NAM model showing high pressure dominating the weather into the weekend.

High pressure building into the forecast area will be the main story through the the middle of next week, and to be honest we couldn't ask for a better forecast through the entire period. Although the airmass will still be cool to start the weekend on Saturday, we have a lot to look forward to. A large ridge in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere will develop over the Central and Eastern United States by Sunday through Wednesday, bringing us fair weather. Plenty of sun, light winds, and splendidy crisp autumn evenings will almost make the weather a non-factor throughout the next several days. Additionally, the airmass will modify with time (it's coming from Canada, but it's warming as it gets here)...meaning high temperatures should slowly climb from the lower 50's on Saturday, to near 60 on Monday, to possibly the mid to upper 60's on Wednesday. The one thing working against us is the fact that we lose an hour of daylight beginning Sunday Night, when we turn the clocks back one hour. Winter is coming, there's no doubt about that, so we're excited to enjoy the next several days of beautifully comfortably weather that this pattern has to offer.



THE FORECAST...

Today (Sunday): Sunny, high's in the lower to mid 50's. Still pretty cool, with light northwest winds. Highs could stay in the 40's over the interior and higher elevations.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with lows dropping into the 20's and 30's once again inland, but the upper 30's to low 40's in the city and metro area. This will begin a trend of slightly warmer nights continuing into next week.

Article written by JH. Published November 5th, 2011 at 1:36am. Updated November 6th, 11:42am.  Looking for a forecast? See New York Metro Weather's Long Range Forecast for the weekend into next week, or view our Technical Forecast Discussion for the more serious weather enthusiasts. Also, check out our new Forecast Overview tab. For up to the minute details on forecasts, watches, warnings, and alerts, follow us on Twitter and Facebook.