The next couple of weeks will feature some of the worst weather winter has to offer with bitter cold conditions at times and a major storm system that can bring a crippling ice event to some areas this weekend and significant snowfall to others. After another day with below-normal temperatures here at mid-week, it’ll turn milder on Thursday, but that warmup will be for a brief time only.
Another Arctic outbreak will spread south to Texas and east to the coast at the end of the week and this air mass will feature some incredible cold across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest with 30 degrees below zero in some spots. By the end of the week, moisture will be gathering across the south-central states. As this moisture pushes to the north and east, it will encounter this very cold air mass, and the result will be a crippling ice event in many southern states, and significant accumulating snow farther to the north including in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor.
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The next couple of weeks will feature some of the worst weather winter has to offer with bitter cold conditions and a major storm system that can bring a crippling ice event to some areas this weekend and significant snowfall to others. The coldest core of the current Arctic air outbreak has reached the Mid-Atlantic region, and temperatures are likely to bottom out later tonight in the single digits across many suburban locations along the I-95 corridor. There will be a temporary modification in temperatures on Thursday in the Mid-Atlantic region and then another Arctic air mass will push in for the upcoming weekend. This late week/weekend blast will feature some incredible cold with temperatures as low as 30 degrees below zero in portions of the Upper Midwest/Northern Plains, and more bitter cold is a likelihood in the Mid-Atlantic region during the upcoming weekend. By the end of the week, moisture will be gathering across the south-central states. As this moisture pushes to the north and east, it will encounter this very cold air mass, and the result will be icing across many southern states – potentially a crippling event - and significant accumulating snow farther to the north and this potentially includes the Mid-Atlantic region.
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The core of the coldest air associated with the current Arctic outbreak moves into the Mid-Atlantic region today and temperatures here will struggle reach the upper 20’s (normal high is 44 degrees at DCA). In addition, winds will be quite stiff from a northwesterly direction bringing wind chill values to below-zero from time-to-time. Temperatures later tonight could plunge to the middle teens and then they’ll likely reach the upper 30’s by tomorrow afternoon. There will be a temporary modification in temperatures on Thursday and then another Arctic air mass will push in for the upcoming weekend.
By Friday night and Saturday, moisture will start gathering across the south-central states. As this moisture shield then heads to the north and east, it will encounter a very cold air mass having its origins in the Arctic region. As such, frozen precipitation will break out with significant - and potentially crippling - icing possible this weekend across many southern states. As the moisture field pushes farther to the north and east, snow will break out, and significant accumulations are on the table in the region from the Middle Mississippi Valley to the Tennessee Valley to the Mid-Atlantic region...buckle up, the next couple of weeks will feature the worst that winter has to offer.
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The next couple of weeks will feature multiple Arctic outbreaks...some incredible cold...and the likelihood of a major weekend winter storm that will impact a large part of the nation in a variety of ways. The core of the coldest air associated with the current Arctic outbreak reaches the Mid-Atlantic region for the period tonight, tomorrow, and tomorrow night and some suburban locations can see single digits lows by early Wednesday. There will be a temporary modification in temperatures on Thursday in the Mid-Atlantic region and then another Arctic air mass will push in for the upcoming weekend. This late week/weekend blast will feature some incredible cold with temperatures as low as 30 degrees below zero in portions of the Upper Midwest/Northern Plains, and bitter cold is a possibility in the Mid-Atlantic region during the upcoming weekend.
At the same time the next Arctic invasion swallows up the northern states, moisture will be gathering across the south-central states. As this moisture pushes to the north and east, it will encounter this very cold air mass, and the result could be icing across many southern states – potentially a crippling event - and significant accumulating snow to the north. There will likely be a very strong Arctic high pressure system over the Northeast US this weekend anchoring the bitter cold air mass in place and the extent to which the moisture field can penetrate north and east into the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US will have to be better determined in coming days. Suffice to say, the potential is there for a big-time impact this weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region given the Arctic cold to the north and copious amounts of moisture to our south.
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A very cold week is in store for the Mid-Atlantic region with the worst of the cold coming tonight, tomorrow, and tomorrow night with middle teens likely for overnight lows. Temperatures today will struggle to reach 40 degrees and a stiff wind will develop producing lower wind chills. Temperatures will modify briefly on Thursday with 45 degree highs back on the table, but another Arctic blast reaches us for the late week and weekend. Looking ahead, a major winter storm is likely to form across the southern states by the weekend and we will track it very closely this week to see how much impact it may have here in the Mid-Atlantic region…stay tuned, the potential is there for a big-time impact.
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An active weather pattern is leading to a “doubleheader” of snow in the Mid-Atlantic region with snow from one system on Saturday and snow is likely from a second system on Sunday. The accumulations on Saturday with system number one will be be primarily from northern Maryland northward with lesser chances in the DC metro region. On Sunday, a coastal storm can bring accumulating snow all along the I-95 corridor and to coastal sections of the Mid-Atlantic. This overall pattern remains very cold with bitter cold conditions expected here on Monday night, Tuesday, and Tuesday night and the possibility still exists for some extreme cold during the last week of the month…and additional snow threats on the horizon.
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An Arctic air mass pushed into the Mid-Atlantic region on Thursday and it stays quite cold today with an increase in cloud cover as an upper-level disturbance heads in this direction. This system can produce some snow in the area later tonight and on Saturday morning and perhaps a mix of rain and snow on Saturday afternoon...small accumulations are possible. Another system will try to slide up along the east coast on Sunday and it can bring some snow to the DC metro region during the second half of the weekend...accumulations are possible. More Arctic air is on tap for the Mid-Atlantic region during the first half of next week with bitter cold conditions expected here on Monday night, Tuesday, and Tuesday night. The overall pattern stays very cold through the second half of the month in the eastern US and it can include some extreme cold.
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An Arctic air mass has reached the eastern US today on the heels of a strong cold frontal system and this winter chill will extend all the way down to the state of Florida by later tonight. Another Arctic air mass will push into the north-central US early this weekend and it’ll spread to the east coast later in the weekend. The frontal boundary zone at the leading edge of the weekend Arctic blast will act as a catalyst for waves of low pressure to form and one system can bring some snow to parts of the eastern US from later Friday night to Saturday and a second on Sunday. The second low pressure system can bring snow to unusual places in the southeastern part of the nation on Sunday, and its snow field may extend far enough to the north and west to have an impact in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. Following the passage of the Sunday system, yet another Arctic air mass will drop south and east into the northern US on Sunday night, and it’ll put the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast US into the deep freeze by time Monday night and Tuesday roll around. Looking ahead, numerous signs point to additional Arctic air outbreaks as we work through the last week of January and this time period could feature some extreme cold.
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An Arctic air mass has pushed into the Mid-Atlantic region on the heels of a strong cold frontal passage and temperatures have very likely already reached their highs for the day. The winds will be quite strong through the day from a west-to-northwest direction making it feel even colder than the actual ambient temperatures. It stays much colder-than-normal on Friday and then an upper-level disturbance will head in this direction on Friday night and Saturday potentially resulting in some snow and/or rain to the metro region. Another system will then try to slide up along the east coast on Sunday and it can bring some snow or snow shower activity to the area during the second half of the weekend. More Arctic air is on tap for the Mid-Atlantic during the early part of next week.
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The next couple of weeks are likely to feature multiple Arctic air outbreaks across the eastern half of the nation and even the state of Florida will be impacted (watch out iguanas). This kind of evolving pattern that features a major disruption of the polar vortex can certainly include some extreme cold during what is statistically speaking the coldest time of the year later in the month. This cold weather pattern will be quite active as well with multiple snow threats along the way for the Great Lakes, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US...and perhaps some snow this weekend in unusual places like the Southeast US.
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