Beyond the weekend, waves of arctic air will plunge over the eastern two-thirds of the nation. Blustery winds will usher the bitterly cold air southward, resulting in even colder and potentially dangerous AccuWeather.com RealFeel® temperatures.

The first wave of cold will grip the Midwest and Northeast Tuesday into Wednesday. The second wave later in the week will not only encompass more places east of the Rockies, but threatens to be harsher than the first.

Story by AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski

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UPDATE!

The Coldest Weather Possible In Nearly 15 Years

Bitterly cold air bottled up over the depths of the Arctic will plunge southward next week, gripping the eastern two-thirds of the nation.

The frigid air will likely arrive in two waves. The first shot will blast the Midwest and Northeast early next week. The second, which will prove to be the harshest, will encompass virtually all places east of the Rockies by next weekend.

Expert Senior Meteorologist Elliot Abrams reports, "Joe Bastardi has been talking about a daytime temperature below zero in Chicago and a nighttime low near 0 in New York City... and if one of these Arctic highs makes the plunge south and east, those ideas will turn out right."

Blustery winds will usher in the arctic air, resulting in even colder and potentially dangerous AccuWeather.com RealFeel® temperatures.

There are early indications of a reinforcing shot of arctic air settling over the East in the days leading up to Inauguration Day.

AccuWeather.com Community Director Jesse Ferrell says that the forums are abuzz about this potential for extreme cold next week in the Northeast. He has a blog showing maps and data from the GFS, which says that New York City will be the coldest in at least 14 yeara.

And if one would go to the accuweather blog site one would find that the actual possibility is the coldest weather since the 1800's.

I can tell you without even looking at historical data that a -13 degree reading would be "historic" in the Big Apple. If you do look at their history, you find that -15 was the lowest they have been there since 1869...

Jesse Ferrell accuweather blog!

Go take a look and be prepared to shudder at the implications.

We are moving from the category of "Historic Records" into the realm of "Biblical Proportions!"



Notice the -32 to -37 range in central New York? This is the potential eight day computer model from the above site.

Biblical disaster in the making.