Much of the U.S. bracing for a big blast of winter — and serious cold
A blast of Arctic air will send temperatures dropping across the eastern United States this week — and the frigid conditions could linger longer and expose millions to a prolonged and dangerous bout of winter weather.
A blast of Arctic air will send temperatures dropping across the eastern United States this week — and the frigid conditions could linger longer and expose millions to a prolonged and dangerous bout of winter weather.
“We’re going to be stuck in a cooler pattern,” said Zachary Yack, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Chicago. “It will definitely go into the middle and early part of next week.”
The Arctic outbreak has already sent temperatures tumbling in the northern Plains states. Forecasters predicted Minneapolis’ high temperature would be 20 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday and drop to 12 degrees Saturday.
In Chicago, high temperatures were expected to hover in the low 20s for the next week. Forecasters in both cities expect overnight temperatures to drop into the single digits.
Yack said a low pressure system was moving south and pulling Arctic air from northern Canada behind it.
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