The Arctic blast is here! This week (especially early this week), we’re experiencing the coldest air of the season so far. Cold Weather Advisories are in effect through early Tuesday morning, and will likely be extended into Wednesday as well.

TONIGHT: FIRST ALERT. Dangerous cold as air temperatures will be on either side of 0°. Wind chill values will be in the teens & 20s below 0°. NW winds will gust to 25 mph.

Now that snow showers have wrapped up, we are left with arctic air. That will result in some bitter cold temperatures before improvements are made after the mid week.

A potent surge of Arctic air starts settling in Monday evening as a massive dip in the jet stream pulls in frigid air across the entire eastern half of the country. Temperatures are set to drop as low as 20 degrees below average through Thursday with the highs only reaching the teens and some lows even plunging below zero.

Light snow flurries in Indianapolis early Sunday signaled an approaching arctic air mass that could bring dangerous wind chills as low as -20 degrees across Indiana in the coming days. Bitterly cold temperatures are forecast across Indiana from 7 p.

Our latest round of snow is beginning to exit along with the Nor'easter that produced all of that fresh powder. Next up, our bitter blast of Arctic air which we'll have to contend with through at least Wednesday.

EXTREME COLD WATCH ISSUED AHEAD OF ARCTIC BLASTThe last few snow squalls are moving through for Sunday, with drier conditions returning Sunday night. Sign up for our NewslettersLIVE RADAR // LATEST WEATHER ALERTS // CLOSINGS *Cold Weather Advisory issued from 1 AM Monday - 10 AM Wednesday due to wind chills of 10-15 degrees below zero expected.

Near- and sub-zero temperatures combined with persistent winds will push wind chills as low as -35 or even colder some mornings