Rain, Thunderstorms And A Cool-Down All In White Plains' Weekend Forecast

WHITE PLAINS, NY — If you can, enjoy today’s weather in the Hudson Valley, where we’ll see sunshine develop and temps will range between 60 and 70 degrees.

"The record today in Poughkeepsie is 71° (set in 1985), and afternoon highs should climb into the upper 60s for much of the region. The average high on May 3rd, is 68°… so it’s not just April in February…. it’s MAY in February," Bill Potter of Hudson Valley Weather wrote in the Friday morning forecast.

We just missed the record on Thursday, as the high was 68° while the record is 69° set in 1997.

But things begin to change for the worse this weekend, as rain and possibly even thunderstorms start moving in Saturday afternoon. And there is a cool-down on Sunday too.

Saturday will be balmy until the afternoon, though the sun will disappear. But rain should begin moving into the region around 4 p.m., with possible thunderstorms too of course.

Much colder air for Sunday but one thing remains constant — still no snow chances through next Thursday at the very least, according to the National Weather Service.

For the weekend in southern Westchester, the NWS predicts:

• Today: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind 3 to 8 mph.
• Tonight: Areas of fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Saturday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Areas of fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Light southeast wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 2am. Low around 35. Wind chill values between 30 and 35. South wind 10 to 17 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

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