Preparations are underway as an arctic blast dives into the nation's interior and southern regions and pushes a snowstorm into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast that will be followed by lethal cold.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Brutally cold Arctic air will settle in tonight behind a gusty north wind. This unseasonably cold pattern will continue through a good portion of the upcoming week. The National Weather Service has issued a Cold Weather Advisory seen below, because wind chill values tonight could get to as low as 5 below zero.

After a looming snowstorm hits the Tri-State Area on Sunday, arctic air is expected to chill New York City and the surrounding areas. According to a post on the National Weather Service’s X account, the National Weather Service is warning that there might be significant impacts on infrastructure and public health.

The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning residents of New Mexico and North Dakota about harsh winter weather throughout their states as arctic blasts are set to hit parts of the country heading into the weekend.

Charlotte faces “dangerous” low temperatures and wind chills from an approaching Arctic air mass, National Weather Service meteorologists said in an alert Thursday. “ Confidence is high that it will be very cold next week,” forecasters said earlier on the social media site X.

Brace yourselves. What's likely to be the coldest weather of the season will roll into Southern New England early next week.

The Marquette NWS office said wind chills in some areas could reach 44 below zero early in the week and residents should prepare.

A surge of cold air will make its way to Louisville late Saturday and stick around into next week, forecasters say.

An arctic blast will send temperatures across the United States plummeting as bitterly cold air that originated in Siberia will arrive from Canada by week’s end, bringing with it dangerously cold wind chills for millions of Americans.

Residents of the Finger Lakes are bracing for bitter cold and significant lake effect snow as an arctic air mass settles over the region through early next week. The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued Winter Weather Advisories for Northern Cayuga,

North Texas is likely to see a three-day stretch of bone-chilling cold starting Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.