The next in a series of Arctic air outbreaks will plunge into the north-central states on Thursday and it’ll swallow up much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation by the upcoming weekend. This next Arctic outbreak will be the real deal featuring some extremely cold air, and it’ll set the stage for widespread impacts this weekend by a major storm system. A crippling ice event is on the table for many in the Texas-to-Virginia corridor, and a significant snowfall in other areas including the Mid-Atlantic region. Following the storm, brutal cold is likely across much of the nation including in the Mid-Atlantic region where morning lows may be pretty amazing indeed during the first half of next week.
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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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Dry and mild weather is expected today across the metro region with plenty of sunshine and afternoon high temperatures in the lower 60’s. It turns colder on Friday on the heels of a frontal passage with temperatures likely holding in the upper 40’s for afternoon highs.
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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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Dry and mild weather is expected today across the metro region with plenty of sunshine and afternoon high temperatures not far from the 60-degree mark. It stays on the mild side through Thursday, but then the passage of a cold front will usher in a colder air mass for the end of the week.
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After another mild day at mid-week, a colder and stormier pattern begins on Thursday with an increasing chance of widespread snow across the region. That snow could mix with rain at times during the day in the metro region but then can accumulate up to a couple of inches tonight before it winds down early Friday.
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After another mild day here at mid-week, a colder and stormier pattern begins later Thursday with an increasing chance of widespread snow across the region. That snow could develop in the afternoon hours on Thursday and last all the way into Friday morning with accumulations expected not only for the mountains, but also the lower elevations. Temperatures will climb to the 50’s today, only reach the low-to-mid 40’s on Thursday, and then likely be confined to the 30’s on Friday.
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The main weather story around here today will be the stiff winds from a west-to-southwest direction bringing us mild conditions and an elevated threat of wildfire activity. The overall pattern turns colder and more unsettled later in the week with the chance of snow; especially, in nearby higher elevation locations.
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It has been persistently cold in the northeastern states from around Thanksgiving Day to the present time with the month of December being observed as the coldest since 2010 in many spots including Washington, D.C. and New York City. A warmer weather pattern is on the way, however, which will bring noticeably milder conditions to the region in the Wednesday through Saturday time period. The peak in temperatures will come on Friday and Saturday for the northeastern states, but both of those will feature some rainfall dampening the mood a bit. The next strong cold front looks like it’ll arrive in the eastern states late on Saturday, and its passage will reverse the warmer trend by the time we get to the second half of the upcoming weekend and the early part of next week.
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The new year will start off on the mild side, and the dry, mild weather pattern will last right through the upcoming weekend. Temperatures are likely to peak in the middle and upper 50’s during the next couple of days and near the 60-degree on both days this weekend.
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