MLK Day weather: Bone-chilling cold, below zero wind chills

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be bone-chilling with wind chill values below zero.

Skies will be partly sunny with a high near 13 degrees and wind chills as low as minus 1, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

Limit time outdoors and check in on neighbors, friends and family. When outside, dress in multiple layers and wear a hat, scarf and gloves, the NWS advises.

Tonight will be cloudy with an overnight low around 6 degrees and wind chill values as low as minus 7.

Wind chills will be around 5 below zero Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tuesday will be mostly cloudy before gradually becoming sunny with a high near 14 degrees and wind chills as low as minus 8. There is a slight chance of snow before 8 a.m.

Skies will be mostly clear Tuesday night with an overnight low around 6 degrees and wind chills as low as minus 9.

Wednesday will be sunny and warmer, but still well below freezing, with a high near 26 degrees. It also will be breezy with a southwest wind of 13 to 21 mph and gusts as high as 32 mph.

Wednesday night will be mostly cloudy with an overnight low around 21 degrees. There is a slight chance of snow after 1 a.m.

Snow is likely for Thursday, mainly after 1 p.m. Skies will be cloudy and the high will be near 29 degrees.

Thursday night will be cloudy with an overnight low around 16 degrees. Snow is likely, mainly after 1 a.m.

There is a chance of snow before 1 p.m. Friday, which will be mostly cloudy with a high near 20 degrees.

Below zero wind chills return Friday night into Saturday morning and again into Sunday morning.

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