Fierce Arctic Blast Coming ( For the upper Midwest -- hows that Global Warming?)

Accuweather ^ | Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:32 AM | Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

If you think it's cold now in Montana and the Dakotas, just watch what happens!

Friday, an even stronger surge of cold air will come down from the Arctic, sending temperatures plummeting to unprecedented levels for this time of year. In Montana and the western Dakotas, temperatures will not rise out of the 20s Friday and Saturday which is roughly 35 degrees below normal.

[MNlurker]

Rumors of snow flurries this weekend in Milwaukee!

[MrB]

Saw a “woolly” caterpiller the other day.
Big, very fuzzy, very black, miniscule orange bands.

It’s going to be a cold winter.

[Army Air Corps]

This cannot be! The Goreacle foretold that we shall all burn do death from car farts!

[C210N]

As usual, NO sunspots today. Wanna know what a cold winter looks like? Here is a picture below:

[Grunthor]

Hopefully next week the Congress votes on Health Care and immediately takes up Climate Change/Gore-bull Warming.

[Noumenon]

We’re looking at lows in the 10-14 degree range this weekend. Snow in the mountains.

Somebody let Crazy Al know.

[colorado tanker]

We're supposed to play two playoff games against the Phillies this weekend in this stuff. Should be interesting . . . .

[wastedyears]

What would happen if those two cells collide?

[Myrddin]

Central Idaho had enough snow to give the kids a "snow day" off from school earlier this week. My wife had to brush snow off her vehicle on Tuesday morning before going to work in Pocatello. All the mountains surrounding the Pocatello valley are covered with snow already. The trees haven't even turned color or dropped leaves in many places. That is leading to broken branches as the snow accumulates on leaf heavy branches.

[Hot Tabasco]

Saw a “woolly” caterpiller the other day.

Me too, but I couldn't see the band because of his winter coat and insulated orange hunting cap.......

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Maybe it will be slow getting to Denver.

Go Rockies...

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

bundle up dude.

[goodnesswins]

I saw a woolly caterpillar the other day too, and was surprised at the thinness of the orange band...but couldn’t remember what it meant...thanks for the reminder.

[Bitsy]

Rumors of snow flurries this weekend in Milwaukee!

My kingdom (such as it is after taxes) for a snowflake!
In New Orleans it will be muggy and 91 degrees today. The forecasters say next week will be a little better with highs of 75. I don’t believe its global warming - it will always be hotter than #ell during the summer in the south :)

[Buckeye McFrog]

those of us who believe in God are really digging how he is messin’ with these Global Warming nutjobs!

[Tublecane]

Living in Minnesota, I am reminded of an old Drew Carey bit, where he stands outside spraying an aerosol can, saying, “Screw the grandkids; I’m cold now.”

[Farmer Dean]

Somebody let big Al know about the sale on Carhartt’s at Tractor Supply.Might be out of the 3x size however.

[Buckeye McFrog]

C’mon Rockies! I’m dying to see Obama show up to throw out the first pitch at a World Series in three feet of snow!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well,...the cold air slids under the warm air which gets elevated and cools and the precip falls thru the cold air below and someone gets a nice ice storm...and those to the north get sleet....real fun stuff....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

We are not likely to see that happen....and he has already been to Copenhagen....

[randita]

Phillies are used to cold weather. Try Philly in April when it rarely gets above 50 on a “warm” day. Shouldn’t really hurt either team, IMO.

How about that wind yesterday?

[RC one]

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) most recent projection of heating degree-days, the Lower-48 States are forecast to be 1 percent warmer this winter compared with last winter and 1 percent milder than the 30-year average (1971-2000). However, heating degree-day projections vary widely between regions. For example, the Midwest, a major market for propane and natural gas, is projected to be about 4 percent warmer than last winter, while the West is projected to be about 4 percent colder." http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/contents.html Based on the freezing cold summer we saw in the mid west this year, I'm assuming this winter will be pretty bad. It's cold enough to burn some propane right now in fact. I hate to do it though. Last winter was basically a disaster for this area.

[MrB]

Tell me if you see one trying to fly south.

[colorado tanker]

Go Rockies...

You got it!

[DuncanWaring]

Cold winter?

I thought that was what cool summers looked like. ;-)

[reagan_fanatic]

We’re supposed to have a high here in IL only in the upper 40’s by Sunday.

Global warming, my frozen ass.

[TChris]

Our overnight lows will be near 10° F over the weekend. (Wyoming)

[IYAS9YAS]

Apparently it is 33 degrees and snowing in Fort Collins, CO, today. My co-worker mentioned it a few minutes ago. She has family there.

[VeniVidiVici]

Wanna know what a cold winter looks like? Here is a picture below

Yup. I told a friend of mine in Boston last night, "Hang on to your Long Johns this year."

[goodnesswins]

from a search....So why do the woolly bears cross the road? No one really knows why, but they cross roads and paths on warm days in late fall. Some people even believe that this can predict the weather. If they are going south, it is going to be a harsh winter. If they are headed north, it will be a mild winter.

The one I saw was crawling South!

[happydogx2]

Woolly Bear Caterpillar...
Most people in the
Midwest or New
England have heard at one
time or another that if you
want a forecast for the
upcoming winter, you should
just look for a woolly bear
(black at both ends and a
reddish brown or rust
colored in the middle) or
fuzzy bear caterpillar. This
same caterpillar is called the
woolly worm in southern
United States. They are
often found in the autumn
after they have left their
food plants (variety of
grasses and weeds including
plantain, dandelion, and
A Winter Predictor or Not?
end of the caterpillar is dark, the
beginning of winter will be severe.
If the tail end is dark, the end of
winter will be cold. In addition,
the woolly bear caterpillar has 13
segments to its body, which
traditional forecasters say correspond
to the 13 weeks of winter.
As with most folklore, there are
two other versions to this story.
The first one says that the woolly
bear caterpillar’s coat will indicate
the upcoming winter’s severity.
So, if its coat is very woolly, it will
be a cold winter. The final version
deals with the woolly bear
caterpillar’s direction of travel. It
is said that woolly bear’s crawling
in a southerly direction are
trying to escape the cold
winter conditions of the
north. On the other hand,
woolly bear’s crawling on a
northward path would
indicate a mild winter.
The popularity of the woolly
bear caterpillar has resulted
in several festivals honoring
them. In Vermilion, Ohio
(east of Cleveland), the
residents hold the annual
“Woolly Bear Festival.” It is
claimed to be the largest
one-day festival in Ohio.
Festivities include a parade,
woolly bear races, and an
“official” analysis of the woolly
bears and forecast for the coming
winter. Also, every 3rd weekend in
October the annual Woolly Worm
Festival is held in Banner Elk,
North Carolina.
The Woolly Bear (Pyrrharctia isabella) Caterpillar is
found across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
USDA photo
nettles) in search of a dark and
sheltered spot where they can
hibernate as larvae for the winter.
According to folklore, the amount
of black on the woolly bear in
autumn varies proportionately
with the severity of the coming
winter in the locality where the
caterpillar is found. The longer
the woolly bear’s black bands, the
longer, colder, snowier, and more
severe the winter will be. Similarly,
the wider middle brown band
is associated with a milder upcoming
winter. The position of the
longest dark bands supposedly
indicates which part of winter will
be coldest or hardest.

Now if the darn thing would just predict my NASCAR driver finishes.

[MrB]

Did he have his thumb out?

[piytar]

Too bad most libdolts are so stupid that they cannot fathom how the big ball of thermonuclear fire in the sky might affect climate. Sheesh.

[rwfromkansas]

I just hope it snows when I come back home to KS over Thanksgiving or Christmas.....

[Blood of Tyrants]

News last night was of all the ski resorts opening up on the first week in October.

[SoDak]

After a very cool summer, I’m not surprised. I’ve been seeking employment in Texas, trying to get my Texas wife back to warm environs, but she may have to go thru another Dakota winter. As for me, meh, winter doesn’t bother me at all. Bring it on.

[JPG]

Algore said the AGW would make all of the hurricanes worse and worse. Well, Al, where are they? crickets.....

[Popman]

Oh No, this Florida boy is going to Chicago next week. I don't even own a winter jacket. !

Down here 60' is darn near freezing

[colorado tanker]

The wind in Philly really hurt. True, the wind blew the same for both teams, but the reality is our pitchers rely far more than Lee does on what is usually a lights out defense against grounders and fly balls, so it played havoc with us.

But, this is playoff baseball. Our guys have got to hit even against quality lefties.

[sima_yi]

0 degrees C (32 F) here in the Peoples' Republic. (That's about 40 F colder than normal.)

GO Rockies!

[GOPJ]

Love that Global Warming.

If Al Gore's home was encased in ice next summer, ice that had never melted from the winter before, he'd still be talking about global warming.

Liberals can ignore "grossly obvious facts when those facts are unwelcome... (See Orwell tagline)

[jesseam]

We will bottom out at zero Friday night here in Helena. Snow is forcast for tonight and tomorrow. In other news, the Indians say we are in for a cold winter because white man is collecting more firewood than usual

[Cobra64]

We’re looking at lows in the 10-14 degree range this weekend. Snow in the mountains.

Really? Do you live in Florida or the North Pole?

[TChris]

I had ~3” of snow on my Durango this morning before I drove to work.

[AnAmericanMother]

[mowowie]

I’m going on our annual octobrfest campint trip to the woods of NH this weekend.
I just checked the weather, It’s gonna be in the low 30’s for Sat and Sun night.

This sucks.....

[Fresh Wind]

http://www.almanac.com/content/woolly-bear-caterpillars-weather-predictors

[absolootezer0]

won’t be that bad, highs in the 50s, lows in the 30s, not even 10 degrees lower than average.

[Noumenon]

That’s fahrenheit, not Celcius. And we’re 90 miles south of the Canuck border. Teh southern tip of Lake Pend Oreille is just a few miles away.