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After brief mild surge in the 50s over much of the region yesterday, another artic airmass has moved back over the region today. Despite only some high cirrus filtering sunshine, temperatures for the rest of this afternoon will likely only reach the lower 30s. This is airmass is not cold as last week. But it’s another reminder that we are still only in December.
Another very cold night is store for tonight. High pressure building over the region, will result in mostly clear skies and calmer winds later tonight. This will allow for more radiational cooling, especially for the suburbs. The only cavet for ideal radiation cooling conditions will be with more high clouds early tonight with a weak shortwave trough passing through. But these clouds should move out overnight. Temperatures will likely drop well down into the teens and lower 20s over the much of the region. Some of the interior valleys and the Pine Barrens may drop into the signal digits, if skies clear out enough.