“A brief intense surge of arctic air expected across the Northeast through Saturday followed by rapid moderation in temperatures on Sunday,” read a National Weather Service announcement Friday.
Even outside of the Northeast, chilly temperatures appeared to be the norm as the country entered into the weekend, according to the Weather Channel.
Here are the places that had some of the coldest temperatures in the nation Friday, per the outlet:
· Northern Maine, minus 17 degrees
· Northern Vermont, minus 11 degrees
· Southern Maine, minus 4 degrees
· Northern Wisconsin, minus 3 degrees
· Northern Minnesota, minus 2 degrees
· Southern Minnesota and central Minnesota near the North Dakota, 0 degrees
Most of the U.S. appeared to have temperatures in the 30s, 40s and 50s Friday evening. Southern Florida appeared to have the warmest temperature at 83 degrees, followed by a 70-degree temp popping up in southern California.
“An intense surge of arctic air from eastern Canada is currently in progress across the northeastern part of the country,” the National Weather Service said Friday. “In addition, strong pressure gradient between a rapidly intensifying cyclone in eastern Canada and a cold high-pressure system centered near the Great Lakes will result in very blustery north to northwest winds, dropping wind chill temperatures to dangerously low levels.”
While Maine’s minus 17-degree temperature is already cold, the service said that the northern part of the state is forecast to “experience wind chill as low as minus 60 degrees with ground blizzard conditions into tonight.”
Bitter cold is also expected in the mid-Atlantic region. Thus cold-snap is expected to be short lived, with milder air from the Great Plains soon moving through the Northeast, according to the National Weather Service.
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