Arctic chill dominates the scene today across much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation and will continue to do so during the next few days. Indeed, there were numerous daily low temperature records set this morning with a focus on the north-central states (e.g., Glasgow, MT; Bismarck, ND; Duluth, MN) where wind chills of 50 degrees below zero have been commonplace. In addition to the cold, the wintry pattern will result in a snowstorm during the next couple of days that will first hit the Middle Mississippi Valley region (e.g., northern Arkansas/southern Missouri) and then extend to the southern Mid-Atlantic region (e.g., southeastern VA, Delmarva Peninsula). There can even be some snow in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor from later tomorrow into Thursday as low pressure intensifies off the coast and a northern stream upper-level low passes overhead creating an unstable environment...small accumulations are possible. Looking ahead, though temperatures will relax later this weekend into early next week, there are signs that additional Arctic cold air outbreaks will impact the central and eastern states as we close out the month of February and begin March.
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Arctic high pressure dominates the scene over the eastern 2/3rds of the nation and will continue to do so for another few days. After a brief warm-up today, high temperatures will be reduced to the 30’s on Wednesday and no better than 30 degrees on Thursday. Overnight temperatures can drop to bitter cold levels of the low-to-middle teens by early Thursday morning across the northern part of Alabama.
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Bitter cold conditions will stick around the region for another few days, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Temperatures will do no better today than the lower 20’s for afternoon highs and should plunge later tonight into the low-to-middle single digits for overnight lows. It stays quite cold into the late week, but then the chill will fade way, and temperatures may climb to 60 degrees for highs later in the upcoming weekend.
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Arctic high pressure will remain in control of our weather today resulting in well below-normal temperatures and stiff winds will produce even lower wind chill values. On Wednesday, low pressure will begin to organize near the northern Gulf coast and then it will head east-northeast reaching the waters off the Carolina coastline by early Thursday morning. From there, the low pressure system will likely continue on an east-northeast track taking its heaviest precipitation along with it to the south and east of the immediate I-95 corridor. While the heaviest and steadiest snow appears headed to the zone from southeastern Virginia to the Delmarva Peninsula, there can still be some snow or snow shower activity in the local area from late Wednesday into Thursday as a northern stream upper-level low passes overhead…small accumulations of a coating to a couple of inches are possible.
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Arctic high pressure will remain in control of our weather today resulting in well below-normal temperatures and stiff winds will produce even lower wind chill values. On Wednesday, low pressure will begin to organize near the northern Gulf coast and then it will head east-northeast reaching the waters off the Carolina coastline by early Thursday morning. From there, the low pressure system will likely continue on an east-northeast track taking its heaviest precipitation along with it to the south and east of the immediate I-95 corridor. While the heaviest and steadiest snow appears headed to the zone from southeastern Virginia to the Delmarva Peninsula, there can still be some snow or snow shower activity in the local area on Thursday as a northern stream upper-level low passes overhead…small accumulations of a coating to an inch or so are possible.
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Arctic high pressure will remain in control of our weather today resulting in well below-normal temperatures and stiff winds will produce even lower wind chill values. On Wednesday, low pressure will begin to organize near the northern Gulf coast and then it will head east-northeast reaching the waters off the Carolina coastline by early Thursday morning. From there, the low pressure system will likely continue on an east-northeast track taking its heaviest precipitation along with it to the south and east of the metro region. While the heaviest and steadiest snow appears headed to the zone from southeastern Virginia to the Delmarva Peninsula, there can still be some snow or snow shower activity in the local area from late Wednesday night into Thursday as a northern stream upper-level low passes overhead…small accumulations of a coating to an inch are possible.
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In the wake of a strong cold frontal passage on Sunday, winds strengthened dramatically and will remain powerful today gusting past 50 mph at times (no doubt it is trash day). Cold air has poured into the Mid-Atlantic region and temperatures will remain well below-normal during the next few days. In fact, much of the nation will feature very cold conditions for the week with Arctic high pressure in control.
By early Wednesday, low pressure will organize near the northern Gulf coast and then head east-northeast reaching the waters off the Carolina coastline by early Thursday. From there, the low pressure system will intensify rapidly as it likely continues on an east-northeast track and its heaviest precipitation should stay to the south and east of the immediate DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. While there still can be some snow around here from later Wednesday into Thursday, the chance has greatly diminished with this likely east-northeast track of the low pressure system rather than the other possibility of it riding up along the eastern seaboard.
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In the wake of a strong cold frontal passage on Sunday, winds strengthened dramatically and will remain powerful today gusting past 50 mph at times (no doubt it is trash day). Cold air has poured into the Mid-Atlantic region and temperatures will remain well below-normal during the next few days. In fact, much of the nation will feature very cold conditions for the week with Arctic high pressure in control.
By early Wednesday, low pressure will organize near the northern Gulf coast and then head east-northeast reaching the waters off the Carolina coastline by early Thursday. From there, the low pressure system will intensify rapidly as it likely continues on an east-northeast track and its heaviest precipitation should stay to the south and east of the immediate DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. While there still can be some snow around here from later Wednesday into Thursday, the chance has greatly diminished with this likely east-northeast track of the low pressure system rather than the other possibility of it riding up along the eastern seaboard.
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In the wake of a strong cold frontal passage on Sunday, winds strengthened dramatically and will remain powerful today gusting past 50 mph at times (no doubt it is trash day). Cold air has poured into the Mid-Atlantic region and temperatures will remain well below-normal during the next few days. In fact, much of the nation will feature very cold conditions for the week with Arctic high pressure in control.
By early Wednesday, low pressure will organize near the northern Gulf coast and then head east-northeast reaching the waters off the Carolina coastline by early Thursday. From there, the low pressure system will intensify rapidly as it likely continues on an east-northeast track and its heaviest precipitation should stay to the south and east of the immediate DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. While there still can be some snow around here from later Wednesday into Thursday, the chance has greatly diminished with this likely east-northeast track of the low pressure system rather than the other possibility of it riding up along the eastern seaboard.
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There is a snow threat for later this week in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor; however, of more immediate concern, is the threat for some serious weather during the next 36 hours or so. A strong cold front will barrel through the region later today and there will be cold air that pours into the Mid-Atlantic region on powerful northwest winds on its heels. Ahead of the front, the rain can be torrential and there can be scattered strong thunderstorm activity as well. On the back side of the front, indications are that powerful NW winds can gust into the 50-60 mph range from later today through much of the day on Monday raising the possibility of numerous power outages at the same time temperatures take a plunge…not a good combination. Later in the week, low pressure will form over the northern Gulf coast and then head east-northeast towards the Carolina coastline. If it continues on an east-northeast track then the chance of significant snowfall in the immediate I-95 corridor would be diminished. However, it it were to take a turn up along the east coast then snowfall in DC, Philly, and NYC could be more substantial from later Wednesday into Thursday.
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