First Coastal Storm of Fall is on the Way...Strong Winds and Rain

Low pressure is forecast to move across the Ohio Valley and then re-develop into a strong low off the Mid-Atlantic coast. Coastal sections of the Northeast including NYC and Long Island metro area will also experience coastal flooding at high tide. Strong, steady northeast to east winds will blow at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 and 50 mph. Temperatures will be cool with highs only in the 50s. There may be some wet snow mixing in on Thursday night and early Friday across Orange and Putnam Counties of New York and the Poconos of northeastern Pennsylvania. Milder weather with partial sunshine will return early next week! The weather map above is the forecast surface map from NOAA for 8 pm on Thursday, October 15, 2009.

George Wright is president and Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Visit out website at WrightWeather.com.