Bitter cold, limited snow chances linger into week's end

For once, no cold weather alerts to discuss. However, a clipper system passing to our north will help slide a cold front through this morning. 

This will make for a breezy but cold Tuesday with highs landing in the low teens. Winds will be out of the northwest, gusting up to 30 mph at times. This will likely leave wind chill values below zero not only this morning, but also for the afternoon. 

Overnight, skies will clear, allowing temperatures to drop to or briefly fall below zero. Wednesday into Thursday, forecast models show another strong area of high pressure system building across the Canadian Prairies and the Upper Great Plains. 

 

  

This will keep flow out of the north and northwest into the second half of the week, allowing this bitter cold to linger. Wind chill values for both Wednesday and Thursday morning may end up as low as -15. Similar to today, highs Wednesday will peak in the low teens, with temperatures getting closer to the 10° mark Thursday and Friday. 

  

This high-pressure system will also have a second job, keeping the more active storm track displaced to our south and east. For us, this means bitter cold and low snow chances will linger into the weekend. For those on the east coast, this may bring the potential for another coastal storm to brew. 

This would come a week after a potent winter storm brought much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England a foot to a foot and a half of snow.