Overview
- Highs reached around or above 50 degrees Wednesday across much of the region, ranking among the warmest second weeks of January on record locally.
- A fast-moving front early Thursday will send temperatures from the 40s into the 30s during the afternoon and the 20s by evening.
- Winds are expected to gust near 30 mph Thursday night into Friday, producing single-digit wind chills for early commuters.
- Friday turns colder but mostly sunny, with actual highs near freezing and a lighter breeze by afternoon.
- The weekend looks manageable with a chance of light rain or wet snow Saturday (a coating to an inch possible in higher terrain) and a mostly cloudy, chilly Sunday as a coastal system likely stays offshore; next week brings a dry midweek lull before the pattern potentially shifts late week.