Arctic Blast for the Northeast and Upper Midwest Through Weekend...

The weather maps are indicating a cold pool of air diving down from the Arctic. The is not as cold as it was for the first week of January 2010. The air also will not penetrate into the Deep South. The upper vortex circulating around the upper low at 500 mb will continue a northwest, dry flow of air in the upper levels keeping any precipitation away through the weekend here in the Northeast.

George Wright is a Certfied Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a broadcast meteorologist for Cablevision News 12.