Severe Thunderstorm Threat From the Central Plains to the Northeast; Extreme HeatRisk for the East Coast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Plains to the Northeast through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are the primary threat but hail and a tornado or two is also possible. Extremely dangerous heat continues across the Eastern U.S. Warm overnight low temperatures will provide little to no relief. Read More >

It was a clear and cold morning on December 8th, 2006. Temperatures were largely hovering around the 10 degree mark in many areas at daybreak, with wind chills between zero and 10 above.

Below is an objective analysis of low temperatures that morning. Since this is a smoothed analysis, the numbers depicted may not match up exactly with low temperatures at official recording stations, but they will be close.

The cold, but dry air, led to some interesting frost formations on many car windows. Here are some pictures from one of our office vehicles. Some more information about frost can be found at this website.