Arctic blast brings shivers to the eastern US

November 12, 2019 11:00 pm • Last Updated: November 13, 2019 8:18 am

A man walks across the icy Legislative Plaza Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Snow and icy conditions are snarling traffic and closing or delaying schools in parts of the Northeast and South. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

PORTLAND, Maine — An arctic blast that caused record-setting cold in the Midwest is now spreading shivers across the eastern U.S.

Temperatures dipped to single digits early Wednesday across parts of the Northeast on the heels of an early-season snowstorm. Forecasters projected even lower temperatures for late Wednesday and early Thursday at some locations in New England and upstate New York.

National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Bloomer in Caribou, Maine, said the frigid airmass is creating mid-winter conditions.

Record low temperatures were recorded Tuesday around New York City; Buffalo, New York; Burlington, Vermont; and parts of Ohio. Records were also broken Wednesday morning in Burlington and as far south as Alabama and Mississippi.

Most locations are forecast to begin warming by Thursday afternoon. New York City is expected to approach 50 degrees on Friday.

With a steady snow falling, a squirrel eats seeds from a recycled jack-o-lantern in Johnson City, Tenn., on Tuesday morning, Nov. 12, 2019. Following the light snowfall, temperatures began to drop throughout the day with record cold expected overnight. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)

Ben Barney shovels the sidewalk on North Center Street in downtown Corry, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Erie and Crawford counties were under a winter storm warning from the National Weather Service in Cleveland. (Jack Hanrahan/Erie Times-News via AP)

A walker takes a stroll through the light snow at Steele Creek Park in Bristol Tennessee on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Following the light snowfall, temperatures began to drop throughout the day with record cold expected overnight. (Andre Teague/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)

Emma Hart, 5 of Clio, stops to lick up fresh snow as she rolls around while sledding with her father Ryan Hart on the hill behind Southwestern Classical Academy on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

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