A Shot of Very Cold Air Arrives Thursday Night & Lasts Into Saturday
Our storm system from yesterday that brought snows to inland areas from Pennsylvania to New England is now east of Nova Scotia and moving along. Colder air behind it has settled in and we are look at a day of no worse than partly sunny skies. Most highs today will only be in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees. To the west on the satellite loop we see clouds clouds in the Great Lakes and this is due to an approaching cold front that will usher in a shot of very cold air for Thursday night and lasting into Saturday morning. Radars are nice and quiet today however with no rain or snow anywhere close.
SATELLITE WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES
WEATHER RADAR
Most lows tonight will be in the 20s except for near 30 in the warmest urban locations. Thursday we will see some sunshine and clouds as we await the passage of this next cold front. Most highs will be in the upper 30s to lower 40s. The frontal passage won’t have much with it except for clouds however we will put in the chance that there could be a scattered snow shower or even a brief snow squall in one or two spots.
Once the front passes around midday or early afternoon the cold air will come in on strengthening northwest to north winds. Temperatures will begin to fall and we will not hit bottom until Friday morning. Lows across areas inland in Northeast Pennsylvania into Northern New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and New England will bottom in the single digits and everyone else will settle in the teens. Winds will make it feel at least 10 degrees colder.
Friday dayside will be a very cold day with some early sun followed by arriving clouds with highs in the 20s. Low pressure will be moving across the Gulf States with an area of rain that will reach into the Mid Atlantic states Friday. The northern fringe of that precipitation shield could push up into Maryland, Delaware and possibly into New Jersey with some snow late Friday afternoon into Friday night.
If this system makes it far enough, and we are not sure that it will, we are talking about a light snowfall of maybe a coating to an inch or 2 but I think the best chances for this will be from Central & Southern New Jersey and points southward. There is the chance that the cold air will suppress this far enough south so that nothing of consequence happens for Eastern Pennsylvania to Southern New England. Once this system moves out it will remain cold but dry through the weekend and into early next week.
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