A Cold Stretch of Weather

Friday January 29, 2010 06:05 AM

A mass of arctic air has dislodged from the polar regions and dropped southward toward the Continental United States.

While the brunt of the coldest weather will remain just over the border in Canada, very cold (call it frigid?) air still managed to seep into the Northern Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast. Temperatures overnight fell through the 20s and down into the 10s across Southern New England and will struggle to rise much, if at all, through the day on Friday. These readings, coupled with west to northwest winds of 25 mph with gusts to 40 to 45 mph, will create wind chill readings at or below zero levels across much of the region.

Temperatures tonight will be as cold as they have been at anypoint this winter, with lows in the single numbers to lower teens across the Cape, with wind chills again dropping to below zero levels.

The worst of the cold gradually relaxes over the weekend, but readings will remain well below normal right into the start of next week. There's a chance for some ocean effect snow showers across the area Saturday night into the first part of Sunday.