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NYC Weather Update – May 10, 2016

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What a difference a week makes in terms of the weather – we barely caught any sun last week, as we were dogged by several consecutive low pressure systems. This week, we’ve seen a shift in the jet stream and more high pressure in the picture, resulting in warmer temperatures and dry weather.

Rest of today – partly sunny with a small chance for showers later in the day and high temperatures in the mid-60s.

Wednesday – sunny, with high pressure in control, warm with temperatures in the low-mid 70s.

Thursday – another nice, sunny day, with high temperatures a shade cooler, in the low-70s.

Friday – the next chance for substantial precipitation comes along with a cold front arriving later in the day. Cloudy, with temperatures cooler in the mid-upper 60s.

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Sunny but still below average

Temperatures will be much warmer than last week, but we’re still going to be missing the mark for average (around 70ºF) for the next few days. 610temp.new

NYC Weekend Weather – Mother’s Day – May 6, 2016

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It has been a long week of cool, wet, and dreary weather, but the end is in sight. A series of pesky waves of low pressure and storms have been impacting the region. The last of these, a persistent cutoff low that has spun off a few bands of moderate to heavy rain earlier today, will slowly weaken get absorbed into an incoming frontal boundary. This should result in a decent Mother’s Day.

Rest of today – cool, cloudy, with a high in the low-mid 50s. Another round of round of rain looks to impact the region around 7PM this evening.

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Saturday – mostly cloudy, though there is a possibility of breaks in the clouds. Slight chance of some occasional showers, but nothing as heavy as today. High temperatures in the low-mid 60s.

Sunday (Mother’s Day) – starts off cloudy with a lingering chance for showers, but skies should clear fairly quickly later in the day, which should result in high temperatures in the mid-60s.

Monday – the first mostly sunny day we’ll have seen in over a week, with high temperatures in the mid-upper 60s.

NYC Weather Update – May 2, 2016

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This week will be marked by a prolonged period of unsettled weather with a chance of rain basically at any time during the week, giving May a rather dour start. However, the rain is very much needed as we are entering into the growing season with a deficit in overall rainfall. Due to the nearly continuous stretch of cloudy weather, temperatures are expected to be slightly below normal for this time of year.

Rest of today – cloudy and cool with high temperatures in the upper-50s and a chance for a scattered shower or thunderstorm through out the day.

Tuesday – overnight, a more substantial batch of rain will arrive with a wave of low pressure riding up the east coast along a nearly stationary frontal boundary. Unsettled weather continues during the day Tuesday, but chances for rain drop substantially in the afternoon. High temperatures will be a couple degrees warmer, in the low-60s.

Wednesday – we’re going to be sandwiched between the departing frontal boundary from Tuesday and another low pressure system over the Great Lakes. This will result in yet more clouds and a chance of showers during the day.

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Thursday – that low pressure over the Great Lakes transfers its energy to a low pressure that will form off the coast of the Delmarva going into Thursday. Then this coastal low will just kind of spin around aimlessly in our vicinity since it will be cutoff from steering currents. This means it will be the main driver of rain activity towards the end of the week. At any point, an impulse of energy rotating around this low could spin up a band of showers. Temperatures Thursday remain in the low-60s.

Friday – basically a clone of Thursday due to the aforementioned nearly stationary coastal low.

NYC Weekend Weather – Passover Weekend – Apr 22, 2016

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Showers and thunderstorms move through the region later today. The weekend begins with mild weather before a brief cool down on Sunday. Warmer temperatures arrive again to start the week before the next chance of rain Monday night into Tuesday.

Rest of today – mostly cloudy as a cold front approaches from the west. South-Southwest winds ahead of this front will bring warm air and raise high temperatures into the mid-upper 70s except south-facing shorelines. Rain from this system does not appear to reach the area until later this evening, around 6-7PM after which rain becomes steadier into the overnight hours.

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Saturday – clouds decrease as the storm system above moves off to the east. Temperatures a bit cooler in the low-mid 70s, but still a very nice day. Steady north wind will cool things off, and clear skies overnight will allow temperatures to drop back into the upper-40s for the city and even colder in the suburbs.

Sunday – with such a cool start to the day, temperatures will struggle to break 60ºF despite plenty of sun.

Monday – a shift in wind direction to the south with a high pressure system to the southeast means warmer temperatures Monday with high temperatures climbing back into the upper-60s.

NYC Weather Update – Apr 11, 2016

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After a cold start to the first full month of spring, we’re finally turning the corner and headed into a gradual warming trend to end the month. This week looks good, with mostly dry weather except for Tuesday, and temperatures at or slightly above normal in the upper-50s to around 60ºF.

Rest of today – skies have been clearing up the past few hours, though there are more clouds to our west. However, no rain is expected to fall until much later in the overnight hours and temperatures should be pleasant in the mid-50s.

Tuesday – rain in the morning, cloudy and warmer with high temperatures around 60ºF.
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Wednesday – mostly sunny day with high temperatures again in the upper-50s to around 60ºF under the influence of a high pressure center.

Thursday – basically a copy of Wednesday, but perhaps a couple degrees warmer.

Friday – the streak of good weather continues, another nice day pretty much like Friday.

Warming Trend

Above normal temperatures are expected for almost the entire country, including the Northeast, for pretty much the remainder of the month.

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NYC Weekend Weather – Apr 7, 2016

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Wet, but much warmer weather today gives way to another blast of cold air this weekend. Light accumulating snow (1-3″) will be a real possibility Saturday and Saturday night before temperatures moderate back closer to season averages for this time of year to start next week.

Rest of today – cloudy, with gusty winds up to 40-50mph from the south and southwest. High temperature in the low-60s. Periods of rain with some thunderstorms possible this afternoon. The first batch of this rain will come in a line around 1PM this afternoon, with a second round of rain hitting later this evening at around 9PM.

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Friday – temperatures cool off into the mid-50s with a very small chance for lingering showers and mostly cloudy skies. Overnight lows will drop into the mid-30s.

Saturday – a reinforcing arctic front will sweep through during the day on Saturday, such that high temperatures will peak early in the upper-30s before dropping into the low-30s into the 20s overnight. Precipitation will start off as snow at the coast, transition to rain for a period during the afternoon, but then turn back to snow late in the day. When it all settles, we could have 1-2″ of snow on the ground here in the city.

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Sunday – skies clear out with high pressure taking control after the storm passes on Saturday, but temperatures will be cold, only the mid-40s.

Monday – an advancing storm system from the west will shift winds to the south and allow for temperatures to rise back to seasonal averages in the mid-50s.

NYC Weather Update – Apr 4, 2016

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I thought we had seen the last of the snow this spring, but winter stubbornly will not give up. This week, we’ll see the coldest weather we’ve encountered since the depths of winter, with low temperatures dropping into the upper-20s in the city and even teens for outlying areas. A brief warm up occurs this Thursday before the cold returns again.

Rest of today – windy with periods of rain in the city. High temperatures will likely top off in the upper-40s to near 50ºF. Temperatures plummet into the upper-20s following the passage of the cold front that’s responsible for this round of precipitation.

Tuesday – clear skies will belie the much below normal high temperatures for the day which will be only around 40ºF. A freeze warning is in effect for most of the coastal regions in the Tri-State area given the overnight lows that will be substantially below freezing.

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Wednesday – the high pressure pictured above will be in firm control Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday. A cloudless sky overnight will make for ideal conditions for radiational cooling, resulting in low temperatures again in the mid-20s. High temperatures will be warmer in the mid-40s with increasing clouds ahead of the next storm system.

Thursday – a surge of warmer air will accompany the next storm system to impact the area Thursday. This storm system will bring widespread rain and even some thunderstorms late in the day Thursday. High temperatures should reach well into the upper-50s and near 60ºF.

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Friday – following the passage of the storm on Thursday, temperatures cool off again into the upper-40s under mostly cloudy skies.

NYC Weekend Weather – Apr 1, 2016

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It’s going to feel like a bad April Fool’s joke hit us this weekend when the weather turns to a locked in pattern of below average temperatures – cold enough at times to support snow, perhaps even enough to accumulate. Hard to believe that we almost hit 80ºF in February.

Rest of today – a potent storm system that pummeled large parts of the south with severe weather, including tornadoes, will be moving through the area this afternoon. We won’t see anything nearly as powerful as the storms that hit the south, but it does look like there will be two rounds of moderate rain with a few thunderstorms. The first batch looks to hit around noon and lunch hours, while the second arrives later this evening around 7PM. Gusty southwest winds up to 30mph ahead of the passage of the cold front responsible for these storms will bring temperatures well into the upper-60s and low-70s.Screen Shot 2016-04-01 at 9.49.35 AM Screen Shot 2016-04-01 at 9.49.53 AM

Saturday – much cooler with temperatures in the upper-50s to around 60ºF. A chance for scattered showers remains due to the approach of another cold front from the Great Lakes.

Sunday – we’ll begin to feel the chill in earnest on Sunday as temperatures drop into the mid-30s overnight from Saturday into Sunday. A polar vortex will be moving in over a large part of the northern United States. There could even be some snow showers in the city on Sunday morning before skies clear and winds pick up from the northwest into the 20-30mph range with clearing skies. High temperatures will only be in the mid-40s, nearly 10ºF below average.

Monday – a warm front preceding a low pressure system will move through Monday allowing for temperatures to rise into the low-50s, however, this will be accompanied by rain. Overnight into Tuesday, temperatures should cool enough for this rain to transition to all snow for a period.

A Cool April

The polar jet stream will be dipping well south of us during the medium term, allowing for a polar vortex to move over the region. This will lead to a cooler than average first half of the month, and possibly the entire month. Today might be the last day we see the 60s and 70s for quite some time, so go out and enjoy it while you can.

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NYC Weather Update – Mar 28, 2016

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There will be a wet start and end to this week, with some fairly dramatic swings in temperatures in between as two storm systems affect the tangible weather across our region.

Rest of today – rain is tapering off across the region and there should be a slow clearing late in the day. High temperatures in the mid-50s.

Tuesday – the low pressure responsible for the wet weather today will strengthen as it departs to the northeast. The tightening pressure gradient will allow for stiff west winds to sweep across the area, in the 25-30mph range with gusts as high as 50mph. High temperatures will be about average in the low-50s with mostly sunny skies.

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Wednesday – winds will diminish overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. With high pressure in place, this will set the stage for excellent radiational cooling that will allow for temperatures to plummet into the mid-30s and below freezing outside of the city. Temperatures should rebound back into the low-mid 50s during the day Wednesday.

Thursday – winds will switch to the southwest and temperatures will warm up into the mid-60s, despite increasing cloud cover. A chance of rain develops later in the afternoon with the approach of a cold front.

Friday – rain is likely for the first half of the day with temperatures about the same as Thursday in the mid-60s.

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NYC Weekend Weather – Mar 25, 2016

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Easter weekend will be bookended by wet weather, but the weekend days themselves should be dry with temperatures around average for this time of year.

Rest of today – an earlier round of showers passed through earlier this morning. Another round of showers and scattered thunderstorms will pass through the region along with a cold front in the afternoon hours. It appears that there will be a good chance for rain between the hours of 12PM-6PM, after which skies should gradually clear.

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Saturday – a cooler airmass will take over following the cold front today, so temperatures to start on Saturday will only be around 40ºF. Under mostly sunny skies, the high temperature should still hit normal levels in the low-50s.

Sunday (Easter) – clouds will be on increase for Easter, though no rain is expected. High temperatures will range in the mid-50s.

Monday – our next shot at rain arrives Monday with a warm front and a low pressure system moving up the eastern seaboard. Temperatures will be a bit warmer, in the upper-50s.

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