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High-Impact and Far-Reaching Winter Storm Continues; Cold Expands and Persists

A major winter storm will shift its impacts into the Northeast U.S. with heavy snow through tonight while over the Mid-Atlantic, sleet and freezing rain will diminish. Extremely cold air behind the storm will prolong dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts. Sub-zero low temperatures are expected nearly every morning from the Northern Plains through the Ohio Valley and into the Northeast. Read More >

Below normal temperatures will continue into the weekend with highs in the teens and 20s and lows in the single digits above and below zero. Wind chills will drop below zero each night into the early morning hours.
Anyone else really feeling these January winds? At times they have been impactful too, steering the wind chills colder, sharply reduced visibility in snow (“snow globe effect”), causing drifting snow, or bringing patchy power outages. The weather pattern will continue to favor a regularly blustery pattern over the next week if not longer.