Winter Cold is Back Through Tuesday Windy Cold Temps 15 Degrees Below Average

Winter Cold is Back Through Tuesday Windy Cold

Temps 15 Degrees Below Average

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Winter Cold is Back Through Tuesday Windy Cold

Temps 15 Degrees Below Average

Today sees the arrival of a very cold air mass from Canada and the Great Lakes. It seems to be a last gasp of winter cold and winter weather in the Northeast. An arctic cold front will be approaching and moving through today. Look for a mix of sun and clouds and as the arctic front passes, we will see some scattered rain showers as well as some scattered snow showers.

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The lake effect snow machine is on today and will continue to produce snow showers and accumulating snow around the Great Lakes through Monday. Here we see the arctic front going by this afternoon and then it will clear out tonight. It will be windy and it will be very cold with lows Monday morning in the teens to lower 20s.

Monday dayside will be very cold with gusty winds and sunshine. However we are looking at high temperatures just back into the 30s. Areas from Northeast Pennylvania to the Hudson Valley will see temperatures not getting out of the 20s! The average high temperature this time of year is in the lower 50s so we are talking about a solid 15 to 20 degrees below average.

Monday night into Tuesday morning we will have another very cold night with lows in the upper teens to mid 20s. Tuesday should bring about a bounce higher in temperatures. They have to bounce back higher considering where the average highs are this time of year. Highs will reach the low and middle 40s with sunshine mixing with some arriving high clouds.

Warmer air will be trying to move northward Tuesday night into Wednesday so we look for clouds and the chance for a shower or two but we should see some sunshine Wednesday. Highs will reach into the 60s in many areas away from the ocean. Then we will see the next cold front arrive on Thursday with showers and thunderstorms.

The Storm Prediction Center has indicated a potential slight risk of severe weather reaching Central New Jersey and points south to Virginia and North Carolina in their long range. This is a good indicator that we need to pay attention to as SPC doesn’t often show risk areas in their long range outlooks. When they do they are showing confidence in what models are depicting. Strong dynamics ahead of a cold front, warm humid air moving up the East Coast, and a strong upper trough moving into the Northeast will all be catalysts for severe weather so we will monitor this closely over the next few days. Colder air follows Friday and into next weekend though it doesn’t appear to be as extreme as what we are seeing right now.

 

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