Forecast predicts bitter cold; snow possible tonight

There is a chance for light snow and bitterly cold temperatures. (National Weather Service graphic)
There is a chance for light snow and bitterly cold temperatures. (National Weather Service graphic)

After a mostly sunny day today, snow will be likely tonight, according to the National Weather Service.

Today’s high will be near 31, the weather service said.

Snow is likely mainly after 3 a.m., according to the weather service, with a 60 percent chance of precipitation. The low tonight will be around 12, with a light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Less than a half-inch of snow is likely, the weather service said.

Sunday, there will be a 20 percent chance of snow before noon, with a high near 16, according to the weather service. The wind chill will be between minus 4 and 2. A north wind of 10 to 14 mph will gust as high as 18 mph.

Sunday night, the low will be around 1 degree, with wind chill values between minus 3 and minus 8, the weather service said. The north northwest wind will be 5 to 9 mph.

On Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, expect sunny skies with a high near 21, the weather service said. A north northwest wind around 5 mph will become light and variable.

Monday night’s low will be around 16, according to the weather service.

On Tuesday, there will be a 50 percent chance of snow, the weather service said, with a high around 33.

Tuesday night, there is a 30 percent chance of snow, with a low of 23, according to the weather service.

Wednesday’s high will be near 36, and Wednesday night’s low will be 25, the weather service said.

Thursday’s high will be near 36, according to the weather service.

Wind chill values will plummet Sunday morning and likely persist throughout the day. (National Weather Service graphic)
Wind chill values will plummet Sunday morning and likely persist throughout the day. (National Weather Service graphic)

Light snow is possible Tuesday. (National Weather Service graphic)
Light snow is possible Tuesday. (National Weather Service graphic)