Monthly Archives: April 2022

NYC Weather Update – Apr 25, 2022

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Partly sunny start to the week, highs around 60ºF. Cold front coming tomorrow bringing showers with highs in the mid-60s. Behind this front, cooler temps in the mid-50s through mid-week as Canadian high pressure builds in. Cooler than normal trend set to continue into the weekend and early next week.

Rest of today – partly sunny with high temperatures around 60ºF. Mostly cloudy overnight with lows around 50ºF.

Weather Prediction Center surface forecast for Tuesday at 8 AM. An approaching cold front will bring a chance for showers. Behind this front, cooler temperatures will prevail.

Tuesday – mostly cloudy, chance of showers, with high temperatures in the mid-60s ahead of an approaching cold front. Following the cold front, lows will drop back to the upper-40s.

Wednesday – mostly sunny with high pressure building behind the aforementioned cold front. Cooler, with high temperatures in mid-50s. Overnight lows in the upper-30s!

Climate Prediction Center’s 6-10 temperature outlook valid for early next week. The cooler than normal trend looks somewhat likely to continue into this time frame.

Thursday – another mostly sunny but cooler than average day with high temps in the mid-50s and overnight lows only around 40ºF.

NYC Easter/Passover Weekend Weather Update – Apr 15, 2022

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The holiday weekend starts of with sunny skies and mid-60s temps. A cold front Saturday brings rain, and much cooler temps by Easter Sunday only in the low-50s. This cooler trend will continue into Monday as clouds increase ahead of the next storm system. Temps the second half of the weekend will be 8-10ºF below normal, a big contrast from this week!

Rest of today (Good Friday, Passover) – sunny with high temperatures in the mid-60s. This will be the best day of the weekend. Overnight lows in the low-50s with clouds building.

Weather Prediction Center surface forecast for Saturday at 8 AM. A cold front will be approaching during the day.

Saturday – cloudy with rain showers developing later in the day, with high temperatures in the low-60s. Temperatures will fall into the low-40s after a cold front passes through. Shower activity should taper off overnight.

Sunday (Easter) – mostly sunny but much cooler, with high temperatures only hitting the low-50s. This is 8-10ºF below normal for this time of year. Overnight lows dropping back into the low-40s.

GFS model 850 mb temperature anomalies valid for 5 PM Monday. Unlike this week, when we had strong positive anomalies, we’ll be seeing a -6ºC anomaly Monday, leading to much cooler temperatures at the surface.

Monday – clouds increasing ahead of the next storm system affecting us, with high temperatures again below normal in the low-50s. Overnight lows in the mid-40s with rain developing.

NYC Weather Update – Apr 12, 2022

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Rain clearing early today, highs in the low-70s. Slight drop to the mid-60s tomorrow, then a big warm up Thursday ahead of a cold front, highs in the mid-70s. Some thunderstorms possible with this front. Temps back off into the mid-60s to end the week with mostly sunny skies.

Rest of today – showers passing through the next couple of hours. Skies should clear out steadily during the rest of the day. Temperatures should warm up nicely into the low-70s as a result. Overnight lows around 50ºF

Weather Prediction Center surface forecast for Wednesday at 2 AM. The cold front bringing us rain today will return north as a warm front.

Wednesday – partly sunny with high temperatures in the mid-60s as the cold front that passes through today returns north as a warm front. Temps could go higher if the warm front passes early in the day. Little moisture or lift is available with this warm front so not expecting rain at this time. Overnight lows in the mid-50s.

Thursday – with the region in the warm sector of a parent low moving into eastern Canada, temperatures are set to soar into the mid-70s. Inland areas could see 80s. These temperatures would be nearly 20ºF above normal for this time of year. A cold front will sweep through later in the day and could bring some thunderstorms. Overnight lows around 50ºF with showers passing.

GFS model 850 mb temperature anomalies at 5 PM on Thursday, showing a strong +8ºC anomaly at that time. This should translate to much above average high temperatures at the surface.

Friday – high temperatures moderating back down to the mid-60s with sunny skies after the cold front. These temps are still about 10ºF above normal. Overnight lows around 50ºF.

NYC Weekend Weather Update – Apr 8, 2022

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Sunny and mild Friday in the low-60s followed by a seasonable weekend with highs in the mid to upper 50s. This will be punctuated by passing showers Saturday. Return to sunnier skies Sunday, though isolated showers still possible due to shortwaves/disturbances rotating around a closed upper low moving slowly into Quebec. Warm up next week into the mid-60s.

Rest of today – above average warmth with high temps topping around or just above 60ºF. Sunny skies giving way to increasing clouds overnight. Lows in the upper-40s with scattered showers developing.

GFS model 500 mb height and wind, showing a closed low at this level centered over Ontario/Northern Michigan. This feature will only progress northeastwards slowly over the weekend. Shortwaves rotating around its base will bring us chances for showers.

Saturday – cloudy with high temperatures in the upper-50s and chances for scattered showers, esp. early in the day. Overnight lows in the low-40s with skies clearing up somewhat.

Sunday – mostly sunny skies but with scattered showers possible at times. High temps in the mid-50s. Overnight lows in the low-40s.

Weather Prediction Center surface forecast for Monday at 8 AM. A ridge of surface high pressure is forecast to lie over us.

Monday – warming up with high temperatures back in the low-60s under mostly sunny skies. Overnight lows in the upper-40s.