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Brrr, the morning breeze has brought on a bit of wind chill this morning. The low in Central Park was 39 but the wind pushed the apparent temperature down near freezing. Gusty northwest winds will bring plenty of cold air to the area today keeping the high to a brisk 50 degrees. If today's parade isn't enough to satisfy your Yankees fervor, consider what their World Series victory means for this winter's snowfall.

Yesterday's rain was courtesy of a low that traveled well north of the city. That storm is strengthening over the Canadian Maritimes this morning, hence the cold and windy conditions. The temperature won't rise much above freezing today, which is ten degrees cooler than normal, and the wind chill will remain in the teens.

It isn't a creaking door or a Wilhelm scream but there is a Sound effect this morning. A Long Island Sound effect that is. The temperature difference between the waters of the Sound and the air above is large enough, and the wind is flowing in just the right direction, that a few snow flurries may fall over the eastern end of the island.

Brrrr. A full course of winter is in store for the next few days. For a morning amuse bouche we've got great gobs of cold air, brutally grown without sun in northern Canada, arriving behind a cold front. The onrush of cold should cause the temperature to hold steady for much of the day. The approaching high pressure system is pretty weak. By late afternoon we should see an appetizer of calmer winds and a slightly higher temperatures.

New Year's revelers beware, midnight is going to be dangerously cold and windy. A low pressure system that has formed just southeast of the city is going to strengthen and zoom toward the Canadian Maritimes today. The strengthening and zooming means we are in for a windy, windy day. The Weather Service has issued a high wind warning. Winds will pick up to 20-30 mph with gusts as high as 50 mph.

The first day of winter was wintery. Imagine that. Search Google News for first day of winter to find hundreds of lazily written news items about the not so amazing coincidence that winter weather occurred on the solstice. We did enjoy reading the reports of thundersnow occurring from Seattle to Maine.

A classic winter weather situation is brewing for this weekend. This time of year the Arctic air masses that come out of Canada are cold and dry, thus relatively dense. The dense air hugs the ground, making the high pressure system shallow, which disconnects it from the steering winds of the jet stream. When that happens the Arctic air struggles to get over the Appalachians. Instead it sinks southward across the Great Plains and into the Gulf of Mexico. On occasion the cold air will cross the Gulf, pass through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (you do remember it's strategic importance to the Gadsden Purchase, right?) and reach the Pacific. As the cold air funnels through the gap in the Sierra Madre it creates a violent breeze snickeringly known to juvenile meteorologists as a tehuantepecer.

The pre-winter chill continues to deepen as Canada belches more Arctic air our way. The city won't reach 40 degrees for the third straight day today. That won't be be a big deal come January, but it is quite chilly for this time of year. Did you see the snowflakes yesterday morning? Admittedly there were only like three of them. There is another slight chance of flurries this afternoon.

The cause of yesterday's storm, a stacked low pressure system over Quebec, will continue to bring breezy conditions to the city today. Winds around 20 mph and temperatures in the mid 40s means wind chills in the 20s and 30s. A line of showers may drop a bit of rain across the city this afternoon. The breeze will begin to calm down tomorrow as a high pressure system displaces the Canadian storm. Expect a sunny, slightly less windy high around 50 degrees on Thursday. Great weather for parading and trick-or-treating is in store for Halloween. Clear skies and a high around 60 are likely, and Friday evening won't be nearly as cold as earlier in the week.

In addition to being St. Patrick's Day, March 17th is also the first day of the year in which New York's average high reaches 50 degrees. The mercury will fall just short of that mark this afternoon as it rebounds from below freezing this morning. A blustery north wind will make it feel much colder as well.

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.