We head back well below freezing overnight into Tuesday morning as gradually modifying Arctic air remains in place across the area and mostly clear skies allow for good radiational cooling. This is going to be another night where you’re going to want to have a faucet or two going to prevent burst pipes or other leaks from developing. Make sure pets are inside, sensitive plants are indoors or covered, and your loved ones and neighbors are warm.

Temperatures should be above freezing by 10am on their way to the low 50s in the afternoon. A shortwave trough will be swinging by in the morning through early afternoon, instigating some cloud cover but little else as very dry air remains in place across the area. We should see some clearing begin to take shape before sunset, after which temperatures will once again quickly fall back into the 30s.

Rest of the work week: Warming trend continues

The warming trend will continue for the rest of the week as some ridging builds in aloft. Wednesday should bring the last subfreezing start we see for at least the next couple weeks with lows bottoming out around 30° — a much more mild and shorter-duration freeze, overall — with highs recovering into the mid-50s under sunny skies. Thursday starts in the upper 30s with highs in the mid-60s with a few passing clouds, and we’ll start Friday just shy of 50° as highs approach the upper 60s with clouds on the increase ahead of a storm system that should bring some rain to the area (unfortunately) for New Year’s Eve festivities. (It will also bring a return to the 70s.) Overall, we continue to look for above-normal temperatures to stick around as we get into the first week or two of the new year, which will be welcome news for utilities and warm weather fans alike.

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