Synopsis:
Ahead of the polar front today it will be partly sunny with seasonal readings. The breeze will pick up by afternoon. The Arctic Express will arrive tonight accompanied by the coldest air of the season so far map above has the bone chilling facts with highs today only in the single digits over the Northern Plains). This cold will be dangerous. Wind chills will be below zero Thursday Night and Friday Morning. Scattered snow showers and snow squalls are possible just about anytime from late tonight into Thursday night. Any one of these squalls can drop a coating of snow in a very short period of time.
Our next precipitation maker will be Friday Night into the weekend. Frigid high pressure will be moving off the coast at the same time plenty of moisture will be working in from the South and West. The cold air will be hard to dislodge. Snow should break out Friday night and continue into Saturday morning. Amazingly, the warm air will win the battle and the snow will change to rain along the coast and eventually inland. There could be a prolonged period of ice North and West of the City Saturday.
A wild temperature swing will occur this weekend. It’ll be the the tale of two seasons with Winter-like conditions Saturday morning-cold and some snow to Spring-like conditions Sunday morning- temperatures rise well into the 50s!
Today:
Partly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 40s in the City, the upper 30s inland. Northwest wind at 10-20mph.
Tonight:
Mostly cloudy with isolated snow squalls late. A dusting is possible in spots. Lows in the lower 20s in the city, the upper teens inland. West wind at 10-20mph with gusts to 30mph toward daybreak.
Thursday:
The Arctic Express arrives. Partly sunny, windy and very cold. Highs in the mid 20s in the City, the upper teens inland. Wind chills will be in the single digits and teens. Isolated snow squalls are possible.
Friday:
Bitterly cold under mostly sunny skies. Highs in the lower to mid 20s. Wind Chills below zero in the morning.
Saturday:
Snow early, changing to rain along the coast. An accumulation is possible before the changeover. A prolonged period of freezing rain is possible inland before the changeover. Temperatures will rise into the 40s by late day in the City to near 40º inland.
Sunday:
Mostly cloudy, windy and warm with periods of rain. Highs well into the 50s during the morning. Temperatures will fall into the 30s and 40s during the afternoon.
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