Hazardous Outlook For Hudson Valley As Balmy Falls To Frigid

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Some parts of the Hudson Valley could hit 70 degrees Tuesday, but a cold front is just a day away, and the National Weather Service has issued a new hazardous weather outlook.

For Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties, isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Wednesday afternoon and early evening, with damaging winds as the primary threat, the NWS said.

"That front will bring crashing late day temperatures into the Hudson Valley, where we’ll go from the low 60s near lunch time, and be in the 30s by sunset," said Alex Marra and Bill Potter of Hudson Valley Weather.

Across the region, the chance of rain will rise as the day progresses Wednesday.

By Wednesday night, temps will drop to the mid-30s in southern Westchester and get colder the farther up the valley you go: the low 30s in Putnam and Rockland, to about 30 degrees in Orange and Ulster, and down into the 20s in eastern Dutchess County.

The wind will pick up Wednesday night and stay gusty through Thursday, and temperatures won't get out of the 40s.

Then the swing will continue: temps Friday and Saturday should be in the 60s and then back down into the 50s on Sunday.

Here's a look at the next 48 hours for northern Westchester: