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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Same here in AZ. To be around 75 for a high and 49 for a low.
How did we ever make it to the moon?
“Alaska always has below freezing nights, 12 months of the year.”
It didn’t during the 20 years I lived there.
I was in SW Michigan 3 years and 4 weeks ago for five days. Nightly lows were single digits near zero and highs of twelve or so with three days of lake-effect snow following two solid days of storm snow. Same place next week will be four degrees warmer approximately with same weather. It’s winter in the Great Lakes.
We need more carbon, not less.
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“ How did we ever make it to the moon? ”
Lawyers.
No one wants any risk.
And people are less self sufficient today.
Here in Iowa I’m reminding younger folks to make sure their battery terminals are clean and keep gas in he car .
Basic maintenance that isn’t as widely know as it should be
Loft?
Mr.GG2 has a huge wood pile going.
Yes frozen mix is very common here in Jan-Feb.
No..single story. Lots of land though.
40 below.
F = (9/5) C + 32
-40 = -(9/5)*40 + 32
-40 = -(9*40/5) + 32
-40 = -(9*8) + 32
-40 = -72 +32
-40 = -40
I've never experienced it, coldest I dealt with was -28 F in Minneapolis.
Find Paul Neuman’s Movie Quintet. Here in PA the forecast for next week goes to 19. I rode my bike to work in 7 degrees. It was tough but i did it. 19 isn’t really cold. The summer job at the ice Cream factory had 2 huge fans in the roller bed and the freezer was 10 degrees. That was cold.
Heh.
You’ll have to ask 0-bummer.
I did freeze my butt off on Haleakala one morning...in May
I’m definitely going to miss the California weather. That’s about all though.
I guess it’s winter again.
But Polar Vortex sounds so much deadlier.
Great weather for blowing soap bubbles. When the bubbles touch the ground they can shatter, or if there’s some wind, they might roll great distances.
“Maybe the temp drop will be severe enough make the C and F degree read equal. Anybody know what that temperature is?”
Near enough to make no difference -40
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