The cold that settles in with the arctic front is going to hang around through the midweek. We can expect above freezing temps coming in by Wednesday across the eastern seaboard.
This is our transition out of the ‘cold’ pattern for about 2 weeks, which is sometimes called a “reloading” pattern. It’s impossible to constantly stay cold, so we need to have some swings the other way to allow the pattern to build back up.
Current projections show that we should be descending back into a cooler pattern around the second week of January.