Inauguration Weather Forecast: Freezing Cold

As we've been discussing for many days now, it's going to be cold. The difference between today's forecast and earlier ones is that we're now predicting high temperatures won't rise above freezing as the cold air mass appears to be deeper than we had been thinking. If there's any snow cover, that would make it even colder -- but that doesn't look terribly likely at the moment.

The wind won't be howling, but will make its presence felt blowing from the north at 10-15 mph -- with wind chills in teens in the morning and 20s in the afternoon.

As for snow, we're still thinking it's pretty unlikely. But there's enough uncertainty with the timing and strength of waves riding south along the jet stream that it's premature to remove it from the forecast.

Confidence: Medium

*Swearing in is scheduled for noon.

WEATHER OF INAUGURATIONS PAST

Clinton, 1997: Noon Temp: 34F. It was partly sunny with a high overcast. Winds were from the south at 7 mph.

History fact courtesy National Weather Service.