Frigid week leading up to Christmas, may get colder.

The long range is honing in on a scenario that brings a frigid week up to Christmas. Exact temperatures are highly dependent on the exact details of each day, but either way the signal should yield something well below normal. Some of the coldest begins to arrive the middle of next week. But after a reinforcing shot of snow the middle of next week, the setup favors an arctic push of air to ensure we stay in the deep freeze leading up to Christmas.

At this point we’ll push temps in the sub-zero territory by night and just above temps by day early next week. Wind chills as of now look to dive into the teens below. Still colder temperatures may follow by the end of the week.

The exact timing of this cold blast has been fluttering around but has been constantly signaling