EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth and last of a series of “special cities” I’m doing as a demonstration for a job application. This forecast covers Elmira and Ithaca, New York. This is the coverage area of WENY-TV in Horseheads-Elmira, a Lilly Broadcasting station. As of now, WENY gets their forecasts from Accuweather. However, they have been increasingly sharing resources with WICU and WSEE, and they currently have no weekend weather forecasts. I’m just covering my bases.

This Week in the Central Twin Tiers

An extended cold front reaching from Maine all the way to Mexico has passed through the region, bringing with it (as of 7 a.m. today) 0.35? of precipitation, all of it rain. For Monday, most of the area should be dry once the few lingering showers leave the area this morning. Temperatures, currently at about 40 F, won’t move much from that mark, maxing out in the lower 40s this afternoon. (However, 40 is the approximate normal high for this time of year.) Low temperatures will hover around the freezing mark tonight.

Cloudy skies will continue on Tuesday. Highs will rebound into the lower 40s, with areas covered in snow a little bit cooler. Warmer air begins to move in from the south, clearing things out for Tuesday night.

Both of the major models, the NAM and GFS, predict a low-pressure system to sweep over the area on Thursday. Each one has it coming from a different direction (GFS from the southwest, NAM from the northwest), but the result should be the same, likely causing weather very similar to Monday, meaning temperatures will drop back into the lower 40s. Behind that is even colder air for the weekend, with highs dropping into the lower 30s for Friday and Saturday.

~JMF