7:00 AM | **An Arctic blast arrives today and overnight lows will drop way down into the teens**

6-Day NYC Forecast

Today

Partly sunny, windy, quite cold, chance for scattered flurries from late morning on, highs near 30 degrees with even lower wind chills

Tonight

Evening flurries possible; otherwise, mainly clear skies, quite breezy, very cold, lows in the mid-to-upper teens with wind chills near zero

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, brisk, still very cold, upper 20’s

Tuesday Night

Mainly clear, very cold, near 20 degrees

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, not quite as cold, low 40's

Thursday

Mainly sunny, chilly, low-to-mid 40’s

Friday

Partly sunny, chilly, chance for some rain late in the day or at night, low-to-mid 40’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance for more rain, mid 40’s

Discussion

What a difference a new year makes! The overall weather pattern has undergone an important change in the Mid-Atlantic region during the past several days and the warm temperatures of December will soon be missed. An Arctic blast arrives today from the northwest and it will bring the coldest air mass of the season into the region for the next couple of days with temperatures well below-normal for early January and overnight lows way down into the teens in many suburban areas. The Arctic chill eases later this week and then moisture will likely head in our direction from the Deep South by the end of the week. Elsewhere, a train of El Nino enhanced storms will slam into California this week alleviating somewhat their drought conditions and some of this activity could play a role in our weather here next week which is full of potential for storminess.