Big, big chill

[edschweppe]

Getting a huge blast of arctic air today and tomorrow morning:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
259 AM EST Fri Feb 3 2023

MAZ005>007-012>016-032200-
/O.CON.KBOX.WC.W.0001.230203T1500Z-230204T1800Z/
Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-
Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-
Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-
Including the cities of Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester,
Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston,
and Quincy
259 AM EST Fri Feb 3 2023

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills and strong winds expected.
  Wind chills dropping to between 25 and 35 below zero. Northwest
  wind gusts between 35 and 50 mph, with the strongest wind
  gusts in hilly terrain and along the immediate coastline.

* WHERE...The Greater Boston metropolitan area, Metrowest Boston,
  the Worcester metropolitan area and the North Shore.

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 1 PM EST Saturday. The lowest
  wind chills will occur tonight into mid-morning Saturday.

* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause
  frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Northwest wind gusts of 35 to 50 mph today
  and tonight may lead to isolated power outages.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid outside activities if possible. When outside, make sure you
wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.

&&

$$

My current local NWS forecast calls for a low of -10F tonight ... and a high of 46F on Sunday. That's a fifty-six degree swing. Eric Fisher (WBZ chief meteorologist) tweeted last night that the biggest 30-hour temperature swing in Boston history was fifty-one degrees. I guess this is to balance out the ridiculously warm weather we were having around Christmas?

Comments

[edschweppe]

Last time it got this cold around here? Valentine's Day, 2016.