COLD!!!!

The current weather pattern is more of what you see is what you get. The main difference on the weather map today is the snow storm hitting the East Coast from Washington D.C. to Boston. This system will spread 6-12+ inches of snow in this corridor by tomorrow evening. A system responsible for this storm moved to the west and south of this area spreading 2-4 inches of snow along its track. In it's wake is more cold area pouring south out of central Canada. High temperatures each day through Friday will not rise above twenty (20) degrees with overnight lows a few degrees on either side of zero (0). Wednesday night another system will affect the area spreading light snows that will last into Thursday. Snowfall mounts should generally be in the 1-3 inch range. Once it passes, you guessed right, a return to Arctic cold air.

The current weather map shows the East Coast system spreading heavy snow along from Washington D.C. to Boston. A cold air mass is located over the area with the system to affect the region on Wednesday currently located over Minnesota.

Thursday a storm system will be moving through the Eastern Great Lakes bringing light snow and cold air.

On Friday, the area will be pretty quiet and with a flow out of the southwest, high temperatures will attempt to rise to near twenty (20) degrees. Looking ahead more cold air is in store for the last week in January. Eventually an Arctic high pressure will work through the area and may provide overnight temperatures solidly below zero (0). No major warm-up is in sight but there are subtle signs the weather pattern along western North America may change. This may allow storm systems to affect the Pacific Northwest USA and lead to a moderation of temperatures over our area as we head into February. Its a long way off so stay tuned!