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NYC Labor Day Weekend Weather – Sept 3, 2015

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The holiday weekend opens up with a break in the heat, but the relief doesn’t last long before the heat gets turned back on in time for Labor Day itself. We get a chance for a few scattered thunderstorms overnight tonight. Otherwise, dry conditions prevail over the medium to long term.

Rest of today – hot and humid with highs in the low-90s under hazy and cloudy skies.

Friday – a cold front forecast to pass through the area from the north tonight could touch off only a few scattered thunderstorms, since conditions are unfavorable for widespread coverage. The day starts off overcast but as cooler, relatively drier air moves in behind the cold front, skies should begin to clear from east to west. High temperatures will be significantly cooler in the low-80s.

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Saturday – the break in the heat gives us probably the best day of the weekend with comfortable high temperatures in the low-80s and lower humidity along with plenty of sun. This is due to high pressure building over the area.

Sunday – as the high pressure moves offshore and southeast, it allows a warmer, more humid tropical airmass back into the region, heralding a return to very similar weather conditions as what we’ve experienced this week. Highs will climb back up into the upper-80s under sunny skies.

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Labor Day (Monday) – the heat and humidity persists, giving the Caribbean Day Parade an appropriately tropical feel. Temperatures should again reach into the upper-80s with mostly sunny skies.

NYC Weather Update – Labor Day Weekend

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Rejoice! The long awaited Labor Day Weekend is upon us. Although I’d love to say that the weather will be fantastic throughout, but unfortunately there will be a few disturbances traversing the region the second half of this weekend. Thunderstorms accompanying these disturbances may literally rain on the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn on Monday.

Friday – the remainder of today will be a picture perfect, fall-like day with high temperatures hovering right around 80. A pleasant, dry airmass is in place in association with an area of high pressure that’s currently sitting over us.

Saturday – essentially a repeat of Friday, but with a bit more cloud cover.

Sunday – high temperatures on Sunday will be considerably warmer than Saturday, since the area of high pressure sitting over us now will have moved to the east, building up southwesterly winds and allowing for an influx warm air to penetrate the region. Expect more humid and warm highs between the mid-upper 80s. A weak frontal boundary will be approaching Sunday, and transit the region late Sunday into Monday. This will be our first shot at rain and thunderstorms, some of which may deliver some heavy rain.

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Labor Day – the timing of the aforementioned frontal passage will be critical in terms of sensible weather Monday. It currently looks like Monday will be partly cloudy, with highs again in the mid-80s. There will be an increasing chance of scattered thunderstorms later in the day Monday leading into Tuesday as another weakening cold front nears the area.

Tuesday – the return to the work week will continue to feature warm and humid highs in the mid-upper 80s and a continued chance of thunderstorms as that cold front works its way through.

NYC Weather Update – Aug 25, 2014

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We have a fairly straightforward weather week ahead of us leading into the Labor Day Weekend. Currently, our region is sitting under an area of high pressure, which will be sliding to the southeast. As it does so, winds will shift to the south and southwest, allowing the entry of a warm and humid airmass that’s been responsible for brutal triple digit heat in the southern tier of the country.

Tuesday – temperatures will continue to climb into the mid-upper 80s under clear skies due to the aforementioned atmospheric dynamics.

Wednesday – this will be the warmest day of the week with temperatures approaching, if not topping 90, in some spots around the region. Some clouds will start to build in ahead of a cold front that is forecast to push through the area late Wednesday or Thursday. There is some discrepancy between different forecast models as to whether there will be a significant chance for precipitation with this frontal passage. Given this set up, it is likely even if there is rain, it won’t be widespread in coverage or long in duration.Screen Shot 2014-08-25 at 6.18.10 PMThursday – following the passage of the cold front, temperatures will fall back into the low-mid 80s for Thursday. Mostly sunny skies will return with high pressure moving in behind the cold front.

Friday – should be a similar day in most respects to Thursday, with slightly cooler highs around 80.

Labor Day Weekend – currently, Saturday looks like the best day of the long weekend, with high pressure still in control over the region. High temperatures should be around 80 again with mostly sunny skies. Unfortunately, it does appear that there will be an increasing chance of precipitation in the form of showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and Monday. More on this later in the week.