7:00 AM | Cold eases on Saturday after another well-below normal day to close out the work week; wintry mix or snow possible by Monday; more brutal cold arrives late next week

6-Day Forecast

Today

Mostly sunny, blustery, very cold, highs in the mid 20’s with even lower wind chills

Tonight

Becoming mostly cloudy, cold, lows near 20 degrees

Saturday

Mostly cloudy, milder, near 40 degrees

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, not as cold as recent nights, upper 20's

Sunday

Mostly cloudy, still on the mild side, chance for some rain shower activity, low 40's

Monday

Mostly cloudy, colder, chance for a wintry mix perhaps changing to snow, low-to-mid 30’s

Tuesday

Partly sunny, cold, mid 30’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, cold, low 30’s

Discussion

Single digit temperatures were quite prevalent early this morning in N and W suburban locations up and down the I-95 corridor (e.g., Dulles Airport, VA at 9 degrees, Pottstown, PA at 6 degrees). In fact, temperatures reached zero or below this morning in many locations across upstate Pennsylvania (e.g., State College at 0 degrees, -12 degrees at Bradford, PA). This entrenched Arctic cold will keep temperatures well below normal today to close out the work week, but there will be a noticeable modification in temperatures on Saturday. It'll remain relatively mild on Sunday as well, but then colder air will trickle in during the Sunday night and Monday time period. As a result, rain showers on Sunday in the I-95 corridor could evolve into a wintry mix by late Sunday night or Monday and there can even be a changeover to all snow as the new work week begins. Looking ahead, it looks like an incredibly cold air mass will arrive in the Northeast US late next week and the 7-days centered around the middle of the month could turn out to be one of the coldest weeks around here in a long, long time.

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