Polar Vortex To Plunge US Temperatures to -50C

[miketropic]

"Miketropics" back yard.

Can you guess what it is yet...............

If only I had that much fun last night! The coldest I had here was -20.5c last night and its not supposed to be that bad tonight. The wind chill did drop down to -31.6c and almost took my entire shed out with a couple gusts over 40 mph..glad it is winding down..projected 13c on saturday

[Dave Brown]

The wind chill did drop down to -31.6c

WHAT !!! Was bad enough here last March with windchill -12.7C

[kata]

On TV,

There was supposed to be someone threw a cup of water and the liquid frose as it hit the air.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25617117

[Mowgley]

Done that before it has to be boiling water though
My parents live in Edmonton Canada and can't believe the amount of fuss being made over the weather
They get cold snaps like this 2 or 3 times a year which last for 7-10 days
The latitude is the same as Leeds but get temps down to -40's without wind chill
This was Sundays forecast with a 8kph wind

[otorongo]

There was supposed to be someone threw a cup of water and the liquid frose as it hit the air.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=29 ... =2&theater

[gabriel]

Where I am from -25 during winter time is normal. Back home they have had -38 during night times, and -33 during the day for 3 weeks last wwinter.

[Alexander]

Thanks Dave,

Its certainly grim in Minnesota.

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Ohio

Un infierno del invierno!

Alexander

[Alexander]

This is the Jet Stream level today showing one part of the North American jet coming directly from the North Pole, with the other across northern Alaska. Neither very warm.

This is the top of the Stratosphere (above the Jet) showing the vortex combining with a high pressure over the Pacific to shove air across the North Pole and down into the USA. Makes it look like parts of the Russian Federation must be having the plus side of the USA's negative.

Thats fascinating!

Alexander

[Alexander]

Done that before it has to be boiling water though
My parents live in Edmonton Canada and can't believe the amount of fuss being made over the weather
They get cold snaps like this 2 or 3 times a year which last for 7-10 days
The latitude is the same as Leeds but get temps down to -40's without wind chill
This was Sundays forecast with a 8kph wind

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Alberta and most of Canada/Alaska is the Siberia of the New World...

Alexander

[miketropic]

the worst is over here.it is only 9F but will warm all week

[Arlon Tishmarsh]

the worst is over here.it is only 9F but will warm all week

Glad to hear it Mike

[Conifers]

Hell freezes over

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Hell, Michigan. Photo by Dougtone at Flickr, cc-by-sa license

[kata]

Fountains frozen and the worst, a wittle bird froze..

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Un infierno del invierno! fire?

[Dave Brown]

Fountains frozen and the worst, a wittle bird froze..

Un infierno del invierno! fire?

Unfortunately, wildlife will be taking a big hit in this.

They keep going on about Global Warming wiping things out, but the truth is, Ice Ages saw some of the largest mass extinctions other than meteor strike.

[Tom2006]

Ironically though the global warming is causing these extreme climate events and this freeze.