Cold, blustery today; subzero wind chills overnight, and for next few days

Wind chills forecast to be less than 5 below zero Sunday through Wednesday.

Cold and blustery conditions continue today with the coldest air of the season arriving overnight.

Saturday started with temperatures around 30 degrees after midnight, but much colder air arriving had caused temperatures to plummet 20 degrees in Dayton by 9 a.m., according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

A slight chance of snow showers may occur this afternoon. Otherwise, it will be cloudy with a west wind of 20 to 25 mph — though gusts as high as 32 mph are expected.

Winds continue to slowly decrease and thus the wind advisory was cancelled early, according to the NWS.

A wind chill advisory is in effect for 11 p.m. Saturday through 3 p.m. Sunday. For counties such as Hamilton, Butler and Warren, the wind chill advisory take places 1 a.m. Sunday morning to 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

A fast-moving cold front will cross the area tonight, which will bring snow showers of up to 1 inch. It will remain cold and windy tonight with mostly cloudy skies. The overnight low Saturday into Sunday will drop to 6 degrees with wind chill values as low as minus 9.

High temperatures will be in the teens Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, with overnight lows those nights in the single digits. Wind chills could hit their low point Sunday, around minus 14, and could go below zero multiple days, the NWS said.

Sunday will be partly sunny and breezy with a high near 14 degrees. Sunday night will be mostly cloudy with an overnight low around 5 degrees.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be mostly cloudy with a high near 18 degrees. There is a slight chance of snow after 1 p.m. Overnight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 7 degrees. A chance of snow is possible as well.

Tuesday will be partly sunny with a high near 14 degrees. Tuesday night partly cloudy and will be the coldest of the new week, with an overnight low around 4 degrees.

High temperatures are not expected to get above freezing until at least next weekend.

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