7:00 AM | *Heavy rain, strong winds later Thursday/Thursday night…much colder air moves in on Friday* — Perspecta Weather

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Clouds early with a possible rain or snow shower then becoming mainly sunny, windy, cold, highs in the low-to-mid 40’s

Tonight

Mainly clear, cold, diminishing winds, lows in the upper 20’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, cold, lower 40’s for highs

Wednesday Night

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, mid 30’s for late night lows

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, becoming very windy and milder, rain is likely late in the day and at night, some of the rain will be heavy at times and a thunderstorm is possible, mid-to-upper 50’s

Friday

Windy and colder, partly sunny skies and the chance of snow showers, temperatures drop after early day highs near 40 degrees

Saturday

Mainly sunny, very cold, lower 30’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, still quite cold, low-to-mid 30’s

Discussion

The main weather event this week will be the passage of a strong cold front late Thursday night that will usher in a cold air mass for Christmas Day (Friday). This strong front will be preceded by heavy rain from later Thursday into Thursday night and it’ll turn mild on Christmas Eve with temperatures well up in the 50’s along the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. Winds will an important factor as well later on Thursday with gusts possible past 40 mph and there can be a thunderstorm as well. On the backside of the front, there can be snow shower activity early Friday and even an outside chance for small accumulations in the I-95 corridor. The much colder air that arrives on Friday will stick around into the upcoming weekend and next week promises to be quite energetic with the potential of a couple of storm threats to monitor.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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