Bitter Cold Continues & Uncertainty Continues
Regarding Weekend Coastal Storm
it was another bitter cold start to the day as we bottomed in the low to mid teens this morning near the coast and warmer urban centers, mainly due to a west wind overnight which tends to hold temperatures up rather than a north wind which is how we see the coldest temperatures. Inland areas bottomed in the single digits and we even saw some below zero reading sin some areas in Northwest New Jersey and the Hudson Valley. Look for a fair amount of sunshine today but it is going to continue to be very cold with highs mostly in the upper teens and lower 20s. We will throw in the risk for a passing snow shower or two since we are in Arctic air and it doesn’t take much to set off a localized snow shower.
SATELLITE WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES
WEATHER RADAR
Skies will clear out tonight and by Thursday morning we are back down in the single digits and lower teens with some below zero readings inland. Thursday dayside will be no worse than partly sunny and once again, high temperatures will have a really tough time getting out of the upper teens and lower 20s.
Thursday night and Friday it will be more of the same; low teens and single digit lows with below zero readings inland, and highs Friday in the upper teens and lower 20s. Then we head into the weekend where we continue to watch the potential for a developing coastal storm off the Southeast US coast Friday night and Saturday. This storm is going to intensify into a major storm over the weekend as it heads northeast.
The uncertainty here is high. At fist glance we see a major storm staying offshore but we do have many of the ensemble models and now the operational European model bringing snow to coastal areas from New Jersey to New York City, Long Island and coastal Southern and Southeastern New England. One model and one model cycle do not a trend make but I think we will have a better ideal later today which way this is going and Thursday should be the day where models will tighten up around around a likely track. We will have more on this later today and of course tonight on the Joe & Joe Weather Show Podcast LIVE at 7:35pm on Youtube.
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