Powerful Storm Brings Strong Winds Tonight and Sunday

A very strong storm south of Nova Scotia will "retrograde" or move in a southwesterly direction tonight. As it moves towards Cape Cod tonight, the strongest winds will occur late this evening through Sunday morning. The storm will result in wind gusts to 50 mph or more here in the NYC metro region with wind chills as low as -10 degrees. The wind will continue into Sunday afternoon and the National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for gusts to 50 mph through 6 PM on Sunday. As much as 2 to 5 inches of snow has fallen today in eastern LI and there may be a little more snow out there tonight and a chance of a flurry or two closer to the city. Sunday will be sunny and cold with highs in the 20s. There is a large, strong high pressure system that is contributing to the very tight pressure gradient over the northeast.

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com.