7:00 AM | ***Powerful and potentially damaging wind gusts later today and tonight at 50+ mph***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region
Today
Partly sunny, cooler, maybe a lingering shower or two in the AM hours, becoming very windy with gusts possible later today at 50+ mph, highs in the upper 60’s; W winds increasing to 20-30 mph; gusts possible at 50+ mph
Tonight
Very windy with gusts possible at 50+ mph, partly cloudy skies, turning much colder, lows in the lower 40’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, still windy early in the day, but the winds should die down in the afternoon, chilly to start, milder in the afternoon, mid 60’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, chilly, upper 40’s for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly sunny, warmer, mid-to-upper 70’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers, near 80 degrees
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers, near 80 degrees
Wednesday
Partly sunny, a bit cooler, chance of showers, lower 70’s
Discussion
A cooler air mass will arrive in the region today following the passage of a strong cold front in the overnight hours and temperatures this afternoon will be confined to the 60’s for highs. Temperatures late tonight will drop into the lower 40’s which will be quite a change from the mid and upper 80’s that we experienced on Wednesday afternoon. While the cool down will be quite dramatic from the summer-like warmth at mid-week, the bigger story will be the winds which could gust past 50 mph later today and tonight – potentially resulting in downed limbs and power outages. The combination of a strong and intensifying low pressure system departing to our northeast and an approaching strong high pressure from the western Great Lakes will create an intense pressure gradient in the Mid-Atlantic region – and result in those potentially damaging wind gusts. The winds will die down later tomorrow and temperatures will climb noticeably from the chilly lower 40’s at the start of the weekend to near the 80 degree mark by later Sunday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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