Posted on 01/31/2019 10:26:49 AM PST by rktman
Records have been shattered as the polar vortex unleashed the harshest cold in years on the midwestern United States during the final days of January.
After the polar vortex plunged southward, temperatures plummeted under 20 below zero F from North Dakota to northern Illinois during the morning hours of both Wednesday and Thursday.
On Thursday morning, 9 states in the Midwest and northern New England recorded temperatures lower than the northernmost point in Alaska (Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow).
Biting winds made the extreme cold more life-threatening as AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures dropped under 50 below zero. Frostbite can occur in mere minutes on exposed skin in these conditions.
(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...
“Never hear about the wind chill factor during the summer.......LOL! “
For summer they’ve developed the heat index which factors in outdoor air temp and humidity (”it feels like”) on humans.
I like that they do both wind chill and heat index in their weather reports. I find it useful.
I was gonna say the two “L”s look mighty suspicious. Is this the Racquel Welch effect?
“they” have fallen in love with “polar vortex” while the alberta clipper is seldom seen anymore and I missed the wake.
High of only 58 here today but low 70’s this weekend and further on for north central Florida - must be that glowbull warming....
Well because it’s warmer in Antarctica today. But, it is summer there so...........
Those Indians must have been a hardy lot to have survived those winters.
“AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures dropped under 50 below zero”
I hate this “realfeel” crap. just tell me the actual temp. and I’ll decide how I “feel” about it.
They did have to chisel their way through a km of glacier to see the sun.
If summer there occurs once a year, why does the “Vortex” not move south every year having the same results as this year?
Anyway you look at it it’s nippy outside.
Wind chill is a ridiculous and made up measurement. No matter what the wind chill factor is, water or any inanimate object will not freeze if the air temperature is at or above 33 degrees......
If it gets colder, it must be global warming.
Yes, I’ve seen colder than -15 here, north of Indy.
About 12-15 years ago, we had -20 with -60 wind chill.
So cold, a YUGE Cargill grain bin near me burst, spilling hundreds of thousands of bushels of corn
We must have signed a peace treaty with our northern neighbors because “Canadian invasion” is no longer used in weather talk.
They're pretty poor on their physics; warmer air rising will cause the cooler air to come in...it won't push anything.
how long to make your observation?
your imogee will soon sprain its eyebrows.
Those Indians must have been a hardy lot to have survived those winters.
It’s so cold here, politicians have their hands in their own pockets!
I was out briefly in -60 windchill, -12 actual. You can’t function. Frostbite in 5 minutes of exposure.
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