Finally: Spring like weather will arrive next week
It’s been a long winter. Although we have generally avoided prolonged periods of cold and snow (86% of New York City’s seasonal snowfall to date has come from one storm), it has been a while since we have been able to enjoy a period of warm temperatures that didn’t feature rain, wind, or thunderstorms. Forecast models agree that will change next week.
A collapse of the west-coast ridging pattern will allow for a large ridge to build into the Eastern United States, beginning late this weekend and continuing into the early and middle part of next week. Surface temperatures will respond, likely by Tuesday, with highs exceeding the 50’s and approaching the 60’s. By the middle of the week, high temperatures could approach 70 in many locations.