After months on end of mild, boring weather we've certainly been making up for it lately. Hopefully this is the last time you'll hear from me for at least a few weeks -- starting with a bitter Monday morning we will slowly warm up, with near- or above-normal temps likely all the way through the end of the month.
A couple of inches of snow last night has moved on and today through sunset should be mostly dry. There could be some freezing drizzle and there have been reports of icy roads so exercise caution. And snow reemerges in the 4-7pm range. Another 2-4" is likely tonight (less south of I-80, more toward Wisconsin line)) along with howling winds that will cause blowing and drifting. Visibility could be briefly below 1/4 of a mile with poor road conditions. Officially we're under a winter weather advisory for snow and blowing snow as well as a wind chill advisory.
And temps are going to plummet. The high tomorrow (Sunday) will be at 12:01 AM and by daybreak we'll be near zero and still falling. Daytime temps are unlikely to break zero. Overnight into Sunday night and Monday morning we could hit -10 to -15F which could set a record (see below). And these are all actual air temps. The wind will be blowing 5-15 mph so it will feel colder, but wind chill is bogus and please don't confuse the too. If you'd like my full rant as to why wind chill is bogus please email me.
To show the fluky but powerful nature of these arctic outbreaks, here are the record low temps for each date. 1983 was a barbarically cold month so these comparisons are impressive.
Dec. 17: -1 (1951)
Dec. 18: -11 (1983)
Dec. 19: -14 (1983)
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