More Cold Air On the Way

[TWCToday]

Wow!! 

[toxictwister00]

It's early, but I guess if it's gonna be this cold it might as well be record territory. I might see single digits for lows next week, that will challenge or break records. A first time of single digit lows since 2003. Fun times ahead...

[phw115wvwx]

There have already been records set in my area just from the last few days due to the cold air.  If this one ends up worse, I may see high wind warnings and more record lows, and I'm not looking forward to it as I still have to do morning balloon launches into that sub-freezing wind.

[gt1racerlHDl]

7 Days out it's already showing up as Lower 20s for my area after the 50+ degrees on Sunday.

Sunday: 50°/40°
   
Tuesday: 20°/15°

[phw115wvwx]

Much of the East is in for a wicked Monday and Tuesday in terms of wind and cold air.  More model guidance is suggesting that this Arctic outbreak will be quite significant.  It doesn't help that we have a blocking ridge over Greenland, which is keeping the upper-level trough over eastern Canada and the Northeast.

[Zach]

good grief, Im under a hard freeze watch! 

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
437 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND A
FREEZE WARNING FOR LEVY COUNTY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
...FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE WATCHES UP FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT.
STRONG WINDS WILL BE IN PLACE BEHIND THE FRONT AND CAUSE
HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ACROSS AREA LAKES THIS AFTERNOON.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR INTO LEVY COUNTY EARLY MONDAY
MORNING AND ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

FLZ042-043-048-049-051-052-055>057-060-061-130000-
/O.NEW.KTBW.HZ.A.0010.101214T0200Z-101214T1400Z/
/O.CON.KTBW.LW.Y.0012.101212T1800Z-101212T2300Z/
CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-
HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRYSTAL RIVER...INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...
THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...NEW PORT RICHEY...
ZEPHYRHILLS...BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...
BRADENTON...WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...SARASOTA...VENICE...
ARCADIA
437 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER
GUSTS TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON
LARGER LAKES.

IT WILL BE VERY COLD MONDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO
NEAR 20 DEGREES BY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO BE 20 TO 29 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR OR ABOVE GALE
FORCE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS.  WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL
CREATE ROUGH CONDITIONS ON LARGER AREA LAKES WHICH COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGE TO...OR FLIP...SMALL PLEASURE CRAFT.

OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS MAY WISH TO POSTPONE LAKE RELATED ACTIVITIES
UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

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[TWCmatthew]

Beginning right now, I probably won't hit freezing until possibly Christmas...
At least the snow will stick around, though! 

[toxictwister00]

This is going to be an interesting week for me, there's a chance of a wintry mix midweek. I'm getting excited, but I'm not excited about the potential for ice although were overdue, we haven't had a icestorm event since January 2005. Come to think of it, I don't believe I've ever seen us under a Icestorm Watch/Warning during an icestorm before either... I hope the models start showing the disturbance shifting south so there's less chance of a changeover to rain that Thursday. So far the forecasts are for snow/mix Wed, to mix Wed. Night  to rain Thursday.

[phw115wvwx]

A winter storm warning just got issued for my area from 11 PM EST tonight to 7 AM EST Friday.  A total of 4-6" from snow and sleet with a small amount of ice from freezing drizzle or freezing rain is expected.  It looks like the worse of winter is coming early!