Strong cold front sends temperatures plunging — FIRST ALERT FORECAST

Mostly clear; widespread frost late.

The video above starts with today’s weather.

“It will get very cold in these parts of Ireland, with temperatures dropping to -3C at night”, he said. We will have a thin line of heavier rain, with some embedded thunder marching across the area by the afternoon. Temperatures remain chilly, upper 40s for highs through the weekend, and even dipping to near freezing by Saturday morning inland. The Delaware Valley and south did manage to get into the low 50s. “With winter weather approaching, we want to remind residents that the City is available to assist those in need of help with well-being checks and other cold-weather services”, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in the statement. Frost and icy patches will develop also. The average highs in December are around 39 degrees.

Monday: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers.

The warm weather and dry conditions will continue through Monday.

Monday night: A low of 37.

There’ll be sunny spells and showers of rain, sleet and snow.

And so comes Tuesday. Along with the cold temperatures comes the chance of rain starting Wednesday and lasting through Friday. A few spots might even push 60 degrees. The front should exit off the coast by sunrise Wednesday allowing the rain to come to an end.

The Rock Hill area has a rainfall deficit of more than 2 inches since the beginning of November.

Forecasters are predicting that the United Kingdom will be hit by a cold snap later this week, bringing the prospect of hail and snow for some parts of the country.

Friday will continue with very cold temperatures.

It will be mostly sunny Monday on Long Island with a high temperature near 50 degrees and light winds, forecasters said. Then comes the cold, meteorologists say. This will cause any lingering rain showers to transition to snow showers.