NYC Weather Forecast: Is a nor'easter headed our way this week?

Yep, everybody's doing well right now. Okay. But you know that there's a but, right? Uh-oh. We've been hearing about this all week long. I tell you what, there haven't been a lot of downsides to our weather over the last couple weeks. Yes, yes. So, inevitable, I guess? We've had a nice, we've had a very nice fall so far. So, for us to get a little change up in the whole situation, not a big surprise. Okay. So, we made it for, gosh, we had like an 18-day stretch without rain. Then we got a little bit, then we played a little catch-up. We got a break again. That's what we're in right now. But it looks like the rain does want to make a comeback again here, just in time for this upcoming weekend, but beyond Veterans Day. So you haven't heard much about a nor'easter, though, have you? No, I know earlier in the year we got an early season nor'easter, which did bring a lot of wind and rain and a little bit of problems down at the coast when it comes to coastal flooding and erosion, et cetera, et cetera. What are we thinking? Is it technically going to be a nor'easter? Like, is it actually going to... Nor'easters, I mean, it's kind of a soft definition when you hear that word nor'easter. It basically means a coastal storm that has a persistent northeast wind. That's most of them. So you get a northeast wind. But to what degree do those winds have the impact? And so it's called a nor'easter. Exactly, nor'easter. They just kind of blended that whole thing together. I'm not sure when they came up with that term specifically, but it's been out there for quite a while. Nonetheless, yes, this does look like it is going to be a significant nor'easter. The thing is, as it takes place for us, what does it mean for us? Some coastal flooding, probably minor coastal flooding, as well as some pretty solid rain, especially in the city and also the lower Hudson Valley. Parts of Connecticut, so it's more in the city to the north. Some pretty heavy rain comes through for periods of time. Maybe even some thunderstorms tomorrow as it's coming through in the afternoon and the evening for us here. Do we have any maps we can take a look at? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We can go right into the maps. It's Lynx 1, by the way, if you were looking for where it is. There it is. Okay, there's your weather headlines. We've got a mixed sky coming through with mild high temperatures. That's today. The nor'easter potential is out there. Again, the definition of a nor'easter is kind of soft. It's not like a hurricane that has very specific... You know, details that have to be satisfied for it to be a hurricane, so on and so forth. But a storm that comes in off the coast produces a northeast wind. Boom, lots of wind and rain. Yes, that is the situation. It's worse for New England in this situation than it is here. Right now, we do have a mainly sunny sky. It's a clear sky, basically weak high pressures in control. And our temps are pretty mild, 56. That's the average high for you today. It's still only 10 o'clock in the morning. 56, and we're going to get up into the 60s? Got about 62 for a high coming at you. So similar to what we had the last. Last couple of days, wind right now, again, not that big of a deal coming in from the west at around 5 to 10 miles per hour or so. What we're waiting for is this area of low pressure that's over right now. It's just near Chicago, coming out of the Midwest. Futurecast says, boom, there it is tomorrow morning. Look at the time stamp. It's at about 11 o'clock in the morning. So 10, 11 o'clock in the morning, the rain is shifting in. So it may start off with a few light showers or sprinkles early for the early commute, but then that rain intensifies. And then look at those yellow and green and dark green shades sitting right on top of the core of the tri-state tomorrow evening. And then it's trying to pull down enough cold air. where it changes it over to snow. Now, that makes it look kind of impressive. I'm really not impressed in the end with what I'm seeing as far as the overall set. I'm not impressed. If you want snow, rain, cold rain, windy conditions, that part is fairly impressive. But the snow part, not so much. So 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Yep. And I'm seeing Friday, 4 p.m. That's it for that whole long, more than 24 hours. We're going to be... Rain, cold. It starts off on the mild side. Highs are in the upper 50s tomorrow, but then highs are in the upper 40s. So this is pretty... It's not nothing. Annoying. Yeah, exactly, exactly. When the folks hear Nor'easter, they're like, oh, we're going to get buried in snow. I think that's what a lot of folks kind of let their mind go to. In this situation, no. If it was colder, that would be a... We could get a foot or two of snow out of this thing. Okay, but it's not. That's not the situation for us or anyone, really. Even in upstate New York, they may get some, but it's been so warm lately. A lot of that melts on contact when the ground surfaces are on the warmer side. But you can see. It's kind of getting out of here, but that's not until Saturday morning. So this is Thursday, Friday, kind of wrapping up Saturday, and that's when that real cold air settles in. Now, that's another part that a lot of folks I don't think are really thinking about is the cold air that's wrapping in, the temperatures. Now, this is as of Thursday. We just have that 32-degree air kind of approaching us here in the Tri-State. I don't like all those arrows pointing right at us. They're all pointing right at us. Exactly. So guess what that means? For Friday and Saturday, your highs are only going to be in the upper 40s. Mornings for you, lows will be dropping back down into the 30s, so that's a bit of a shock to the system. Yeah, it's going to be cold. Exactly. These are the rain totals that we have, about a half an inch to about an inch, maybe an inch and a half. Locally in some spots, not out of the question for you on White Plains to see an inch and a half of rain out of this. It's basically a two-day event. Potential for snow, right now the models, they've gone back and forth, but been pretty consistent. It's light stuff to the north and west. Yeah, if you get two, three inches, you know, that's a little something. Again, it's heavy, wet snow and most of that. That will be melting on contact because the ground's been too warm. Their temps have been warm as well. For us, very warm today. High temperature gets up 62, 63. Low tonight drops down to 51. Then let's get right into that seven-day forecast because that's what everybody cares about. Veterans Day, the best looking day, that's today. High temp comes in at 63 today, then it drops to 59 for you tomorrow. Notice the showers and storms in the mix because there could be some heavy downpours, maybe some gusty winds. Highs come back down to around 47, 48 for you on Friday into Saturday, and then it's drying out. But look at all those days in a row. Saturday through Tuesday morning, we start off with our lows in the 30s. So that's why I say this is going to be a bit of a shock to the system because folks are not. used to this sort of stuff. I'm not getting out my coat. I'm not getting out my coat. I'm just keeping the jacket. You think so? I think pretty sure you're going to bring out the coat. You might even bring out your little earmuffs, maybe a little hat. What are you trying to say about me? You're a little soft. You had that seat heater on back in August or something. I had it on today. It's a good time today. All right, Mike. Thank you very much.