Temperatures in the Northeast will be below normal for the next seven to eight days. The coldest days will be Thursday and Friday.

The Midwest and the plains, the natural gas areas, are even colder. Temperatures will fall to between 10 and 20 degrees below normal.

A storm system in moving up the East Coast and will be followed by a cold front. Low temperatures in the Northeast should last into early next week.

Right now our feeling is precipitation totals will average 0.25 to 1 inch, with some locally heavier. The coverage should be pretty good. The possible exception to this is in the Texas panhandle, where it might be a little less.

It looks like the block is ending and warm air will soon spill into the northern Rockies and Plains. It will take longer for the warm weather to make it to the Midwest and Northeast. In about 10 days we may see above-normal temperatures throughout the Northeast.

We will see seasonable weather for the next couple days. On Wednesday and Thursday it will be a bit colder. Once we get to Friday and the weekend some of the warmth from the western U.S. will come eastward and we'll see highs in the low to mid 40s in New York and Boston.