What may turn out to be the last significant snowstorm of the season dropped somewhere between six and nine inches of snow across the city yesterday. Great Kills on Staten Island led the way with 9.5 inches. With 7.5 inches falling at the Central Park Zoo our seasonal total is now 42.5 inches, which is about 15 inches greater than average.
Today is also the 39th straight day with at least six inches of snow on the ground. The fresh snow, clear skies and calm winds combined to produce record low temperatures this morning for everywhere but Central Park. The highly reflective snow cover will help keep this afternoon's high to the mid 20s and we'll face another chilly night tonight.
While Saturday will start out cold, the wind should start coming out of the southwest by the afternoon and we'll warm to the mid 30s under a mix of sun and clouds.
All indications are the jet stream will start to flatten out as the weekend progresses. Instead of pushing warm air way north along the west coast and dragging cold air along the east, the upper level winds will start pushing milder Pacific air across the country. Temperatures should return to near normal on Sunday, with highs in the mid 40s, and remain close to normal all of next week. No significant weather is currently expected until next weekend.
