5:30 AM | ***Bitter cold through mid-week with single digit overnight lows***

6-Day forecast for the New York City metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, windy, bitterly cold, highs in the low-to-mid 20’s with much lower wind chills; W-NW winds around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, brisk, brutally cold, lows in the mid-to-upper single digits; well below-zero wind chills

Tuesday

Partly sunny, breezy, frigid, upper teens for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, brutally cold, slight chance of snow, lows in the upper single digits; well below-zero wind chills

Wednesday

Partly sunny, still bitter cold, upper teens for afternoon highs

Thursday

Partly sunny, still very cold, but not quite as harsh, middle 20’s; chance of snow at night

Friday

Partly sunny, cold, highs near 30 degrees

Saturday

Partly sunny, cold, highs in the low-to-mid 30’s

Discussion

The leading edge of a widespread Arctic air mass arrived in the eastern states on Sunday and a wave of low pressure developed along the frontal boundary zone resulting in some snow in the local area. Here on Monday, Arctic air has overspread much of the nation with bitter cold conditions extending virtually from coast-to-coast. In fact, today may turn out to be one of the coldest days on a nationwide basis in quite a long time. Temperatures here today will do no better than the low-to-mid 20’s and wind chill values will be at much lower levels. Temperatures each of the next few nights are likely to bottom out in the single digits across most locations. A strong storm system will produce significant snow and ice across the southern states from later tomorrow into Wednesday and it appears that most, or all, of that precipitation shield will stay to the south and east of the the Mid-Atlantic region. Yet another storm could ride up along the eastern seaboard by the end of the work week and this system will be monitored.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather