It will feel frigid waking up this Saturday morning. Forecasted low temperatures will be in the low teens and 20s. The morning will likely yield the coldest start to a day since last February when the low at Newark Liberty hit rock bottom at 21 degrees. If you were wondering what the coldest temperature was last year, it was 17 degrees on Jan. 18.

Why is it so cold tonight? For one: the air mass is coming straight from Canada. Second: Our skies will be clear and dry. Third: the winds have finally let up. Clear skies and light winds are a perfect meteorological recipe for cold weather no matter the season.

Bundle up. It's going to be bitter. And you may want to head outside and spend a few minutes looking up to the heavens. Not for drones, but for the Geminid meteor shower, which peaks tonight. The Geminids usually put on a good show through mid-December, peaking tonight and lasting through the winter solstice on Dec. 21. The moon will cast a little too much light for some of the fainter meteors to appear, but if you have the patience and the tolerance for the cold, you'll likely see a few shooting stars tonight.

Both weekend days are cold by mid-December standards. Typical morning lows are around 32 degrees and daytime highs are usually around 43. Saturday and Sunday are probably going to be just shy of 10 degrees colder than usual. The fair-weather system is possibly the strongest the area has ever seen for this time of year. This leads to the cold anchored in the area.

A smaller storm is waiting in the wings to possibly spread some wintry weather (snow or possibly freezing drizzle) across the region for Monday morning's drive into work and school. Will we see serious accumulations? No, but the system should be watched just in case.