4:20pm a very cold, polar air mass is taking up residence over the Northeast this weekend bringing with it subzero temperatures to our region. This is the coldest air mass to hit the region since January of 2010. High temperatures in Buffalo will be around 5 degrees above zero this weekend with Lows dipping down to around -10°F. It will be cold all the way down to the north Atlantic coast; High temperatures in New York City will be in the teens with Lows on Sunday dropping down to around zero degrees, when you factor in the wind it will feel much colder with wind chill values below zero. The cold air will stick around for the weeks and perhaps months ahead, the weather pattern in place will allow for a continuation of streams of cold air to spill into the Northeast. What does the weather hold for the next few days you ask? Well you guessed it right, my forecast calls for more cold and snow to impact the region. The next weather maker will be a weak low pressure system that will sweep through the Northeast on Saturday, this will produce some minor Lake Effect Snows down wind from the Great Lakes with some snow flurries elsewhere in the Northeast. Then by the middle of the upcoming week we could be dealing with a major snow storm similar to the Christmas weekend blizzard from the Chesapeake Bay up the coast to coastal Canada. At the moment, the latest forecast models are in agreement that this potential Nor'Easter will take shape - however, the timing and the impacts of this storm system is still in question. As of right now, I think that the storm will hit the Northeast some time on Wednesday - this storm does have the potential to produce an impressive wind driven snowfall along the coast.
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