Weather service: “Bitter cold” ahead, 4 nights below freezing
As low as 3 degrees with windchill

Make sure to get your pipes wrapped, and bring the animals indoors. As of this Tuesday, the National Weather Service forecast is showing a low of 19 degrees Thursday night, 18 Friday night, and 23 degrees Saturday night, and 29 Sunday night. It could feel like 3-10 degrees with the windchill Thursday night going into the early hours of Friday morning according to NWS warnings.

The National Weather Service is predicting four nights of below freezing temperatures for our area starting this Thursday and continuing through Sunday night. Thankfully, it is expected to warm up during the daytime, so there will be a little relief in that, officials hope.
Thursday night, the forecast is projecting lows of 19 degrees along with winds up to 15-35MPH. With the wind chill, this could create temperatures coming into Friday morning that feel more like 3 to 10 degrees according to a NWS.
Friday night, the forecast shows a low of 18 degrees, with winds 5 MPH.
Saturday lows of 23 degrees, and Sunday (Christmas night) lows of 29 degrees.
Local officials urge residents to be prepared. The Red Cross recommends having one gallon of water per person, per day, on hand. They also recommend having easy to prepare food that does not require electricity to cook such as bread, peanut butter and jelly, or canned meat.
If you do experience an outage, don’t panic, officials say. They would like to remind residents that if you experience an outage, it’s not always the grid overloading. High winds, for example, are also a big cause of outages.
NWS Forecast as of Tuesday night:
Wednesday Night-Mostly clear, with a low around 42. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Thursday-Sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming north 20 to 25 mph in the morning.
Thursday Night-Clear, with a low around 19. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Friday-Sunny, with a high near 37. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night-Mostly clear, with a low around 18. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
Saturday-Sunny, with a high near 42. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night-Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Christmas Day-Sunny, with a high near 50.
Sunday NightMostly clear, with a low around 29.
Monday-Sunny, with a high near 59.
Monday NightMostly clear, with a low around 35.
TuesdaySunny, with a high near 61.