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Seacoast New Hampshire and southern Maine are bracing for the largest snowfall of 2025 to date, expected Sunday night ahead of an Arctic blast.
While more sunshine is expected today, it will be paired with bitter cold temperatures. Most locations will struggle to reach the mid single digits with wind chills staying well below zero. Improvements are made by the end of the week as the Arctic air recedes.
A polar vortex is slated to sweep most of the continental US bringing winter storm warnings and a hazardous freeze to millions.
Presidential inaugurations have been moved indoors several times due to bitter cold. It happened most recently in 1985 as Reagan began his second term.
Residents across the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures as residents along the East Coast contend with a thick blanket of snow — and more snowfall in the forecast.
The NWS has warned of possible snow squalls as Arctic air spreads south and east from the Rockies Friday through next week.
Classes are canceled Wednesday for Maine South High School in Park Ridge, after a sprinkler line water pipe burst before the school day started. Students are being allowed to stay in common areas of the school for the day.
Southern California was forecast to face more dangerous winds on Wednesday, but could get some badly needed rain this weekend, which could create new challenges like toxic ash runoff.
The blizzard warning in effect until midday Tuesday was the first issued by the office in Lake Charles, Louisiana, according to meteorologist Donald Jones.
Boston and the rest of New England have been dealing with well below-average temperatures, in some cases falling 20 degrees, as an expansive mass of Arctic air spreads across the eastern half of the United States. This cold surge is making our region this week feel colder than Anchorage, Alaska, which is topping out at 36 degrees.