SEVERE WEATHER HQ 🚨: FOX Weather Meteorologist Steve Bender breaks down the forecast for this week, as a severe storm threat is headed for the Eastern U.S.
Another round of severe storms is expected to develop across the East later this week, bringing heavy rain, damaging wind, and thunderstorms to much of the region, followed by a frigid cold front that could impact millions.
This unsettled pattern will continue into the weekend, potentially causing travel delays and additional impacts in areas already affected by recent storms.
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According to the FOX Forecast Center, the setup will take shape as another potent cold front pushes south. This pattern will be similar to the storms that impacted the region on Sunday and Monday.
Storms will begin late Thursday, as a strengthening dip in the jet stream over eastern Canada drives the cold front through the Great Lakes and into the Ohio Valley. This system will rotate around a large “heat dome” that is currently taking over the western part of the country.
People walk through the freezing cold in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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By Friday, the front is forecast to move through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, triggering a line of severe storms. But the overall severity depends on how much heat develops throughout the day.
The FOX Forecast Center said the primary threats will be damaging wind gusts and pockets of heavy rain.
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As the front pushes south into the Southeast by Saturday, thunderstorms may linger, although they are expected to weaken.
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Temperature turmoil
As we approach Thursday, temperatures will feel more like spring, or even summer, for millions across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Northeast.
Cities such as New York City and Detroit will climb into the mid to upper 60s, while areas such as St. Louis and Columbus, Ohio, could be even warmer, flirting with the upper 80s to near 90 degrees.
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Behind the system, much colder air will surge in. A steady northerly wind will pull in the colder air, plummeting temperatures.
After nearly 300 million Americans experience above-average temperatures on Thursday, that number will drop sharply by Saturday, when nearly 160 million will be below average. High temperatures on Friday and Saturday be about 10 to 15 degrees below average for late March.
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Temperatures across the Northeast and Great Lakes will drop into the 30s and 40s on Saturday, while the Mid-Atlantic will fall back into the 50s after experiencing 70-degree days earlier.
Wind chills could make it feel more like the teens and single digits across interior portions of the Northeast, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
The northeastern US and Canada are experiencing an Arctic blast that could see some areas record their lowest ever wind chill temperatures.
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Millions of people are expected to wake up to below-freezing temperatures and gusty winds to start the weekend.
This frigid air will continue into Sunday, as high pressure builds in, causing a calm and crisp end to the week.
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