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The new arctic blast will also continue to affect the Midwest, AccuWeather said.
According to AccuWeather’s chief long-range meteorologist, Paul Pastelok, the deep freeze “will last two to three days in most places."
The cold in our region will not be as brutal, AccuWeather says.
However, temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees below average for a couple of days. Subfreezing highs and bitter winds will encompass the I-95 corridor in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic through Tuesday, AccuWeather said.
This is the coldest spell the East has had so far this winter, the service said.
"Washington, D.C., has not had a day during which temperatures stayed below freezing all day (so far this season)," said AccuWeather meteorologist Dave Samuhel. "However, the city will have two such days Monday and Tuesday."
The winds will make it feel significantly colder in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, as temperatures bottom out down to or below zero to the I-95 corridor Tuesday morning.
"Residents in the Southeast will also be shivering from this arctic blast," he said. In Raleigh, N. C., temperatures Monday struggled to reach the mid-30s. Gusty winds made it feel closer to 20.
When the arctic air settles over the East through Tuesday, most of the snow will be confined to places downwind of the Great Lakes and the northern Appalachians.
The harsh cold will ease across the Midwest and East beginning at midweek, AccuWeather said.
However, it will be cold enough for snow to spread from the central Plains to the Ohio Valley on Tuesday into Wednesday.
While this snow will likely fizzle east of the Appalachian Mountains, another storm could bring a heavy snows to the mid-Atlantic and perhaps to southeastern New England toward the end of the week, AccuWeather said.Click here to follow Daily Voice Armonk and receive free news updates.
