It's 25 Degrees Colder Today Aorund the NYC Area!!!

Grab the Big Coat and the Sungalsses Too!

Today: Chilly Sunshine High: 48

 

Tonight: Clear and Cold Low 36 City  26 Suburbs

 

Tomorrow: Sunshine and Chilly  High: 48

 

 

 

Good Morning,

 

* - The "official high" of 62 degrees in Central Park occurred shortly after 4 a.m.

yesterday

 

In the wake of yesterday's frontal passage, the Tri-State Area has been drying out overnight,

and most temperatures this morning are starting out in the 30s... This is definitely a big change

within the past 24 hours, because even though most folks stepped out of their doors between 6

and 8 a.m. needing rain gear and having to dress for temperatures which were in the upper 40s or

lower 50s, we must not forget that several places were actually in the lower 60s in many places up

until shortly after 4 a.m. -- and daytime temperatures peaked in the 60s on both Sunday and

Monday... Even though temperatures today are expected to struggle mightily to get out of the 40s,

and it probably won't in several places, we won't be lacking for sunshine.

 

There should be plenty of sun over the next few days, compliments of a large area of high pressure

that will be building into the Eastern Region... Actually, taking a "step back" and looking at the weather

across the entire nation, we don't see too many problem areas over the next few days... Although a nearly

stationary front is going to cause a few showers in Florida, most places from the Rockies and

Plains all the way to the East Coast will be dry... That makes temperature forecasting our biggest

challenge; most temperatures tomorrow will return to the upper 40s and lower 50s again after a

chilly night tonight, and then Friday and Saturday will offer a fairly modest warming trend... There

will be a mix of clouds and sunshine by the time we reach the weekend, with most temperatures

either reaching the lower or middle 50s.

 

The surface weather charts on Sunday will be featuring a relatively strong ridge of high pressure,

which will be located over eastern Canada (about 1035 millibars, or 30.56 inches of mercury)...

And, while this will tend to 'anchor itself' over the northern latitudes, this means that the focus of

our attention will be turning to the western Atlantic Ocean... Yes, there has been talk about the

development of yet another coastal storm, and both the G.F.S. and European do show a wave of

low pressure Sunday night and Monday that will be gaining strength between the Outer Banks of

North Carolina and Bermuda... There does become a point where the solutions of these models

diverge, though > the G.F.S. shows this low pressure system sliding harmlessly out to sea on

Tuesday, but last night's 00z run of the European isn't as 'progressive' as the domestic models.

 

This is not meant to imply that any coastal storm will be getting "reeled into" the East Coast early

next week, like "Sandy" was, for example... But, we should at least be talking about how some of

the 'fringe effects' of an ocean storm could be felt around here early next week -- it may just be lots

of clouds, a little rain and some gusty winds and rough surf/large swells along the coast, but it

may not just "turn out being sunny" next Monday and Tuesday, either... We'll continue to monitor

this situation very closely.

 

Have a good day!!!