One strange week coming up

This is going to be a bizarre weather week. It begins this morning (Sunday) with sunny skies. Then overnight tonight a surge of warm air begins to move in. The warmer air will first arrive in the upper atmosphere. So, with the overnight temperatures at the surface being below freezing, frozen precipitation is likely. That means snow, freezing rain, and sleet. Oi! It could be an interesting rush hour Monday morning.

After that, very much spring-like temperatures will invade the region with daytime highs in the 50s on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The mild temperatures will be short-lived, however, as cold air plungers down from the Arctic on Thursday. Thursday will see daytime highs 20-30 degrees colder than Wednesday as the mercury only reaches into the mid 20s.

So, get ready for it. It's gonna be a fun ride!

(Graphics courtesy of AccuWeather)

The January Thaw Followed by Arctic Cold

Our January thaw will peak tomorrow (Saturday) with the mercury hitting around 60 degrees during the afternoon. On Sunday we will be about ten degrees cooler, then "Whoa!" Back to reality as we return to normal daytime highs in the lower 30s for the first part of next week.

(Courtesy of AccuWeather)

OK, that's not so bad. But, wait till later next week. As you can see by the map above, a blast of pure arctic air will arrive during the day on Wednesday. By Thursday and for the next few days we could see temperatures only peaking around 20 with nighttime lows well down into the single digits. Yeah. That's more like winter.  Brrrrrr!

At the moment, there don't appear to be any major snowstorms in our future, however with the arrival of the arctic air, we could perhaps crank up the Lake Erie snow machine again. We'll have to keep an eye on that. 

So, enjoy the warm air this weekend. When the cold air arrives next week, it will likely hang around through the first couple of weeks of February.  

 - Bob