Snow Squalls Possible, Bitter Cold Certain: White Plains' Weekend Weather

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Those high winds presaged a return to winter this weekend, ushered in with isolated snow showers Friday and settling in with bitter cold for Saturday and Sunday.

"That NW wind has brought us much colder temperatures, actually 5 to 10 degrees BELOW average," said Bill Potter from Hudson Valley Weather, who titled this morning's entry 'Winter's Revenge.' "In addition to the cold, a secondary front will swing through this afternoon… and along the boundary, a squall line could develop. That squall line… could bring… wait for it…. snow."

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester:

Snow showers and localized snow squalls are expected this afternoon into early this evening. Winds gusts to 40 mph, brief heavy snowfall, poor visibilities and localized accumulations of up to near an inch are possible with any snow squalls. Any areas that experience heavier snow showers or snow squalls will also have potential to experience flash freeze conditions, as temperatures rapidly drop below freezing behind the arctic frontal passage late in the day to early this evening.

Temps are about normal Friday for early February, not that we would recall that from this past February. But then it's going to get even colder.

Here's the National Weather Service forecast for northern Westchester County:

• Today: Snow showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. West wind around 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
• Tonight: Snow showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 17. Wind chill values between zero and 10. Blustery, with a northwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 30. Wind chill values between zero and 10. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
• Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 10. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. Blustery, with a northwest wind 16 to 21 mph.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 34. Northwest wind 7 to 14 mph.
• Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 29.

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