Snow showers tomorrow, chilly and potentially active next week
After this morning’s brutally cold weather with single digit temperatures and Wind Chills between -10 and -20, we have warmed up relatively nicely and are approaching 20 degrees. Still, though, it is quite chilly, and with that comes another chance of snow tomorrow morning.
Behind our strong cold blast is another Arctic cold front and shortwave in southern Canada, which will move towards our area tonight. Out ahead of that system, our winds will turn to the SW this evening. This is good news because the SW flow will actually allow our temperatures to slowly rise later this evening and through the overnight. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 20s tomorrow morning — still cold — but not nearly as brutal as this morning.
However, the system will be strong enough to promote a strong SW flow throughout a decent chunk of the atmosphere with a nicely carved trough, leading to an increase in winds once again. Winds could increase to between 20 and 25mph tonight, with gusts over 30mph. This means that Wind Chills will still be in the teens.
As the Arctic cold front approaches as well as its associated potent shortwave, an organized area line of snow showers is possible for the area, generally between 5:00am and 10:00am.