Posted on 03/02/2019 12:50:30 PM PST by EdnaMode
Temperatures as much as 30 to 50 degrees below normal are entering the Northern Plains as we close out the workweek. Through the weekend, brutal conditions you might expect in a frigid January overtake the central portion of the country, from the Mexican to the Canadian borders.
Heading into the first full week of March, Arctic air takes up residence in the East as well. When it’s all done, most of the contiguous United States will endure a punishing blow of frigid air from this Arctic blast. Records for cold are likely to be most numerous in the north-central United States but will extend from coast to coast.
By March, many folks are searching for spring. For the time being, it will be hard to find. Some of the coldest air in the Northern Hemisphere is headed into the Lower 48.
“It’s a straight shot from the Arctic!” tweeted Steve Glazier of Weather Nation.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Oh noes, more global warming!!
The sunspots are nil.
Joe Bastardi (weather bell) predicted this in August
It’s a Bad Sun on the fall.
I stocked up on milk, bread, and syrup this morning.
Because the cows would not stop farting!!
It will be really scary if we have this weather in August.
Los Angeles reported that it did not have one day in February at or above 70 degrees and that it’s only the fourth time in 130 odd years that that has happened.
This damned global warming just has to stop, we’re freezing to death.
I already have eggs.
We’re supposedly coming into what’s called a Maunder Minimum with respect to the Sun, and it may last quite some time according to some solar scientists.
Major Storm To Race Coast-To-Coast This Weekend
A major winter storm with an array of hazards will impact much of the country this weekend. The storm will cross California, the Great Basin and central Rocky Mountains today delivering heavy rain to lower elevations and heavy snow to the mountains. The storm will then quickly shift across the eastern half of the U.S. Sunday with areas of heavy snow, heavy rain and severe thunderstorms. Read More >
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd
Here’s a pretty good graphical explanation of the immediate event [which has been ongoing for several months].
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-107.59,43.11,637
Global warming. I’m thinking a tropical resort between Cleveland and Erie. Currently 570 feet above sea level, so I should have a few years to recover my investment before the Atlantic Ocean floods it.
Time for a rousing chorus of Blame Canada!
I saw hundreds of spots.
Then I realized it was time to wipe down my screen.
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