NYC Mild Air On Schedule Gusty Thundershowers Possible Sunday Morning
Good morning everyone. Our transition day is here today as warmer air begins to push into the area. A mild Saturday and Sunday are expected, but don’t expect sunshine and rainbows with a strong marine layer, and a cold front bringing gusty showers/thundershowers.
SATELLITE
Clouds will be around today as that shield of warmer air heads in and rain goes to our north. We’ll switch to a SSW flow, and highs temps should be around 50.
REGIONAL RADAR
Overnight tonight and into tomorrow, fog rolls in with the warm air interacting with the cooler ocean. Think of early May around here, but winter instead. During the spring, warmer air tries to head in, but the water is still cold from the winter. This is what creates our locally dense fog along the shore, cooler temps along the shore, and our sea breeze.
The dynamics will be similar, but less dramatic. Patchy fog and drizzle will roll in and out of the area, and we’ll have somewhat humid conditions with highs near 60. If we can pull off some peeks of sun, we may go higher. A gusty southerly flow will develop, and temps will be cooler along the immediate shore and out on Long Island, especially the Forks. Any extra pea soup or drizzle could do the opposite of extra sunshine, and hold us down in the 50’s in NYC.
LOCAL RADAR NEW YORK CITY
The front itself moves through late Sunday morning or early Sunday afternoon. Ahead of it will be the mild air, as well as gusty showers and thundershowers. We’ll have highs in the 60-65 realm (cooler at the shore), then we’ll cool off quickly by sunset. Don’t be surprised to see some severe weather watches pop up to our WSW, but the marine layer should weaken anything that gets close to us.
LOCAL RADAR PHILADELPHIA
We clear out for Monday and temps begin to settle back towards normal, but we’ll still be in the mid to upper 40’s. Our long range continues to no sign of any major snowstorms in the immediate future. As discussed for the past couple of weeks, a pattern change is on the horizon for the last 1/3 of January.
This doesn’t necessarily equate to snow, but our systems will be digging deeper into the south and colder air will be available. This is why I continue to say we will watch the Gulf as each system passes.
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