Temperature Roller Coaster in Midwest, East Next Week

By Brian Edwards, Meteorologist

January 26,2013; 7:15PM,EST

The arctic blast that gripped much of the central and eastern U.S. is on its way out and a significant warm-up is on the way to much of the eastern half of the country.

After a winter storm produced travel problems from the Midwest to the East on Friday, a large warm-up is expected to thaw out much of this region early next week.

This warm-up will be preceded by a potential ice storm from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic.

A warm front will lift through Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit and Pittsburgh Sunday into Sunday night, potentially producing a period of significant icing as temperatures struggle to rise at the surface.
On the other side of that ice storm and the warm front is the beginning of a several day warm-up with temperatures rising into the 40s in Chicago and 50s in Indianapolis by Monday afternoon.
Though some rain and fog may linger through the day on Monday, the real mild weather is expected on Tuesday as highs approach 55 in the Windy City and near-record levels in Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

Farther to the East, the aforementioned warm front will move though the Carolinas Monday morning with perhaps a brief period of freezing drizzle across cities like Raleigh, Lynchburg and Greensboro.
The warm-up will take until Tuesday to get into the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic, when temperatures rise into the 60s all the way northward to the Mason/Dixon line.
The 70s will be common as far north as Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday, where the high temperature yesterday was just 30!
Even residents of central and northern New England who haven't experienced a 32-degree temperature in over a week will turn much milder Tuesday into Wednesday.
High temperatures in NYC, Boston, and Albany will rise into the 50s by Tuesday and Wednesday.
However, similarly to areas farther south, this warm-up will come after another period of frozen precipitation. Some icing will be possible on Monday across central and northern New England as the warm front lifts through, and that could lead to significant travel problems during the morning commute.
Below is a chart of high temperatures expected over the next few days from the Midwest to the Carolinas:

City	Sun.	Mon.	Tues.	Wed.	Thurs.
Chicago

33
43
54
36
19


Detroit
29
42
56
56
29


Pittsburgh
30
42
54
55
32


Raleigh
44
51
69
72
53


Washington D.C.
35
42
58
64
52


New York City
30
35
48
54
44




The warm weather will end across the Midwest Tuesday night as a potent cold front moves through with one more warm day expected in the East on Wednesday before the cooler air overtakes the region by Thursday.

AccuWeather.com Meteorologists are also concerned about a potential severe weather outbreak beginning late Tuesday in the lower Mississippi Valley and continuing through Wednesday in the Southeast.