Cooler Weather Rings in New Year

A warm day today will quickly be replaced by an Arctic outbreak. A cold front is going to pass through the region this afternoon and bring in an Arctic airmass. The high temperatures on Monday is expected to climb to the mid 40s with a gusty northwest wind around 10-15 mph with gust as high as 30 mph. Monday Night the temperature will drop to near 20 degrees. Tuesday will be the coldest day with the temperature climbing to the mid 30s and with lows near 20 degrees. Wednesday will start the warm-up with temperatures in the mid 40s. Thursday will feature temperatures around 50, and Friday will have temperatures in the mid 50s. No rain is expected this week; however, a few flurries are possible outside the mountains. The mountains is expected to pick up a few inches of snow from this event.