Major cold blast on the way tonight thru Monday...

A strong, arctic cold front will move through the area late this evening or early tonight. Northwest to North wind will increase to 25 mph sustained, with frequent gusts to 35 mph from after 10-11pm today through about 12 Noon on Sunday, then decrease somewhat into the 15-25 mph with gusts to 30 mph range during the afternoon on Sunday.

Actual air temperatures will fall from the lower 50s at Midnight tonight into the 30s during the pre-dawn hours on Sunday and will then remain in the 30s for most of the daytime hours. Temperatures will continue to fall into the middle to upper 20s by dawn on Monday, and then readings will only rebound into the 30s across most of the local area during the daytime hours on Monday once again.

Wind chill values will fall into the teens early on Sunday and continue mainly in the teens or lower 20s through mid-morning on Monday, then rising into the upper 20s by Monday afternoon.

Temperatures will moderate across the area on Tuesday, with morning low temperatures near 30 and afternoon high temperatures near 50 degrees for most of the area.

We do not expect any wintry precipitation in association with this cold front across the local area. 

First Arctic Blast of the Season Later This Week...

A strong, arctic cold front will blast into the local area late on Wednesday evening into the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, bringing much colder conditions to the region for the end of the week into at least early this weekend.

On Thursday, North winds will increase to 15-20 mph with frequent gusts to 30 mph beginning in the pre-dawn hours and continuing into much of the daytime hours. Temperatures will fall from the upper 40s or low 50s during the pre-dawn hours of Thursday morning, through the 40s and into the 30s during the day on Thursday, reaching freezing by late Thursday evening. Wind Chill values will be in the 20s to lower 30s throughout the day on Thursday.

On Friday, morning lows will be in the middle to upper 20s. The temperature will have fallen to around freezing by 10-11pm on Thursday night, and stay at or below freezing through about 9-10 a.m. on Friday, resulting in a very hard, long duration freeze across the area during the Thursday night/pre-dawn Friday into early Friday morning period. Wind chill values will mainly be in the teens at the morning rush on Friday, and then the 20s to lower 30s throughout much of the remainder of the day. The high temperature on Friday will struggle to reach the middle 40s, even with nearly full sunshine.

Another freeze is likely on Saturday morning, but not as hard as on Thursday night/Friday morning, with minimum readings of 30-32 degrees early on Saturday. Temperatures will moderate during the day on Saturday, with high temperatures climbing back into the 50s.

No wintry precipitation is forecast with this event. In fact, no significant precipitation of any type is expected in association with the frontal passage.