Dangerous Cold

A *wind chill warning* remains in effect for most of Colorado today, including the greater Denver metro area. According to the National Weather Service a secondary surge of colder air may help keep temperatures even colder than previously expected. The current temperature is 8 below zero, and is not expected to climb much higher than that today. Tonight temperatures will be approaching record lows with -20 forecast for Denver. Areas with clearing and protected from the wind could see temps drop even lower. With wind chills near -40 today and tonight, the NWS warns frostbite on exposed skin is possible within 5 - 10 minutes. Below are images of the current temperatures and wind chills in the U.S. One can only imagine what these maps will look like tonight...

Temperatures will start to moderate a bit come Thursday, but will remain on the cool side through the weekend. Our next chance for snow looks to be Sunday into Monday, with another arctic blast possible. Still way to far out to have any confidence in this at this time.

Bitter Cold Grips Nation

Just how cold did it get overnight? -16 degrees F was the low temperature recorded at Denver International Airport sometime just after 3am this morning. Currently we are not doing much better... hovering at about 8 degrees below zero. We are not alone in this arctic blast as nearly every state in the country is getting a little taste of winter. Check out the current wind chill map from the weather channel - it feels like -44 degrees in parts of North Dakota! Highs are expected to stay in the low teens in Denver today... but with the sun shining, this should be bearable. Tonight's lows will once again drop below zero before we make a nice recovery for the weekend!