A WAVE of frigid weather began rolling into the Northeast Friday. Providence was at 17 degrees at 3 p.m. Friday with a windchill of minus 8. Wind gusts in the evening cold get as high as 44 degrees that could lower wind chill factors to as low as minus 28. / COURTESY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PROVIDENCE – A new wave of frigid weather began rolling into the Northeast on Friday and led communities to close schools and open warming centers. Wind chills in some higher elevations of the Northeast could drop below minus 50. Across New England, temperatures began plunging Friday morning. Providence was at 17 degrees at 3 p.m.…