Bitter Cold Follows New England Snow

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist

January 6,2013; 4:13PM,EST

Following the nuisance snow closing out this weekend, Monday is shaping up to be one of the coldest days so far this winter across northern New England.
Snow will continue to spread across northern New England, the eastern Great Lakes and central Appalachians through tonight.
Far from a blockbuster blizzard, the snow will leave a fresh coating to an inch or two in many communities--a welcome sight for snow enthusiasts, but causing some slowdowns for motorists.
The bitter cold that follows is what makes this snow event newsworthy.
Temperatures tonight will plunge to around 10 below zero in northern Maine, making for the coldest night so far this winter in Caribou.

Lows in the single digits will have those in Burlington, Vt., and Montreal and Ottawa, Canada, turning up the heat or putting an extra blanket on the bed.
Temperatures will barely recover on Monday throughout far northern New England and the St. Lawrence Valley with highs in the single digits and teens expected.
While subfreezing high temperatures are the norm across this region in early January, Monday's highs will be held 10 to 20 degrees below normal--easily making Monday one of, if not the coldest day yet this winter.

On Jan. 2, 2013, Twitter user @NicoleSGrigg, a reporter from Dayton, Ohio, uploaded this picture of a thermometer registering 50 degrees below zero. It should be pointed out that this is a malfunctioning thermometer as temperatures only dropped to 9 degrees at the Dayton International Airport that morning. This news story has other pictures taken that cold morning.

The rest of the Northeast will also turn colder on Monday, but temperatures will only return to where they should be this time of year with the core of the cold held to the north.
It is safe to say that Monday will be the coldest day of the week throughout the Northeast with the arrival of milder air on the horizon.
Aside from blustery winds making the air feel much colder around Wednesday night time-frame, the weather for the rest of this week will be dominated by above-normal temperatures.
Temperatures as soon as Tuesday will climb above freezing across most of northern New England and the St. Lawrence Valley with highs in the lower 40s expected as far north as Syracuse and Boston.

However, as AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski recently stated, this week's January thaw could give way to brutal cold waves for the second half of January.