Posted on 02/14/2025 11:55:20 PM PST by Morgana
America is bracing for a brutal Arctic blast as a massive polar vortex smashes the country bringing deep freeze and catastrophic winter storms.
Meteorologists are warning this will be the most punishing Arctic invasion yet, cementing this period as one of relentless, record-breaking cold.
Frigid forces in the Arctic are converging, pushing what should be confined to the North Pole deep into the US, several meteorologists tell The Associated Press.
This will be the 10th time this winter the polar vortex - which keeps the coldest air at the top of the world - stretches like a rubber band to send it south, said Judah Cohen, forecast director at the private firm Atmospheric and Environmental Research.
In a normal winter, it happens maybe two or three times.
This winter, with record snow in New Orleans and drought and destructive wildfires in Southern California, has not been normal.
The latest projected cold outbreak should first hit the northern Rockies and northern Plains Saturday and then stick around all next week. The cold will likely concentrate east of the Rockies with only the far American west and central and southern Florida exempted, meteorologists said.
On Tuesday, expect the Lower 48 states to have an average low of 16.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 8.6 Celsius), and then plunge to 14 degrees (minus 10 Celsius) on Wednesday, calculated private meteorologist Ryan Maue, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist.
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Oh my God....it’s....it’s....Winter!
The heater repairman says he can’t figure out why the thermostat is’nt working...the heat doesn’t kick in until it’s about 30 degrees in this house!!
So portable heaters abound!!...well just two but they do the job.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN’T FIGURE IT OUT!!
And that’s 2 different ones!
How could a thermostate not be set off at the temp you set?!
It sets off at a lot lower.
And I spend a bunch of time in my man cave in the basement and it’s 20 degrees colder down here!!
I’m not a fixer upper kind of guy.
I’m a room service city boy :)
Thank goodness for portable heaters!
I’m fine….
I’m in Bangkok and it’s 90 degrees, people are friendly, a gourmet meal is $5, and there’s no woke crap here unless it’s some western business pushing that crap. And now the latter is being defunded!
We use these in our camp. It’ll get hot quick with these.
Mr. Heater Big Buddy
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/mr-heater-big-buddy-propane-heater
400 sq feet!! Perfect for the room I need it in.
Thank you!
😂
Winter... It apparently happens every year and of course... Global warming is to blame.
By the end of the year though, it will be the hottest year ever... Just like last year, and the year before and the year before that, etc.
The great thing about mother nature... You never know what she’ll do, but she’s always in charge and Al Gore can’t do a thing about it... That’s why the snow is still on top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Not to worry. Globull warming will return this summer.
That is funny, snow came back when Trump did.
(kidding) The weather is cycling back to colder temps. It IS winter after all.
Good Gawd everyone, it’s freaking winter! “Oh my it’s cold!” No kidding dumbshitz. Put the blanket on the horse, a little extra hay and grain won’t hurt him and get outa my way while I throw this here wood in the woodstove. Do you remember that winter when the brass monkey got neutered. That was one cold mutha.
Sounds like the thermostat is wired wrong. Like it is backward. Did it ever work right?
I am not a repair person in the least. Our problem is usually short cycling which is often caused by vents being blocked.
Mount Kilimanjaro
That was a great movie by the way. Does this comment make me look old?
Terrifying?
I thought it was terra frying.
Oh, clearly you do *not* understand.
It’s winter, but with < loud ominous music plays> POLAR VORTICES!
Obviously that is much, much worse!
Be sure to stay glued to your TV for updates and buy more product sold to you by that nice gay couple.
Do You have a HVAC Unit or a Heat Pump ?
Make sure that the Thermostat Unit is LEVEL. (If it is an older model with the Mercury Bulb) if it’s a newer version then it’s probably a Factory Defect and needs to be replaced.
We just call it a winter storm. Happens all the time.
The coming ice age is here!
In my city, we had a blast of deep.freeze for the past couple of weeks. However, the forecast is finally calling an end to it in about five days and we will finally have the temperatures we should be having.
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