Paul Douglas: Get ready: Coldest week of winter is on horizon

January 22, 2019 at 11:19PM

"Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while," said Kin Hubbard. You've come to the right place for changing weather. Blink. Sneeze. Hiccup. The pattern changes.

You think this is cold? Wait until next week, which looks like the coldest week of 2019. Just a hunch, but if a friend in Fort Myers, Fla., invites you down for a visit next week, use up some of those frequent-flyer miles.

Arctic air spills south in waves. Temperatures fall through single digits Thursday. I expect a dry sky and fairly good travel conditions into Saturday morning, but the approach of the coldest air (possibly of winter) spins up a more impressive Alberta clipper Sunday afternoon into Monday morning. It's way too early to delve into amounts, but models are consistently printing out a plowable accumulation early next week.

Daytime highs may not climb much above zero from Tuesday into Thursday of next week.

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