A strong cold front will move through the tri-state area Friday night and produce a series of strong to severe storms through the evening.
Light to moderate showers moved through the area in the morning, making the morning commute damp, and the rain ended in the afternoon with the air becoming very warm and moist under partly cloudy skies. By the afternoon, highs will be in the upper 70s in most areas.
Skies will become dry midday and into the afternoon, but the heat and humidity will serve as fuel for a cold front, triggering storms later in the evening.
Storm Team 4
Storm Team 4
These storms will form a squall line – a straight line of storms that moves quickly across the area. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts, which are likely to occur west of New York City.
Isolated tornadoes are also possible from the Delaware Water Gap westward into Pennsylvania.
The storm will reach the Catskills and Poconos in the late afternoon, between 5 and 6 p.m. These storms will reach the New York area around 8 p.m. They will move quickly through any given neighborhood, so only about 20 to 30 minutes of gusty winds, lightning, and heavy downpours are expected before the storm continues.
The storm will be strongest as it approaches the Tri-State from the west. They will weaken as nighttime temperatures cool and the storms reach more stable air near the coast, but they can still bring strong gusty winds even in the New York City metro area.
The storm will move out of the area in the evening and overnight. Behind them, the weekend air was much cooler.
Temperatures will hover in the low 50s all day Saturday, with gusty winds bringing additional effects. The sky becomes cloudy and the sun appears in the afternoon.
Sunday will be calmer and sunnier, but temperatures will still be quite chilly for this time of year – more like November weather than October. In New York City, morning lows will be in the mid-30s and afternoon highs will be in the mid-50s.
Temperatures will drop into the mid-60s next week, with dry weather all week.