Unsettled conditions exit Friday, calm and cool weekend ahead
Good evening!
The beautiful spring-like conditions of the past two days have quickly come to an end, and have instead been replaced with a cool and rather unsettled pattern.
Archive for year: 2019
Updated: Mild and calm conditions turn unsettled later this week
Good evening!
The short-lived, but intense blast of Arctic air last week is now all but a memory as an area of mid-level ridging continues to build over much of the East Coast.
Mild conditions likely next week
Good evening and happy Friday!
Today has been a much-improved, but still rather cold day across much of the Northeast. The western lobe of the troposperhic polar vortex continues to depart well off to our northeast, which has allowed the airmass in place to moderate. High pressure has been building in over much of the East Coast during the past 24 hours, which has all but eliminated any remaining windy conditions. Highs today managed to limp back into the lower to middle 20’s across much of the immediate NYC metro area, with teens being reported over elevated portions of NW NJ. Despite the continued cold, there are strong indications that conditions turn much more mild next week!
The worst of the cold is over (for now)
The periphery of a piece of the polar vortex (an important distinction) made its presence felt in the New York City area on Wednesday and Thursday, with intense snow squalls and bitter cold temperatures. The low temperature in New York City dropped to 2 F on Thursday morning, the coldest of the season thus far and the coldest since February of 2016.
The airmass will remain bitterly cold over the next 24-36 hours, as arctic air remains overhead. It will begin to shift out of the region by the weekend, however, and the airmass will feel downright tropical by the time we approach Saturday. High temperatures will swing back towards normal by that time, a far cry from the 30 or more degrees below normal which we’ve been basking in.