Return of the Meti

That's pronounced met-eye.  I was trying to get as close to Jedi as I could but that's about the best I could do. 

As my title states I am making my triumphant return after my long (by Sun I meant Wed) hiatus.  I came down with a bad Midwestern cold and was unable to do anything but drink tea and watch Futurama dvds for two and half days.  But in my defense, the NY weather scene has been pretty boring lately.  Remember, "boring" to a meteorologist means nice, pleasant weather where there is no chance of damage to property or human beings.  However, that may change over the next few days.

We currently have two low-pressure systems lying off to our west.  The first, over eastern Lake Superior, will head east tonight and will drag with it a cold front that could bring some rain towards morning.  This front is also linked to the second low, currently over Missouri, which will slide in Friday and has the potential to produce quite a bit of rain.

While neither of these systems will be hitting us head-on, we can certainly expect some of their unfortunate side effects.  I feel tonight's system, if we get anything, will be light and during the early morning hours (say 5-6am).  I expect it to slide to our north but don't rule out a passing shower.  Temperatures shouldn't drop too much from the front and will be around 62 by morning.  

After morning we dry out but the second system lurks on the horizon.  The next round of storms will probably not start up until the late evening hours, but don't rule out a random afternoon shower or t-storm.  Storms become even more likely towards Friday morning and throughout the entire day Friday and even possibly into early Saturday.  Temperatures in the low 70s (72) Thursday but dropping to the mid 60s (66) on Friday.

The bulk of the rain will hopefully pass to our south but expect some rain.  The weather service is calling for up to 2 in of rain in some places through Saturday.  I will do my best to keep you informed more tonight and tomorrow as the situation progresses.  Please drop me a line if you have any questions of specifics about the forecast.  This one was a bit of a doozy, so I appreciate you reading it and apologize if it was too long.