The Polar Vortex comes closer this week

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I’ve talked about the Polar Vortex before, and this week the U.S. will see it in action, especially in the East.

We have a weak front coming through today but will see colder temperatures move our way Wednesday night as a dry cold front transits the area. By Thursday, the set up between high pressure and low pressure barrels that cold Canadian air into the U.S.:

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Synoptic Map Thursday

I’ve highlighted in yellow above where the coldest air will dip and you can see that by Saturday morning it’s bundle up time!

Lows Saturday morning

Single-digit temperatures to Boston with freezing numbers to South Carolina.

Lows Saturday morning

What about our cold?

We miss this one, which is a blessing, or not, depending on how you like cold weather. You can see above that while we get some of the coldest temps we’ve had in a while, we’re nowhere near freezing.

Here’s our 10-day forecast as of Monday morning:

A dry Wednesday front cools us down a bit

You can see, our weather all looks pretty manageable. Next Tuesday’s Groundhog Day forecast promises he’ll see his shadow, so six more weeks of winter! Maybe we’ll get a really cold shot in February!

Frank

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