Break out the Gore-Tex.
Posted on 12/08/2016 8:20:53 PM PST by Mariner
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the United States could see frigid weather next week similar to life-threatening lows the polar vortex brought to parts of the country in 2014.
Anticipation of a freezing blast began to build this week when weather maps and forecast models showed similarities between next week's system and one that developed in January 2014.
"Upper-level atmosphere configuration very similar in scale & magnitude as infamous Jan 2014 #PolarVortex popularized by me and @afreedma," meteorologist Ryan Maue said on Twitter on Tuesday alongside maps comparing the two weather systems.
The southward shift in the polar vortex in 2014 brought the Midwest some of its coldest weather in two decades. Icy conditions snarled travel and thousands of flights were canceled or delayed.
Frigid temperatures combined with gusting winds to create life-threatening wind chills as low as 60 degrees Fahrenheit below zero (minus 51 Celsius) that killed at least nine people.
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The crest of the Sierra look downright mild by comparison. And it's a good year!
What happened to WARMING????
I remember when we called them cold fronts..
What’s that?
Me Too.
So basically the Polar vortex is about 1/20th as powerful as the Chicago vortex.
“I remember when we called them cold fronts..”
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Me too,but the use of words containing “X” or “Z’ is very popular these days.
I also remember when we just called this stuff WINTER.
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Jese Louise, keep up. ;-o
Break out the Gore-Tex.
It is GLOBAL COOLING !!!! It is the end of the world, I tell ya!!
The Canucks protested against our challenge to their peaceful nature when we called the weather a Canadian invasion.
My cousin in Buffalo, New York, is expecting three feet of global warming (snow).
‘Polar vortex’ sounds a lot scarier than ‘a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of the Earth’s poles that ALWAYS exists near the poles, but weakens in summer and strengthens in winter.’ That's what NOAA says it is.
Oh no it’s freezing cold because of global warming. This is just way too funny. Now it’s a Polar Vortex and the next thing they will come up with will be hot ice.
Global warming is just pathological science. They want a specific result so they create a BS theory and any normal person can see right through it. It’s not about science it’s all about manipulation, power and money. If people believe this BS they deserve what they get. You simply can’t cure stupid.
It got down to -3F here in Colorado last night.
polar vortex they are calling it now? Heck- we just used to call it winter-
Uh...it’s 9 now, South of Denver, going to -3.
So, if next week is going to be colder, we may not notice.
Basically what’s happening here is easily explainable: It’s “winter”.
-17 at my house. Wunderground had forecast -7.
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