000 AWUS41 KOKX 081121 RWSNYC CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-082100- WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 620 AM EST THU JAN 8 2004 ...ARCTIC AIR TO REMAIN WITH US THROUGH THE WEEKEND... ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. IT IS LIKELY THIS AIRMASS WILL NOT ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE LEADING EDGE OF YET ANOTHER SURGE OF BITTERLY COLD AIR FROM CANADA WILL REACH THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL SEND THE TEMPERATURES DOWNWARD EVEN FURTHER AS THE WEEK COMES TO AN END. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 20 DEGREES IN AND AROUND THE CITY...WHILE TEMPERATURES IN MOST OUTLYING AREAS WILL ONLY REACH THE TEENS. THEN FRIDAY NIGHT...THE MERCURY WILL DROP TO AROUND 10 DEGREES IN THE CITY...AND ALL THE WAY TO NEAR ZERO WELL NORTH AND WEST. THE COLD HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE NEW ENGLAND STATES FOR THE WEEKEND...CONTINUING THE VERY COLD AND DRY WEATHER. $$