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Stormy Night Ahead: Wind Gusts Up to 50 MPH!
18 Dec
Summary
- Rain and stormy conditions are expected tonight with potential for damaging wind gusts.
- Temperatures will drop significantly Friday and remain chilly through the weekend.
- A historical 'Snowpocalypse' storm began on this day in 2009.
A cold front is set to bring a stormy night with significant rainfall and the possibility of isolated damaging wind gusts exceeding 50 mph. Showers are anticipated to begin this evening, becoming widespread overnight. Skies are expected to clear by Friday morning, but colder air will filter in, leading to falling temperatures.
Friday will feel chilly with daytime highs in the 40s, accompanied by westward and northwestward wind gusts of up to 35 mph. The weekend will remain cooler than average, with Saturday seeing highs in the low to mid-40s and Sunday warming slightly to around 50 degrees. This cooler trend follows a period of relatively mild temperatures.
Looking back, this day in 2009 marked the beginning of the "Snowpocalypse" storm, which started with accumulating snow between 8 and 9 p.m. after a high of 35 degrees. Average temperatures for this date are a high of 48 and a low of 34.
