wednesday will have a hard time passing the 30 degree mark in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor and strong NW wind gusts to 40 mph will generate considerably lower wind chill values. Low pressure will form in the Ohio Valley later Wednesday as the next in a series of upper-level energy features drop southeastward in the very active northern branch of the jet stream. Snow from this low pressure system may push into our region late tomorrow night and continue into early Thursday. In fact, there can be some road problems during the Thursday AM commute caused by very cold conditions and the potential small snow accumulations. More upper-level energy in the northern branch of the jet stream will try to consolidate near the Mid-Atlantic coastline late in the week and, if successful, there could be more snow around here by Friday night or Saturday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com