Map shows US states where 'damaging' Arctic blast will hit first - and more to come

[Smokin Joe]

Yeah... We've got 30's through next week, so I reckon that big blow is going right by on the other side of the hump. 

It tends to roll down the Canadian Shield on the east side of the Rockies, out into the Northern Plains.

[Smokin Joe]

I don’t get it. We are forecasted over the next ten days to drop down into single digits at night and that’s a big deal?  In Wisconsin? In January?

Right. Twelve below in North Dakota in January?

How will we ever possibly manage? 

It wouldn't get too bad unless virtually everything broke, and I even have a plan for that if it happens.

[Lando Lincoln]

Right. Twelve below in North Dakota in January?

How will we ever possibly manage? 

My brother says there is not a feminist to be found at -30.

[DCPatriot]

My brother says there is not a feminist to be found at -30.

LOL!.... nor an Antifa goon!   

[mystery-ak]

6-10 inches of snow here forecasted over the weekend with negative temps....

[Polly Ticks]

They're saying we will get 8 - 12 inches of snow in Louisville this weekend, but the low temperature next week isn't supposed to be below single digits and the highs are still going to be 20-ish.  Not too horrible.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Eh, it's cold, but not cold enough to freeze Boston Harbor ... yet.

Back in the 1970s, they used to refer to these cold snaps as the 'Montreal Express' - cold Arctic air from the direction of Hudson Bay and Montreal.

The Federal Energy Reuglatory Commission has been warning that New England's over-dependence on scant natural gas supply channels could lead to an energy crisis because natural gas may have to be rationed between heating homes and powering electricity generation plants.

 

Thankfully, those defective wind turbines off Nantucket will be our Clean Energy salvation ... when it's windy.

OMFG, if it's cold in Massachusetts in January, it must be Global Climate Change.

[rustynail]

This could be dangerous.  Out of an abundance of caution shouldn't these states be put on lockdown?

[Free Vulcan]

They've upped the forecast and it's not even supposed to get below zero now. We've already had  single digits at night several times for the last month. Big whoop.

But the media is try it's darndest to make that mouse into an elephant.

[roamer_1]

It tends to roll down the Canadian Shield on the east side of the Rockies, out into the Northern Plains.

Yabut.... Jan is usually when we go into the deep freeze.

Not that I'm complaining. So far we ain't even got enough snow to cover the field stubble. So if it stays 30s, that's a better chance for more snow, and we need it. It's bad - muy malo - to go into the deep freeze with 4" of snow... It will drive the frost hard, and the whitetails and turkeys will die off hard. It's a terror to unheated chickens and hogs. Well houses freezing, the whole thing.

[libertybele]

If so inclined, please pray for those affected by Hurricane Helene who still don't have shelter and are living in tents and those without a way to keep warm. The Appalachians are supposed to have quite a bit of snow and bitter cold temperatures.   

[mystery-ak]

Well this includes me...no idea how much snow, they don't even know...it ranges 5 to 12inches...

[libertybele]

Well this includes me...no idea how much snow, they don't even know...it ranges 5 to 12inches...

Get out the electric blankets, or if you have a woodstove or fireplace, I'd be hanging out there along with some hot tea or cocoa.

Stay safe and stay warm!! 

[Wingnut]

It is a lie.  No snow. No fridgid temp coming here.  Mark 850 safe, the Panhandle is strong from the Bullshitter pronogistaters.

[Cyber Liberty]

It is a lie.  No snow. No fridgid temp coming here.  Mark 850 safe, the Panhandle is strong from the Bullshitter pronogistaters.

Now I don't feel so bad about the highs being in the 60's?

[Wingnut]

Now I don't feel so bad about the highs being in the 60's?

It might get down to 34 at 5 am on the 6th.  But  highs will be in the 60's.  We will survive. 

[DCPatriot]

It is a lie.  No snow. No fridgid temp coming here.  Mark 850 safe, the Panhandle is strong from the Bullshitter pronogistaters.

Looking at the "Ventusky" weather map...there is no sign of any snow Armageddon anywhere in the next 24 hours.

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=35.8;-98.2;4&l=temperature-2m

[cato potatoe]

Good luck to those of you in frigid states.  Our mosquitoes have dried up and blown away, and to be honest it’s perfect out there.

[DCPatriot]

What's the over & under that Lake Superior will freeze over this winter?

[rangerrebew]

Biggest winter storm in over a decade forecast to hit US
 
Tens of millions of Americans are bracing for a huge winter storm that could bring the heaviest snowfall and the coldest temperatures in over a decade.

The storm which started in the middle of the US will move east in the next few days, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
 
Parts of the US not accustomed to severe cold, including Mississippi and Florida, are warned to expect treacherous conditions.

Forecasters say the extreme weather is being caused by the polar vortex, an area of cold air that circulates around the Arctic.

"For some, this could be the heaviest snowfall in over a decade," National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather Prediction Center said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/extreme-weather-events/biggest-winter-storm-in-over-a-decade-forecast-to-hit-us/ar-AA1wYbIJ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=7027b40a663a444898066e18d9ee1c79&ei=79

[IsailedawayfromFR]

In over a decade?

I find that extremely hard to believe.

On the bright side, maybe those illegals in the northern sanctuary cities will be rethinking settling there.

[Cyber Liberty]

What's the over & under that Lake Superior will freeze over this winter?

Good question!  Lake Michigan has been known to do so....

[DCPatriot]

Good question!  Lake Michigan has been known to do so....

Lake Erie...3 times since the 1960's.  But it is the most shallow of the Great Lakes, too!   

[Cyber Liberty]

Lake Erie...3 times since the 1960's.  But it is the most shallow of the Great Lakes, too!   

For Erie to freeze over, Niagara Falls must freeze, and that has happened much more frequently.  Superior is the largest and deepest of the Great Lakes and is the slowest of all to replenish, by far.  If Superior was empty, it would take centuries to refill.  If Erie were empty, it would take a few years to refill.

[mountaineer]

Sunday-Sunday Night: Snow, potentially heavy at times, will stretch from Kansas to West Virginia during the day. Parts of the Central Plains may experience near-blizzard conditions. A wintry mess of sleet, freezing and snow is expected just south of the area of heaviest snowfall, from northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas to parts of the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and Appalachians.

W​ind gusts may reach 50 mph at times in parts of the Central Plains, leading to reduced visibility and blizzard conditions.

T​ravel should be avoided throughout the areas where snow and ice are expected. That includes Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, St. Louis and Topeka.

Sunday night, the storm's wintry weather will have spread as far east as the mid-Atlantic region, including Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., leading to increasingly hazardous travel.
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