US could face coldest Christmas in YEARS as temperatures drop 'much below normal' and arctic air mass blitzes southern states: Freezing onslaught will bring major snowstorms and holiday travel chaos for millions

Daily Mail UK ^ | December 19, 2022 | AP

[Morgana]

Much of the United States will either get a White Christmas or a bitterly cold one, as the forecasts for the country see snowstorms and temperatures in the deep south as low as the 20s.

Forecasters are warning of treacherous holiday travel and life-threatening cold for much of the nation as an arctic air mass blows into the already-frigid southern United States, with experts predicting the 'coldest Christmas in years.'

The coming week has the potential for 'the coldest air of the season' as the strong artic front marches across the eastern two-thirds of the country in the days before Christmas, according to the latest forecasts from the federal Weather Prediction Center. 

The National Weather Service is predicting a 'major snowstorm' from the southwest and midwest to the eastern seaboard on next weekend, as Christmas arrives on Sunday.  

According to AccuWeather, the storm may begin Wednesday in the Rockies, with snow potentially showing up as far south as Dallas and Nashville. 

The storm will likely head toward the east coast, but as rain, as we hit the weekend, with one meteorologist telling the New York Daily News that flight delays and cancellations are to be expected.

Regardless of weather you get snow or just freezing rain, you can be expecting a chill as Santa arrives on the 25th. 

'We're looking at much-below normal temperatures, potentially record-low temperatures leading up to the Christmas holiday,' said Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

The polar air arrives as an earlier storm system gradually winds down in the northeastern U.S. after burying parts of the region under two feet of snow.

[caww]

We’re already getting 20 degree temps here expected to drop even further.

[AbolishCSEU]

Wait till that new gas bill kicks in.

[nickcarraway]

Let me guess, it's because of the Dobbs decision?

[Candor7]

Its global schwarming!

Run for your lives!

I fight it off every year with 5 cord of maple and birch.

[Morgana]

Run a Humidifier it helps. There are ones out there that hold up to 5 gallons of water and just blast the air with moisture. Makes the house feel warmer so you don’t need to run the heat so high.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#4: "Let me guess, it's because of the Dobbs decision?"

Dang! You are perceptive. Of course! Yes, that's exactly why.

[Jonty30]

As an Albertan, I can say that a spring wind breaker between your body and your jacket can help keep the body warm.

I do it every winter.

[miserare]

AAARGH!

❄️❄️🌬🌬💨💨☃️☃️☕️🍵🍷

[Mark17]

I really hate climate change. It causes such low temperatures. 🤪

[caww]

I have a teapot on my stove as I want that type of vapor. It's absolutly true adding moisture into the air makes the room feel much warmer.....as it holds/adheres to the heat. I'm never without "steaming" the air in the winter months.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

In October, the National Weather Service long range forecast predicted warmer than normal temperatures for most of the USA for the rest of the year. You tax dollars at work.

[Morgana]

Yea I remember that. After Christmas it will probably warm up again.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I was just posting that pic!

The only “climate catastrophe” we face is idiotic politicians killing fossil fuels and unclear power.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

This Weds is a forecasted high of +5 and a low of -5 here in North Idaho. Brrrr….

[Impala64ssa]

We’re an hour north of Tampa in Hernando County and it’s down to 40F

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#15: "I was just posting that pic!"

Great minds think alike!  😊

[Libloather]

I blame Canada.

[Sacajaweau]

Been below normal for all of December here in Upstate.