NYC March Long Range Outlook

 

NYC March Long Range Outlook

Good morning everyone. We have some rain and gloom moving in today, but overall it shouldn’t be a big deal aside from the colder air it’ll bring in for this weekend. Cold air is really trying hard to get into the area to start March, but the gears are turning in the Midwest and the narrative may change as we get towards mid-March.

SATELLITE

storm free

Look for clouds and some PM light rain today. We’re not expecting anything steady or enough to cause any flooding, but just dreary conditions through tomorrow and very early Thursday morning. Highs today in the upper 40’s.

REGIONAL RADAR

storm free

On & Off rain continues tomorrow, with steadier and heavier rain moving in overnight. As the front nears, we’ll a nice batch of steady moderate to heavy rain, and maybe even a rumble of thunder. Highs will be the same upper 40’s, with fog and drizzle rolling in and out as well.

LOCAL RADAR NEW YORK CITY

storm free

Thursday we begin the clearing out and cooling off process, with AM clouds and PM clearing. Winds will increase, and any 40’s will slowly sink into the 30’s; then 20’s overnight in the area.

We don’t recover much on Friday, and we’ll have a chilly and breezy day with highs in the low 40’s. Our weekend will be timed perfectly with the core of this cold air, and highs will be in the mid to upper 30’s with sunny skies. Low’s overnight will be very cold for this time of year, with upper teens possible Saturday night to ring in March.

LOCAL RADAR PHILADELPHIA
storm free

I’ve been talking about this for several days now, and while it seems as if the cold air is trying to make a late appearance this year for our area, Mother Nature has other plans for the Midwest. The gears of spring are turning, and the Midwest will see a surge of seasonably mild air; possibly going all the way into the Dakota’s.

If this materializes, winter is all but dead for us as well. Don’t look for short and bikini weather in March, but that mild air could easily transfer eastward and into our area if given the right conditions. Even if the conditions are not favorable for a mild pop in our area, that kind of jet stream pattern is the death-knell for any possible late-winter system in the Northeast.

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