A Mostly Quiet & Cold Weekend Wintry Pattern Breaks Down Next Week
It is a cold weekend for sure but it is a dry weekend. Low pressure is moving off the Southeast US coast today and taking an area of rain out to the east and well offshore so that is not an issue. We continue to see a series of disturbances in the northwest flow from Canada and that brings with it clouds. We will also have some breaks of sunshine in the mix too and high temperatures today will struggle in the upper 20s and lower 30s. The precipitation to the south never gets anywhere close.
SATELLITE WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES
WEATHER RADAR
Tonight we get another one of those northwest flow disturbances and this will keep us mainly in clouds overnight. There might be some snow showers in the Hudson Valley and into Connecticut overnight and some places could see the ground whitened up nicely. Snow showers might briefly move over Long Island and Northern New Jersey. Most of this happens between midnight and 7AM Sunday.
Sunday morning lows will be in the upper teens inland and low to mid 20s everywhere else. Sunday we will see no worse than partly sunny skies. Highs Sunday will reach the low and middle 30s in most places. Temperatures will take a step down Sunday night as a quick re-enforcement of cold air moves in. Lows Monday morning will be in the teens to near 20 degrees.
Monday will be a very cold day with sunshine giving way to arriving clouds. Highs will be in the upper 20s and lower 30s. It will also be the last cold day as the pattern is changing for this week. Low pressure moves across Southern Canada Monday night with a warm front trailing to the south. As we transition over to a warmer air pattern we could see some snow Monday night especially from New York City, Northern New Jersey and Long Island northward.
Temperatures are likely to hold steady overnight into Tuesday morning and once the warm front moves to the northeast, we should see some sunshine return. Also we will see more of a southwest wind and that will allow temperatures to move higher into the low and middle 40s Tuesday afternoon. Areas to the north of New York City and Long Island might only get back to near 40 degrees but the trend is higher.
Tuesday night into Wednesday brings another warm front with some showers that will be mostly to the north. Mild above normal temperatures continue at least through Friday before we see the next round of changes. Also no significant precipitation is forecast until perhaps next weekend when low pressure heads to the Great Lakes and a cold front moves to the East Coast.
BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE METEOROLOGIST JOE CIOFFI WEATHER APP &
ANGRY BEN’S FREE WEATHER APP “THE ANGRY WEATHERMAN!
MANY THANKS TO TROPICAL TIDBITS FOR THE USE OF MAPS
Please note that with regards to any severe weather, tropical storms, or hurricanes, should a storm be threatening, please consult your local National Weather Service office or your local government officials about what action you should be taking to protect life and property.