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Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Near-record 80-degree temps in NYC Saturday will soon yield to violent winds, thunderstorms
Mother Nature is about to give New Yorkers whiplash. A stunning, sunny day with near-record-high temps is on tap for Saturday, meteorologists said — but the taste of summer is a cruel joke compared with what's coming. Temperatures are expected to plummet more than 30 degrees, with potentially damaging 60-mph wind gusts and severe thunderstorms heading toward the Big Apple by Monday. A high of 83 degrees, the sixth hottest on record for the date and close to the record of 86 set in 1998 and 1945, will make for a beach-worthy start to the weekend. But meteorologists warn the summer-like heat will be 'short-lived.' 'We're going to be back in the 50s tomorrow,' Cody Braud, a meteorologist with Fox Weather, told The Post. 'It's about a 30-degree swing just from one day — today to tomorrow. So I can imagine that's not going to sit well with a lot of people… If you react to weather differently, I can imagine that's going to hit you kind of hard if you're out and about the next couple of days.' And Sunday's cloudy and cool forecast, which includes the potential for a light shower, only sets the stage for a nasty start to the work week on Monday. That's when the real rain is expected to douse the Big Apple, with the National Weather Service predicting intense weather for the day. The metro area will fall under a Level 1 Severe Weather Threat but is in danger of creeping into Level 2 during the day — which means the difference between isolated and scattered thunderstorms. Those storms will likely roll through in the evening Monday or overnight, Braud forecasted. 'The biggest threats that we will have to keep a close eye on would be the threat for some strong-to-damaging winds during the late hours of the day,' he continued. Winds can whip up to as high as 60 mph on Monday -— which the NWS classifies as 'damaging.' The Big Apple has been experiencing a windier spring than usual this year, with more than half the days in March registering 'strong breezes.' The wind speeds themselves weren't out of the ordinary, but they ripped through the five boroughs much more frequently, thanks to stronger and disastrous storms ravaging the Midwest.
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
New York to be pummeled by ‘snowiest' storm of the season as polar vortex threatens -50 degree winds
New York could see the 'snowiest' storm of the season this week as biting-cold temperatures sweep across the nation, ushering in a frigid polar vortex that will leave parts of the US suffering through wind chills as cold as -50 degrees. A powerful winter storm is set to plow through the southeast and Central Plains on Wednesday before traveling up the northeast, hitting the tri-state area with snow Thursday morning. 'It has the potential to be our snowiest storm of the season,' Fox Forecast Center Meteorologist Cody Braud told The Post on Sunday. While it's too soon to tell exactly how many inches of powder will dust the Big Apple and surrounding suburbs, Braud said there is a chance this storm will top this season's current highest snowfall of about three inches. 'If the storm is able to hug the coast, stay close enough, we could get a decent duration of snow,' Braud added. Even though 'the threat of a major snowstorm exists,' according to Braud, it's still too early how much snowfall New Yorkers may see come Thursday. In the days leading up to the storm, however, temperatures in New York City will remain low in the mid-20s before warming up to the mid-30s by the afternoon. Other parts of the country, specifically the northern Rockies and Northern Plains will experience its 10th and coldest polar vortex event this season, as chilly air that usually stays near the North Pole gets pushed into the US and Europe. People in those regions can expect to wake up each morning this week to temperatures well below zero — potentially nearing as low as -40 degrees, Braud said. While New York and the tri-state area were battered by strong winds and heavy rain on Sunday, torrential rains in Louisville, Kentucky, prompted intense flooding resulting in at least two deaths. Meanwhile, the Northern Plains region faces life-threatening cold, as tornado watches were issued for parts of Georgia and Florida. With Post wires.
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Forecast snowfall totals lighten as a powerful winter storm whips through the New York City area
May just dodge a blow from mother nature. A powerful winter storm that was expected to dump almost half a foot of snow across the Big Apple Saturday is now forecasted to bring just 2 to 4 inches of flurries before switching to rain by midnight. The five boroughs could see less snow accumulation if the winter storm blowing in from the Midwest transitions to a wintry mix of sleet and rain as midnight approaches, according to FOX Weather Meteorologist Cody Braud. 'NYC will be right on the dividing line between all snow, a wintry mix and all rain,' Braud told The Post. 'At some point tonight this line will move north of the city ending the snow.' The snow, which began late Saturday evening in Manhattan, coated Times Square in a winter wonderland that attracted the likes of children and adults who were building snowmen, tossing snow balls, taking pictures and embracing the chilly weather. Beyond the city, a Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 11 a.m. Sunday further north, in White Plains and the Hudson Valley, where the area will be slammed with 5 to 8 inches of powder and less than one-tenth of an inch of ice. 'Further north in Westchester County, they will have a longer duration of snow,' Braud said. Southern Connecticut and parts of New Jersey could also see 5 to 7 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Up to five inches of snow are forecasted in Long Island and Northeastern New Jersey. Sunny skies with highs in around 40 degrees are expected Sunday by midday in the city, but forecasters warn the roads and sidewalks could refreeze later in the evening as people head out to bars and parties to watch the Super Bowl. Possible icy conditions will accompany freezing highs and lows bottoming out at 25 degrees on Monday, with increasing clouds. By Tuesday, more winter snow storms could return throughout the Northeast and continue through Thursday.
