An Arctic Invasion for Much of the Nation Gets Underway Early This Weekend…Bitter Cold for Inaugurat

[rangerrebew]

An Arctic Invasion for Much of the Nation Gets Underway Early This Weekend…Bitter Cold for Inauguration Day

6 hours ago Guest 
Paul Dorian


By early Tuesday, January 21st, much of the nation will be in the deep freeze with a large chunk of the Northern US likely below-zero. Temperatures in the big cities along the I-95 corridor can drop all the way into single digits for low temperatures on Tuesday morning. Map courtesy NOAA, weathermodels.com (Dr. Ryan Maue, X)

Overview

An Arctic invasion with a Siberian connection will get underway by the early part of the weekend as bitter cold air from Canada plunges southward through the central states. By Sunday, the Arctic air mass will spread eastward towards the Atlantic seaboard and by the time we get to Monday, Inauguration Day, most of the country will be in a deep freeze including the DC metro where outdoor activities are planned for the swearing-in ceremonies.  Temperatures are going to fall to well below-normal levels across much of the nation for the bulk of next week which is quite impressive indeed considering this is right around the time of year with the lowest “normal” temperatures.

The Arctic front at the leading edge of the cold air outbreak will reach the eastern states on Sunday and a wave of low pressure is likely to form right along its boundary zone. This Arctic wave could produce some accumulating snow in the Mid-Atlantic region from later Sunday into Sunday night. Another storm system could develop way down in the Gulf region by the middle of next week potentially bringing snow and ice to parts of the southern and eastern US. Looking ahead, there is even the chance for a third system to form across the southern states by the end of next week.


Some of the air that reaches the Mid-Atlantic region early next week will have its origins from the other side of the North Pole over Siberia. Indeed “backward trajectory” models trace the origin of air parcels that reach the Mid-Atlantic region by Tuesday, January 21st, back to a land mass that is known for its brutally cold air this time of year. Plot courtesy NOAA

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[rangerrebew]

The damn global warming must really be intensifying!  Who did the environmental screamers call to get the job done?

[Elderberry]

I sure hope this freeze aint as bad as the freeze on Feb 2021  when I lost all my fruit trees except for 1 fig tree and 1 loquat tree. Since then I have planted 5 citrus trees, a plum tree, a peach tree, and a nectarine tree.

[libertybele]

I sure hope this freeze aint as bad as the freeze on Feb 2021  when I lost all my fruit trees except for 1 fig tree and 1 loquat tree. Since then I have planted 5 citrus trees, a plum tree, a peach tree, and a nectarine tree.

FL's panhandle may see freezing temperatures.  In SWFL we'll see low temps in the 40's again and years ago I did see snow flurries.

I hope @Elderberry that all your trees survive. 

[Wingnut]

FL's panhandle may see freezing temperatures. 

I hope @Elderberry that all your trees survive.

Up here We are in the "Snow" cone of uncertainty! 

[libertybele]

Up here We are in the "Snow" cone of uncertainty!

That's what I've heard.  Have you ever seen snow actually accumulate though where you are??

[Sighlass]

Ain't seen coastal snow/ice since the 1993... and that tore through FL with tornadoes... We got 24" of snow... largest snowfall I have ever seen.

[Sighlass]

I sure hope this freeze aint as bad as the freeze on Feb 2021  when I lost all my fruit trees except for 1 fig tree and 1 loquat tree. Since then I have planted 5 citrus trees, a plum tree, a peach tree, and a nectarine tree.

Killed a lot of our trees too and we nearly lost our beautiful winter-blooming Camellia. This time we will cover them w/sheets and I will put buckets of coals from fireplace under them to hold heat. I will do the same with my shop, to keep everything above freezing. The strawberries are covered with hay, not much more we can do.

[roamer_1]

We're gonna be somewhere between -6 and -30 by tomorrow... but back up into the teens for the rest of the week... which is dang near t-shirt weather, so... 

[Wingnut]

That's what I've heard.  Have you ever seen snow actually accumulate though where you are??

Nope.  Just a dusting of the real light dry snow stuff.  Not near enough to bring my old sled out!

[Smokin Joe]

I sure hope this freeze aint as bad as the freeze on Feb 2021  when I lost all my fruit trees except for 1 fig tree and 1 loquat tree. Since then I have planted 5 citrus trees, a plum tree, a peach tree, and a nectarine tree.

I wish you and your trees the best. None of those would survive here, except maybe the plum.

Why does Siberia get credit for the cold, when that same air transits part of the Canadian Shield and rolls through here before hitting the East Coast?

(more Russia, Russia, Russia! sheesh.  )

[Smokin Joe]

We're gonna be somewhere between -6 and -30 by tomorrow... but back up into the teens for the rest of the week... which is dang near t-shirt weather, so... 

Yeah, looking forward to the heat wave so I can change the carb on my snowblower... Just a day ago the phone ap said "6% chance of snow" where I was. Stepped out of the shack on the rig into a ground blizzard. Go figure.

Finished the job, back home, and loving it.

[Elderberry]

Killed a lot of our trees too and we nearly lost our beautiful winter-blooming Camellia. This time we will cover them w/sheets and I will put buckets of coals from fireplace under them to hold heat. I will do the same with my shop, to keep everything above freezing. The strawberries are covered with hay, not much more we can do.

I mounded around the trees with Pecan leaves. Then covered that with dirt up about a 1-1/2 foot. Watered like crazy. I/m going to place a 60w lamp, wrap trees with a beach towel and then cover with a large trash bag. The citrus trees are all under around 3 foot or so tall. I'm not wrapping the other trees, too tall, but I did the pecan leaves, dirt, and watering.

[roamer_1]

Yeah, looking forward to the heat wave so I can change the carb on my snowblower... Just a day ago the phone ap said "6% chance of snow" where I was. Stepped out of the shack on the rig into a ground blizzard. Go figure.

Finished the job, back home, and loving it.

Me, it's the other way around this time... The salt wasn't worth the shake. It made it to negative one... As you can imagine, that's not even a thing. Ten below, maybe... then we're taking some precautions, like waking up early to plug in the rigs and such.

But I'm bummed about it. I have a new gizmo out in the yard...

I can say: "Hey Giggles"
And she'll say, what
and I'll say "Turn on the truck heat at 5AM if it's more than ten below zero"

And she'll say "alright" And that's it.

I ain't got to throw on my muks and arctic wear just to plug in the truck first thing...
Now that's kinda handy right there... 

Don't look like I'll get to use it this year. 

[Smokin Joe]

Me, it's the other way around this time... The salt wasn't worth the shake. It made it to negative one... As you can imagine, that's not even a thing. Ten below, maybe... then we're taking some precautions, like waking up early to plug in the rigs and such.

But I'm bummed about it. I have a new gizmo out in the yard...

I can say: "Hey Giggles"
And she'll say, what
and I'll say "Turn on the truck heat at 5AM if it's more than ten below zero"

And she'll say "alright" And that's it.

I ain't got to throw on my muks and arctic wear just to plug in the truck first thing...
Now that's kinda handy right there... 

Don't look like I'll get to use it this year. 

I have a couple I only use now and then, but need to be able to start on a moment's notice. If it's below freezing, I just leave them plugged in, but that's only part of the picture, so I just bought a couple of trickle chargers so I can keep the batteries up, too. They fire up like it was summer, and don't take as long to chase the frost off the glass, either.  Considering none of them are under 100K miles, babying them seems to work pretty well.
Twenty below, static air, this morning (-43 wind chill). Some times it's nice not to be out on a drilling rig. 

[roamer_1]

I have a couple I only use now and then, but need to be able to start on a moment's notice. If it's below freezing, I just leave them plugged in, but that's only part of the picture, so I just bought a couple of trickle chargers so I can keep the batteries up, too. They fire up like it was summer, and don't take as long to chase the frost off the glass, either.  Considering none of them are under 100K miles, babying them seems to work pretty well.
Twenty below, static air, this morning (-43 wind chill). Some times it's nice not to be out on a drilling rig. 

This is just an old plastic toolbox thingy with a 10ga pigtail coming out of it... inside is a smart switch tied to a 110 4-way that goes out as 4 12ga pigtails... Also with a manual override to the smart switch... all pretty waterproof and bulletproof...

That runs a trickle charger/exerciser or batt blanket, an oil heater, and a block heater - all standard, hard-wired equipment on a Northern pickup. I won't leave it plugged in unless it is getting past 15/20 below... Thought of building in an electric heater for the cab too, but right now, I don't think I have the amps for it.

If it works right (which I can't tell yet for sure), I have a 30amp RV receptacle for plugging into shore power, which is normally doing nothing... I'll run the whole works off of that before it's done. For now, my dumb little box will do... I am pretty proud of it.

I ain't much for smart features on my house - Don't get me wrong. I know better than most how easy it is to hack things... But there are a few things that would be mighty handy - This is one of em. Porch lights and flood lights would be another... a light out by the highway for the pizza guy... who cares if someone hacks those things?

When I can stand by the window with my coffee and watch the light come on in that little box when it's way below zero... well that just gives me the fizz. 

[Smokin Joe]

I run synthetic oil (gear lube in the pumpkins, too) so I don't pre heat it. I use a block heater (frost plug) and that does the trick. But the batteries are getting up there in service life and trickle chargers will keep them up, rain or shine. I have a couple of those solar panel widgets for that, too, but I misplaced them before I got around to installing them. Go figure. I'll find them about a week after I get the trickle chargers in and running. That's the way that usually goes.

Here, even though they've been worse than usual since November the weather guys usually get it right which side of zero the thermometer will settle on, so I know whether to plug them in or not. I need the exercise, anyway. 

[roamer_1]

Here, even though they've been worse than usual since November the weather guys usually get it right which side of zero the thermometer will settle on, so I know whether to plug them in or not. I need the exercise, anyway. 

It's the indoor plumbing, see... If a feller is on the way back from the outhouse, it's no problem to plug in the  truck on the way back... But with indoor plumbing, its a special trip, without the guiding need... So it rankles me. 

[Smokin Joe]

It's the indoor plumbing, see... If a feller is on the way back from the outhouse, it's no problem to plug in the  truck on the way back... But with indoor plumbing, its a special trip, without the guiding need... So it rankles me. 

[DCPatriot]

@mountaineer

Seeing the "Feels like" temperatures in West Virginia reaching -22 degrees...hope you're doing okay! 

[Sighlass]

I am just waiting to see the videos of some Southern folks with snow... New Orleans, Mobile, and yes, the Florida Panhandle folks. Can you fiddle worms while there is snow on the ground?

[mountaineer]

Seeing the "Feels like" temperatures in West Virginia reaching -22 degrees...hope you're doing okay! 

On Monday, the wind chill in our area wasn't quite that low, but close. Air temp was around 9 or 10 most of the day yesterday, with a few flurries. Right now, the "feels like" is -5 and air temp is 6.

I couldn't believe the forecast I saw for parts of southern Louisiana, though: 4-8" of snow?!? Yikes.

[DCPatriot]

[Lando Lincoln]

Ha!  Classic!

In our neck of the woods, we are at -14 with a windchill of -38.

[DCPatriot]

Ha!  Classic!

In our neck of the woods, we are at -14 with a windchill of -38.

YIKES!!!  Can't imagine it!   Stay safe, my FRiend!