Record Cold Temperatures Sweep Into Northeast; Another Arctic Blast on the Way (FORECAST)

April 5,2016
Record cold temperatures for early April have swept into some Northeast and Great Lakes cities to begin this week. Subzero readings were even observed near the Canadian border in northern Michigan, northern New York and northern Maine Tuesday morning.
More record cold is possible on Wednesday morning in the Northeast. Then the cold will become more expansive late this week due to yet another southward dip in the jet stream which will allow more arctic air to push south from Canada.
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Current Temperatures

Below are more details on the record cold to start this week and then a look at the next round of arctic air arriving late in the week.

Record Cold Early This Week

On Tuesday morning a number of locations in New York set new daily record lows for April 5. This includes Albany, New York (14 degrees), Concord, New Hampshire (4 degrees), Glens Falls, New York (7 degrees), Rochester, New York (14 degrees), Syracuse, New York (9 degrees), and Watertown, New York (12 degrees - tie). Syracuse crushed its previous daily record low for April 5 of 15 degrees set in 1982 and also tied its second coldest April day on record. In Concord, the low of 4 degrees is a record low for the entire month of April.
In addition to those record lows, several locations on Monday saw record cold high temperatures. Among those cities are Concord, New Hampshire (26 degrees), Hartford, Connecticut (27 degrees), Portland, Maine (25 degrees), Providence, Rhode Island (31 degrees), and Worcester, Massachusetts (22 degrees).
More record lows are possible Wednesday morning in the Northeast, including:

• Potential record lows Wednesday: Boston (current record: 20 degrees); Concord, New Hampshire (current record: 14 degrees); Providence, Rhode Island (current record: 20 degrees); Worcester, Massachusetts (15 degrees)

Forecast AM Lows Wednesday

Much of Northeast will once again see wind chills in the single digits and teens Wednesday morning. In addition, freeze warnings and watches extend from parts of the mid-Atlantic to North Carolina.
(MAPS: 10-day forecast)

Late Week Arctic Cold

Another significant blast of cold air will impact much of the Midwest and East late this week, as another southward dip in the jet stream is expected sweep across those regions.

Weather Pattern Late This Week

Below-average temperatures will return to the Midwest on Thursday, with even colder conditions expected across the Midwest on Friday. The chilly conditions will also expand into much of the Northeast and southward into portions of the South on Friday.
Highs will be up to 25 degrees colder than average on Friday for many locations east of the Mississippi River. Highs will once again only reach the 30s and 40s for the Midwest, with 50s as far south as Atlanta.
(FORECAST: Chicago | Detroit | Washington, DC | New York)

Forecast Highs

Chilly temperatures will stretch from the Northeast into the eastern Great Lakes and parts of the Southeast on Saturday. The Northeast will only see highs climb into the 30s and 40s, with 50s in the Mid-Atlantic.
Low temperatures will also be colder than average and a few daily record lows cannot be ruled out Saturday and Sunday in the Midwest and Northeast.
Temperatures may drop into the 30s in many areas in the Tennessee Valley and Southeast. A frost or a freeze is even possible this weekend in parts of the mid-South.

Forecast AM Lows

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