Early Look At Thanksgiving Forecast For Hudson Valley

Before you give thanks, you have to make a wish or two that the forecasters are wrong about Thanksgiving. They're saying that the weather will not be so nice for the holiday.

Re-surging cold air may spin up a storm along the East Coast and in the Hudson Valley around Thanksgiving Day, according to AccuWeather. There is the potential for very cold air with a punishing wind to take root in our region during the long Thanksgiving weekend.

What could happen as a result is a "potent" storm system may trigger flight delays for early Thanksgiving travel Saturday into the weekend in parts of the Midwest and East, according to The Weather Channel.

"If early indications are correct... gusty winds will sweep cold air from the northern Plains to the Gulf Coast, Appalachians and eventually the Atlantic Seaboard," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said in a release.

The cold outbreak may last a couple of days, or perhaps right through the Thanksgiving weekend, AccuWeather Long-Range Meteorologist Evan Duffey said in the release. "In terms of an East Coast storm, we are not expecting powerhouse event, but rather more of the nuisance variety," Duffey said.

That storm will carry the potential for drenching rain along the Interstate-95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York City around Thanksgiving Day.

Here is the current forecast for the days leading up to Thanksgiving:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. North wind around 7 mph.
• Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Light north wind.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Light and variable wind.
• Wednesday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 41. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Light and variable wind becoming west 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 46.
• Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.
• Saturday: Showers likely, mainly after 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 51. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
• Saturday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.
• Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

Written by Tom Davis, Patch Staff, with additional reporting by Michael Woyton/Patch Staff.

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