A brief shot of seasonably cool air will enter the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Sunday and Monday behind two weak clipper systems.” However, the cool air won’t last long as another surge of mild air takes hold by Tuesday.

By Brian Edwards, Meteorologist

Jan 28, 2012; 12:03 PM ET

Residents of the East which have been basking in the mild weather this month will be happy to hear that another shot of mild air is on the way.

Temperatures once again Tuesday and Wednesday could rise into the 60s from Richmond, Va. to Washington D.C. and Philadelphia.

A series of weak fronts associated with clipper systems will track through the Great Lakes and Northeast this afternoon and again Sunday into Sunday night.

While a little light snow is expected across the Great Lakes and interior New England with these fronts, accumulations will be minimal with a lack of deep moisture.

The real story will be a return to seasonably cool temperatures for Sunday and Monday across much of the east as a shot of cooler air moves in behind these systems.

Temperatures by Monday will fall back to the upper 30s in New York City and near 40 in Philadelphia, both of which are near seasonal average for this time of year.

Still for January, it won’t feel all that bad with a good deal of sunshine expected on Monday.

A Return to Mild Weather

High pressure will anchor itself off the East Coast early next week and this will send a southwesterly flow of air into the Great Lakes, mid-Atlantic, and Northeast by Tuesday.

This flow of air coming straight up from the Gulf will send temperatures soaring above normal from Chicago through Detroit and New York City.

Below is the list of forecasted high temperatures for selected cities Tuesday and Wednesday.

The mercury could even approach the 70 degree mark in cities such as Richmond and Norfolk, Va.

The mild weather will be accompanied by a few showers come Wednesday, but with a lack of deep moisture, rainfall will be rather sparse.

The mild weather will persist into the end of the week across the East…however, the potential then exists for a late week storm.

This storm would develop in the form of a wave along the tail end of a frontal boundary over the Gulf Coast. Moisture and rainfall will return to Texas, Oklahoma and the lower Mississippi Valley by Thursday and that feature could lift northward by the end of the week.

Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski explains that “The details of the nature of the storm, and most importantly its critical track, will unfold early next week.”