Arctic cold will be relentless and punishing for much of the nation for several days to come and many areas will be experience some of the coldest weather in decades to begin a new year. In fact, the three week stretch from around December 20th to January 10th could be one of the coldest stretches we’ve had across much of the nation in a long, long time. A "clipper" system will drop southeastward and into the Mid-Atlantic region by Saturday – likely with some accumulating snow on the order of a dusting to an inch or two – and it will usher in brutally cold Arctic air for the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday time period. Indeed, it will be frigid on New Year’s Eve at Times Square in New York City, for all activities on the National Mall in Washington, DC and it will be brutal for the Mummer’s Parade in Philly on Monday. Looking ahead, there may be a snow threat coming to the east coast during the middle or latter part of next week, but it is too early to say if this potential system develops close to the coast or too far off the coast.
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Our relentless Arctic cold weather will continue right through next week and the worst may be yet to come. Arctic high pressure dominates the scene across the eastern two-thirds of the nation and this will be the case for many more days. A clipper system will drop southeastward into our area by Saturday and it can produce some accumulating snow in the Mid-Atlantic region. This clipper system will usher in a fresh Arctic air mass for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday which will be an extremely cold period for much of the country. A bigger snow threat looms for the middle of next week as a storm may ride up the east coast.
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The weather pattern across the nation will become quite wild over the next couple of weeks with widespread bitter cold and multiple snow threats. After a mild and wet day on Saturday in the Mid-Atlantic region, a strong cold front will pass through the region and not only usher in a colder air mass, but begin a pattern change to more sustained cold. In fact, it looks like once this colder pattern sets up in the Mid-Atlantic region, it’ll stick around going well into the month of January. In addition to the upcoming cold, there are multiple snow threats going forward including a relatively minor one for the Mid-Atlantic region on Sunday night/early Monday and then a much bigger threat at the end of next week which could be followed by bitter cold air.
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The weather pattern across the nation will become quite wild over the next couple of weeks with widespread bitter cold and multiple snow threats. After a mild and wet day on Saturday in the Mid-Atlantic, a strong cold front will pass through the region and usher in a colder air mass for Christmas Eve (Sunday). In fact, it looks like once this colder pattern sets up in the Mid-Atlantic region, it’ll stick around going well into the month of January. In addition to the upcoming cold, there are likely to be multiple snow threats going forward including one for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US on Sunday night and early Monday (Christmas Day) and then another accumulating snow threat at the end of next week (~Friday, 12/29) which could be a big storm followed by some brutal cold.
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The weather pattern across the nation will become quite wild over the next couple of weeks with widespread bitter cold and multiple snow threats. After a mild and wet day on Saturday in the Mid-Atlantic, a strong cold front will pass through the region and usher in a colder air mass for Christmas Eve (Sunday). In fact, it looks like once this colder pattern sets up in the Mid-Atlantic region, it’ll stick around going well into the month of January. In addition to the upcoming cold, there are likely to be multiple snow threats going forward including one for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US on Sunday night and early Monday (Christmas Day) and then another possible accumulating snow threat at the end of next week.
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We’ll turn milder for Friday and Saturday after a chilly day on Thursday and it’ll turn wet as well as a cold front approaches the Mid-Atlantic region. That front should usher in colder air for Christmas Eve (Sunday) and Christmas Day (Monday) and there is a chance for more rain as low pressure forms near the east coast and a chance that the rain changes to snow before ending. It’ll stay colder for the remainder of next week and there may be an even better setup for snow around the end of the week.
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After a mild and wet day on Saturday, a strong cold front will pass through the region and usher in a colder air mass for Christmas Eve (Sunday) and Christmas Day (Monday). In fact, it looks like once this colder pattern sets up in the Mid-Atlantic region, it’ll stick around for the next couple of weeks. Low pressure is likely to form near the coast late this weekend as the colder air filters into the I-95 corridor and this could generate more rain which could change to snow before ending; especially, in the northern Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US. Looking ahead and still in the "speculation" phase, there may be a nice setup at the end of next week for snow in the region.
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It’ll turn colder today following the passage of a frontal system and it should stay seasonably cold on Thursday as well. We’ll turn milder for Friday and Saturday and it’ll turn wet as a cold front approaches the Mid-Atlantic region. That front should usher in colder air on Christmas Eve (Sunday) and there is a chance for more precipitation on Sunday and Monday, perhaps even a changeover from rain-to-snow as it turns colder. It’ll stay colder for the remainder of next week and there may be an even better setup for snow at week’s end.
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It’ll turn milder today ahead of a cold frontal system with afternoon temperatures climbing past the 50 degree mark. Following the frontal passage, it’ll turn moderately cold for Wednesday and Thursday only to turn milder again at the end of the week. Unfortunately, the late week warm up is likely to come with some rain in the Mid-Atlantic region for late Friday and Saturday. Looking ahead, brutal cold air will plunge into the Northern Plains this weekend and colder-than-normal air is likely spread to the Mid-Atlantic region right around Christmas Day (Monday).
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This is looking like a relatively quiet week across the country compared to last, but next week could turn out to be quite active with storm threats and brutal cold air is likely to plunge into the US from way up north. The bitter cold air mass will first arrive in the Northern Plains by this weekend and then it should spread across much of the rest of the nation during the early part of next week. “Teleconnection” signals support the notion that it turns very cold next week in much of the nation and the new year is likely to start in the deep freeze for many areas.
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