Winter is ready to reach with a vengeance this weekend with Arctic temperatures setting in on Saturday’s solstice, although a dusting of snow may fairly up New York Metropolis.
By Friday, two climate methods might lock above us, producing gentle solstice snow as weekend temperatures dip into the winter vary, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned Wednesday.
However even these few flakes might present a contact of vacation magic. The precise time of the solstice is 4:21 a.m. Saturday, and there could be snow to greet it.
“At that moment in time, when winter officially begins, there’s a good chance that there’ll be at least some snowflakes in the air,” mentioned AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dave Bombek.
Vacation vacationers and last-minute consumers will need to bundle up after that although, as temperatures plummet Saturday into Sunday and early subsequent week.
The NWS was predicting “a light rain-snow mix Friday into early Saturday,” earlier than issues drastically quiet down.
“An arctic airmass follows the rest of the weekend into next Monday with potential for several areas, especially inland, not rising above freezing for at least three consecutive days,” it mentioned in its forecast.
“It does look like there’s a very high probability, very likely, that the temperature in Central Park on Sunday will not make it out of the 20s,” Bombek mentioned. “We’re predicting a high of 27 that day. We’ll probably bottom out at 16 or so Monday morning.”
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The preliminary evaluation for subsequent week was for principally dry circumstances with barely much less chill temperatures.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, it’s “likely to stay dry with more cloud cover and somewhat moderated temperatures, though still below average,” the NWS mentioned. “There is a possibility of a light rain-snow mix.”
The NWS has not issued any warnings, although AccuWeather predicted an opportunity of disrupted vacation journey throughout the Northeast.
