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Brace for the 'flash freeze'! Polar Vortex set to bring bitter cold to all 50 states on Monday will cause temperatures to plunge to -35 degrees in the Midwest - making antifreeze FREEZE
Daily Mail ^ | Feb. 5, 2021 | Andrew Court

Posted on 02/05/2021 5:51:21 PM PST by rickmichaels

Residents in the Midwest are bracing for a 'flash freeze' set to send temperatures plummeting as low as -35 degrees Fahrenheit (-37 Celsius).

The severe cold snap will be caused by a polar vortex pushing arctic winds down into the US, where all 50 states - even Hawaii - are expected to experience below freezing temperatures next Monday.

More than 212 million Americans will affected by the bitterly cold conditions, CNN reports.

However, the icy weather will be at its most extreme in the Midwest, where preparations are already in place to close schools and roads for fear of fatalities.

In some areas, temperatures will be up to 30 degrees below average. Meteorologists predict it could get so cold that car antifreeze could solidify.

The National Weather Service has warned that the flash freeze will 'quickly turn any wet or slushy roads to ice,' and create dangerous driving conditions.

Areas of Minnesota and Iowa will likely get so cold that it could be unsafe for children to leave home and attend school.

'As temperatures fall some 25 to 30 degrees below seasonal averages, arts of the Upper Midwest will near the thresholds necessary to cancel, or in the case of 2021, virtualize classes,' CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri stated.

Officials in St. Paul, Minnesota, say they will cancel classes on Monday if the forecast still shows that the temperature will be below -25 degrees Fahrenheit.

Meanwhile, there are also concerns that rivers flowing through the Midwest could freeze over, creating water traffic problems.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Weather
KEYWORDS: callingalgor; climatechange; dsj03; fakescience; freeze; globalwarming; globullwarming; weather
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To: dfwgator
When I was on the Big Island of Hawaii one time, I drove across it using Saddle Road (where the rental car agencies tell you not to go) and it got quite chilly as we approached one of the mountain tops. To the point where we turned the heat on in the car.

Highly recommend exploring the interior of the Big Island of Hawaii, the changes in landscape are incredible. Some areas look no different than ranch areas of the American West.

121 posted on 02/06/2021 5:54:18 AM PST by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie
"Doesn't seem to affect the forecast where I live."

Yeah, some here.. I just check the forecast for southern Ohio and it just looks like...February. Lows in the teens, high in the upper 20's..

Seems the media lies about everything nowadays... Even the weather.....

122 posted on 02/06/2021 5:55:53 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: JerryBlackwell

At extreme low temps it can gel, like diesel fuel does. But if it’s low enough to gel antifreeze, ain’t nothin gonna work.


123 posted on 02/06/2021 6:33:04 AM PST by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: rickmichaels

Bring on that global warming!


124 posted on 02/06/2021 7:32:23 AM PST by bgill (Ear piece to Biden, "Salute the Marines." Biden repeats message outloud but no comprehension.)
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To: rickmichaels

While it is supposed to reach seasonal lows of -10 here in my flyover, the ground did not even freeze until last week. Ground usually freezes by deer season in mid-November.

Actually glad it will get cold for a bit. Kills off insects and any escaped exotic pets, among other things.


125 posted on 02/06/2021 7:41:28 AM PST by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after the rain started.)
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To: jimtorr

Straight anti-freeze can freeze.

Only if diluted properly will it NOT freeze.

PRE-DILUTED anti freeze isn’t a good idea. YOU know what you need where YOU LIVE.

Get the concentrate & mix your own.

NEVER us straight concentrated anti-freeze.

Won many a bar bet in the 60’s with that trick. Pour straight anti-freeze into an ice cube tray. Put into freezer...ICE CUBES OF ANTI-FREEZE resulted.


126 posted on 02/06/2021 8:21:17 AM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: RC one
Here in northern Ohio...Might not even go below zero. Lake Erie is not frozen yet. They keep changing the low temp.

127 posted on 02/06/2021 10:44:50 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Die-ggl,TWT,FCBK,NYT,WPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antf,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP,MSNBC )
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To: grey_whiskers

or
F=(9/5)C+32
Let F=C
C=(9/5)C+32
-(4/5)C=32
C=-32(5/4)
C=-40
F=C=-40


128 posted on 02/06/2021 10:47:57 AM PST by Recompennation
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To: Right Wing Assault

And then there’s the windchill. I walked out of work yesterday and got hit with high winds. It felt cold enough to kill a man pretty quick. I think it’s about -14C with windchill right now.


129 posted on 02/06/2021 11:01:46 AM PST by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Average annual temp on the North Slope is around 12°F.


130 posted on 02/06/2021 11:31:51 AM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: 21twelve

-4 currently and the neighbors are on their backyard rink right now.


131 posted on 02/06/2021 1:15:38 PM PST by Solson (Trump 2020!)
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To: plsvn

We’re to reach 80 in my neck of the woods in Texas.

My friend in Minot, however, is right now at MINUS 29 with windchill and it’s going to be even colder this Monday.

YIKES.


132 posted on 02/06/2021 3:45:58 PM PST by Notthereyet (We're so angry we can spit pea pellets at a tree and drill the dang tree. )
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To: rickmichaels

“all 50 states”

Does that include Hawaii?


133 posted on 02/06/2021 5:02:26 PM PST by rfreedom4u ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas")
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