Dangerously cold temperatures are set to grip southeast Wisconsin.

An extreme cold watch will go into effect Thursday night, January 22 with a low of minus 16 expected.

Weatherology Lead Forecaster Paul Trambley told WTKM that this cold snap is expected to last into the weekend.

"The coldest temperatures of the season so far, and what could be the coldest temperatures of the winter season, is expected to come in behind that arctic cold front as we get into Thursday night and then the weekend. We'll experience lows in the teens to twenty below zero across the area. Daytime highs will stay in the single digits."

Expect a high temperature of minus five on Friday, January 23 and a low of minus seventeen. We're back to zero on Saturday, January 24.