Synopsis:
January 1st won’t feel like the season, as the warm temperatures will stick around. It’ll feel like May during the morning hours. Temperatures will be twenty degrees above the average high of the upper 30s. Winds will be strong out of the West and gust up to 45mph. A Wind Advisory has been posted for the trip-state area for the morning and early afternoon. Temperatures will fall during the afternoon.
Colder air will rush in for midweek as high pressure over the plains supplies air from Canada.
The models continue to show a low developing over the Ohio Valley on Friday. It now looks like the low will be delayed as the upper low associated with the storm is in slow mode. The result now will be a dry, bright Friday. Rain is expected on and off Saturday as the low moves over the region and into Eastern New England later Saturday. The strong Pacific jet stream continues to dominate and there is no supply of cold air, hence the rain and not snow.
With the New Year’s Eve rain that fell- 2018 was the 4th wettest year on record with 65.52″ of rain! The average rainfall for the year is 49.94″. Records go back to 1869.
This pattern of no intrusion of Arctic air looks to continue for the first ten days of January. Sorry snow lovers, the wait continues.
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Stay tuned.
A Happy New Year to all of my followers! All the best in 2019.
New Year’s Day:
Becoming Partly sunny, windy and warm in the morning with readings near 60º! Temperatures will fall through the 50s and into the 40s during the day along the coast and into the 40s and upper 30s inland by sunset. West to Northwest winds at 15-30mph with gusts to 45mph in the morning.
Tonight:
Mostly clear and much colder. Lows around 30º in the City, the 20s inland. Northwest winds at 15-25mph diminishing to 5-10mph after midnight.
Wednesday:
Mostly sunny. Colder. Highs around 40º.
Thursday:
Scattered morning flurries, otherwise, partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
Friday:
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
Saturday:
On and off rain. Highs around 40º.
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