Get out there and enjoy the sunny, mild weather while if you can today. We caught a nice break and got enough sunshine today that we’ll probably top 60 in quite a few spots around NYC. Clouds will increase over the next couple hours. Conditions will steadily deteriorate as a surface low pressures system currently spawning some severe weather over the Plains states tracks northeast into our area. Friday – keep the umbrella handy as periods of showers are likely to occur throughout the day, with increasing coverage and intensity later on in the day into the overnight hours. An steady onshore breeze will usher in much cooler air off the ocean (sea surface temperatures offshore of the region are only in the upper 30s to low 40s). As a result, high temp will hover in the mid 40s.

Saturday – the storm system bringing us rain Friday into Saturday will advance a warm front through the area, and we’ll see a rebound in temperatures and gradually clearing skies. High temps could again top 60.

Sunday – another pleasant and mild spring day as high pressure moves into the area. Mostly sunny skies with a high again near 60.

Monday – our next shot at rain will come Monday-Tuesday of next week, with a storm system forecast to develop in the Gulf. This storm will track northeast through the Ohio valley into the Great Lakes, and a trailing cold front will bring us some steady rain. High temperatures Monday will be around 60 with warmer air flowing from the southwest ahead of the cold front. Long Island and CT shorelines will see cooler highs with an onshore flow.