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.
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Californians save yourselves! Stay in CA!
Snowball fight in DC last Sunday.
And it’s been
Absolutely Beautiful
All this past Week!
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I hate California.
Ummm, with an elevation of our 14,000 feet on the big island, freezing is pretty routine in Hawaii.
bet you walked barefoot in show up to your chest up hill both ways too!
Will electric vehicles work?
If you live in Minnesota will your elecric car even put out enough heat? Heat it and probably reduce your range by at least 10% you EV suckers!
The biggest of all the junk science movies I’ve ever seen.
I actually went with my kids to see it in the theater and we laughed through the whole thing, it was so bad.
It clearly annoyed many of the other patrons.
I call BS!!!
I’ve been in -40F once...and in -30F once. Both times were in Quebec. Stayed overnight both times...car started both mornings. But on one of those trips I arrived at about 6PM local and it was already -25F and it was so cold that when I went to fill my car the first pump I tried was frozen...had to go to another station.
I guess that’s what happens when you don’t see snow often enough.
That novelty wore off decades ago.
Sunny and 49 degrees in Denver on Monday.
Low of 48 on Monday here in San Diego
Low of 48 on Monday here in San Diego
We’ll be going down into the teens here in PA.
What about the other 7 states?
When all else fails,read the article,
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We are N Atlanta burbs. Supposed to get frozen mix tomorrow night.
In North Texas when the flames freeze they break them off and grind them into chili powder.
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