Synopsis:
The bitter blast will be with us until further notice as the gates are open for Arctic air to spill into the nation as strong high pressure continues to move in from Canada. Readings will be well below freezing through the beginning of the New Year. At least snow will not be an issue for the festivities through New Year’s Day.
The weather at the stroke of Midnight tonight will be dangerously cold. The temperature will be 11º with wind chills at 0º to -8º at Times Square.
I am keeping an eye on a Western Atlantic storm for Wednesday Night through Thursday night. The latest computer models have it to the East of a favorable track for significant snow but just close enough for a LOW potential for “some snow” at the coast. A shift more toward the coast would mean a greater potential of snow for all areas. A shift to the East, no snow. Whatever the outcome with the ocean storm, the coldest air of the season will usher in Friday. Highs will struggle to get to 11º.
Stay tuned.
Tonight:
Mostly clear and frigid. Lows in the upper single digits in the City, near 0º inland. Northwest winds at 15-25mph. Wind chills 0º to -8º at the coast. 0º to -15 inland.
New Year’s Day:
Mostly sunny, windy and bitterly cold. Highs only in the mid teens. Wind Chills near 0º. Northwest winds at 10-2omph.
Tuesday:
Sunny and cold Highs in the lower to mid 20s.
Wednesday:
Partly sunny and cold Highs in the upper 20s.
Thursday:
Mostly cloudy with a low potential of some snow at the coast. Highs in the upper 20s.
Friday:
Partly sunny, windy and bitterly cold. Highs 10º to 12º above. Wind chills well below zero.
Keep it here for a no nonsense, no hype forecast.