There will be another storm this weekend heading towards the Great Lakes. This storm will have mild air ahead of it, to bring the area mostly rain to the tri-state area on New Years Day. Although, there may be a brief period of sleet and/or freezing rain in the higher elevations NW of NYC on New Year’s Eve night.

High tempatures should remain a few degrees above normal throughout the period. At this time, there are no signs of any artic air or snowstorms for the next 2 or 3 weeks.

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There will be another storm coming for Christmas night into Tuesday morning from the gulf of mexico. Models are still inconsistent on a exact storm track, but most models track this storm to our west and without cold air in place, it looks like it will be all rain for most of the tri-state area. As the storm intensifies rapidly over upstate NY or New England, colder air will rush in behind the storm late Tuesday and Tuesday night, and their could be some flurries, especially north of NYC.

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The scenerio discussed in the prevous post for the storm on 12/23 has not changed on the models. It looks like it will be rain for the entire area, and heavy at times on Saturday.

After that storm it will turn drier and cooler for X-mas eve, but still be a little above normal. Which will set us for the next potential storm sometime between the X-mas and the 27. The models show storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico and slowly moving up the coast, tracking to our south and east during that time frame. At this time, it appears most likely to be all rain, due to the lack of cold air, but it’s still more than 5 days away and I will continue to watch it. This morning’s GFS makes it a little more interesting.