The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast more arctic temperatures for the Central, Eastern, and Southern U.S. approaching this weekend.
“After a brief warm up to end the week, a strong cold front will usher in a dangerously cold Arctic air mass east of the Rockies,” the NWS said Monday in a statement on X. “Much below normal temperatures are forecast to first arrive in the Northern Plains this weekend then dive southward and eastward over the following days.”
There is a more than 80 percent chance of the cold front bringing “below normal temperatures” between Jan. 19 and 23.
“Hazardous cold temperatures and wind chills are anticipated east of the Rockies,” the NWS said. “Sub-zero temperatures are possible in the Northern Plains, Great Lakes, Midwest, and interior New England.”…