Gusty Cold Today, Dreaded Wintry Mix Tomorrow

The cold and windy conditions that caused problems yesterday will continue through the day today. Today's high will be around 25 but the wind chill will stay around zero degrees for most of the day. With wind chills that low it is a good idea to cover up if you will be outside for more than a few minutes. We were reminded of this when our cherubic cheeks started getting numb on Gothamist's walk to work.

The winds will begin to die down tonight and tomorrow won't be as cold as today. Chances look good for real snow tomorrow afternoon. It is the same old story, cold front from the Midwest slamming into a developing coastal storm. At this time it looks as if the heaviest snow will be over Orange County and western New Jersey, where a winter storm watch for tomorrow has been posted. Let's hope they have enough salt. We may see a half- to a whole inch of snow in the city tomorrow afternoon. It is going to warm throughout the day tomorrow, meaning the snow will probably mix with rain late in the afternoon before changing over to all rain Tuesday night.

This is shaping up to be a very wet storm. If only it would stay cold! Alas, Wednesday should warm to the mid-40s, meaning we'll see an inch or two of rain instead of a foot of snow. The latter part of the week is looking sunny and seasonable with highs in the low-40s Thursday and Friday.

Photograph of brief but intense snow shower by jschumacher on Flickr