After the coldest night in the metro-east in two years, temperatures will warm up only a little bit on Friday.

The mercury hit 8 degrees overnight with a wind chill factor well below zero, according to the National Weather Service. It was 10 degrees at 6 a.m. with a high expected to reach 26 Friday afternoon under sunny skies.

The Friday night forecast calls for a chance of flurries after 9 p.m. and a low of 23 degrees.

The chance of flurries will last into Saturday morning. But by midday the temperature will start to warm up with a high of 41 degrees. On Sunday the high will be 40 degrees and by Monday the high is expected to reach 50.