December Starts with a Northeast Warmup on the Way

Friday 10 a.m.

At 10 a.m., it was 25 degrees in Albany but 44 in New York City's Central Park. The chill will advance a little farther southward later this afternoon and evening, then start a retreat that won't be completed until the end of the weekend. The video discusses the weather associated with the front, including the prospect for spotty snow and freezing drizzle from New York state until central and southern New England overnight into tomorrow.

The water vapor imagery might be treated as a work of art, but look at the big difference between the stormy weather in the Northwest and the relatively storm-free situation across most of the rest of the country.