Bitter Cold Sweeps Into the South

After Thursday night's bitterly cold temperatures in the low to mid-teens, the Upstate of South Carolina will barely make it above freezing today. Highs are expected to be 32-34 degrees, which is unusually cold for these parts.

The Upstate, however, will fare better than the mountains of Western North Carolina, where temperatures on Thursday night dipped into the single-digits and below zero in the higher elevations. Highs in the mountains on Friday are expected to remain below freezing in the mid-to upper 20s.

And this is just the first day of the cold weather brought into the entirety of the South by an 'Arctic Express' that has caused record-breaking cold temperatures in the Great Lakes and Plains, as well as the New England states.

One weather reporting station reported a temperature of -40 Wednesday night.

The South is bracing for another day and night of bitter cold. Friday night's temps are expect to dip back into the teens in the Upstate, and Saturday's high will remain in the 30s.

On Sunday, however, winds are expected to shift bringing more moderate temperatures back into the area.

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