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The coldest air of the season so far will settle across the United States this weekend, producing blankets of snow in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Sunday, and bringing the -freezing temperatures with dangerous winds for most of the country.
Facing what could be one of the coldest inaugurations in decades, President-elect Donald J. Trump on Friday said he will move Monday’s inauguration ceremony indoors.
“Cold air is coming straight from the Arctic and will move south across Canada and the United States over the weekend and early next week,” said Alex Lamers, a weather forecaster. weather at the National Weather Service.
Freezing temperatures are not uncommon in January, but these conditions can be unusually cold. A cold front will gradually settle in across the country, starting with the Midwest on Saturday, where temperatures will drop below 30 to 40 degrees from earlier this week, before moving in. on the south and east coasts on Sunday.
As cold air moves across the country, a storm system on the East Coast could combine to bring wintry weather on Sunday. There is an average forecast of three to six inches of snow from Washington DC to New York City and all the way to Boston.
The wind blows away body heat, making you feel even cooler when you’re outside. The Rockies, Northern Plains and Midwest could see temperatures drop to 30 to 50 below zero at times Saturday through Tuesday. Bitter cold increases the risk of hypothermia and frostbite on exposed skin, forecasters warn.
On Monday, nearly every state will experience cooler than average temperatures for this season.
Daytime highs on Monday will be 20 to 40 degrees below average from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians. It will be so cold, Mr. Lamers said, that “if you count the tops of the volcanoes in Hawaii, at least parts of every state should be below freezing by Monday morning.” More than 250 million people across the United States could feel the cold at some point next week, he said.
It could be the coldest wind of the season for many areas. In Chicago, the current National Weather Service forecast calls for a low of 20 below zero on Monday. (That’s cold, but normal for the city, where O’Hare International Airport has seen the lowest in 32 of the past 40 winters.)
On Thursday, it appears that the cold will increase on Monday and Monday night based on the total area affected and the severity of the cold in the central and northern United States. Whenever the Arctic air dips down the Gulf Coast, forecasters like Mr. Lamers keep a close eye on it, as it increases the chance of rare rainfall across the South. . It’s too early to tell for sure, but at least there’s a chance of snow or ice in the south next week.
Next Thursday, temperatures will still be cold but expected to drop to something close to normal. In general through the end of next week, some areas may still experience low temperatures, but it should not be as cold as Monday through Tuesday.
It was a very cold day on Monday
It was 48 degrees Fahrenheit at noon on January 20, 2017, when Mr. Trump was first sworn in as president. This time, he may take the stage for one of the coldest inaugurations in decades.
Temperatures will begin to drop in Washington, DC on Sunday, and wind gusts of up to 30 miles per hour are expected to cross the National Mall on Monday. With temperatures already below freezing, the wind will make the open space in front of the US Capitol even colder, said Jeremy Geiger, a forecaster at the National Weather Service in Washington. DC
The wind chill is expected to reach 5 degrees in the city on Monday morning, a temperature that hits the city at least once a winter, Mr Lamers said.
Although the weather will be cold, it will not be the coldest isolation on record. President Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration — on January 21, 1985 — was moved indoors, and the parade was canceled, due to extreme cold.
