The coming week will bring the coldest air of the season so far. Gusts of northwesterly wind and freezing air will combine and cause dangerously cold wind chill temperatures on Tuesday. Sunday evening, a cold front will pass and trigger some snow showers in the mountains. Winds overnight will move west-northwest, clearing the way for a first round of cold air for Monday. Monday’s highs will go single-digit numbers and teens in the mountains, highs elsewhere in southern Maine will hit low in the mid-20s. A round of reinforcing cold air will arrive Monday night. Tuesday will be our coldest day this week and this season so far the high temperatures on Tuesday will hit single digits in the south and stay below freezing in the mountains and foothills all day. Along with the cold air, the gusty winds will cause dangerous wind chill temperatures. The National Weather Service issued a Monday evening to Tuesday afternoon wind chill watch for northern Oxford, Franklin, Somerset counties here in Maine and northern New Hampshire. Wind chill values in the surveillance zone will reach -35 F Tuesday morning and remain below zero for all of southern and central Maine during the day. The winds will start to ease Tuesday evening. This is good news for the wind chill, however, the light wind and clear skies on Tuesday night will allow air temperatures to approach -20 F in the mountains and -4 F in southern Maine. . Wednesday will start frigid, below zero for most cities. Temperatures during the day will rebound into the teens and twenties above freezing. A brief warm-up (at least by January standards) on Thursday with temperatures rising above freezing. The “heat” is short lived with a cold front passing Thursday evening with some snow showers. We’re back to daytime temperatures in the teens and twenties to end the week. The cold will dominate the weather headlines this week, with no major storm in sight. Only a few fleeting flurries with each turn of cold air.
The coming week will bring the coldest air of the season so far. Gusting northwest winds and freezing air will combine and cause dangerously cold wind chill temperatures on Tuesday.
Sunday evening, a cold front will pass and trigger some snow showers in the mountains. Winds overnight will move west-northwest, clearing the way for a first round of cold air for Monday. Monday’s highs will go single-digit numbers and teens in the mountains, highs elsewhere in southern Maine will hit lows in the mid-1920s.
A round of cold reinforcement air will arrive on Monday evening. Tuesday will be our coldest day this week and this season so far the high temperatures on Tuesday will hit single digits in the south and stay below freezing in the mountains and foothills all day. Along with the cold air, the gusty winds will cause dangerous wind chill temperatures.
The National Weather Service issued a Monday evening to Tuesday afternoon wind chill watch for northern Oxford, Franklin, Somerset counties here in Maine and northern New Hampshire. Wind chill values in the surveillance zone will reach -35 F Tuesday morning and remain below zero for all of southern and central Maine during the day.
The winds will start to ease Tuesday evening. This is good news for the wind chill, however, the light wind and clear skies on Tuesday night will allow air temperatures to approach -20 F in the mountains and -4 F in southern Maine. .
Wednesday will start frigid, below zero for most cities. Temperatures during the day will rebound into the teens and twenties above freezing. A brief warm-up (at least by January standards) on Thursday with temperatures rising above freezing.
The “heat” is short lived with a cold front passing Thursday evening with some snow showers. We’re back to daytime temperatures in the teens and twenties to end the week.
The cold will dominate the weather headlines this week, with no major storm in sight. Only a few fleeting flurries with each turn of cold air.
