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Arctic Outbreak to Hit Midwest and Northeast next week
By Jason SamenowJanuary 24 at 11:51 AM [WashingtonPost] One of the most severe cold air outbreaks in years is possible from the Upper Midwest to the Northeast next week as the jet stream crashes south and a large lobe of the polar vortex plunges toward the Great Lakes. Computer models forecast the brutal cold to crash into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest starting Tuesday. The core of the frigid blast would grip the region from the Dakotas to the eastern Great Lakes on Wednesday and Thursday, sending cities such as Minneapolis, Des Moines, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Chicago and Detroit into a teeth-chattering [with some maximum temps below 0F] freeze. much of the east has a high water table from the rainy summer and fall. Water expands when it turns to ice (and even continues to expand a bit until it hits about -40F) and all kinds of problems result. Posted by: lord garth 2019-01-24 |
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