PITTSBURGH – After getting drenched this week, the Northeast will face a speedy drop in temperatures, creating situations for flash freezing and making Thursday’s commute icy and harmful.
On Wednesday, a deluge of rain fell throughout the Northeast, with excessive temperatures within the 50s and 60s in elements of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
By Thursday morning, most of those areas will go from above-freezing temperatures to temperatures within the 20s, creating what’s referred to as a flash freeze.
FOX Climate Meteorologist Craig Herrera explains why this could create harmful situations outdoors.
“When this occurs, you principally drop from above-freezing temperatures to below-freezing temperatures in a matter of hours. And all the water that’s on the market on the roads, the leftover rain, possibly some slush rapidly freezes identical to that,” Herrera mentioned. “And it makes it fairly harmful, particularly for driving and strolling. Chances are you’ll step out of your doorway. You’ve received somewhat driveway or the sidewalk. It might be frozen over.”
These situations are attainable on Thursday morning in locations like Scranton, Pennsylvania, the place temperatures are above freezing at bedtime on Wednesday and right down to 29 levels by Thursday morning.
With the wind chill, that 29 levels will really feel like the teenagers.
In keeping with the FOX Forecast Heart, flash freeze occasions are most typical after a powerful chilly entrance and fast temperature drop.
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