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malaise

(267,827 posts)
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 07:39 PM Jan 2019

Bundle Up DUers Coldest Blast in Years Heading for Midwest, Great Lakes

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Coldest-Blast-Years-Heading-Midwest-Great-Lakes?cm_ven=cat6-widget

Midwesterners are in for a dangerous round of bitterly cold air and extreme wind chills as January draws to a close. Temperatures are expected to bottom out from Tuesday to Thursday, hitting their coldest levels in several years in parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes. Less-extreme but still-noteworthy cold will overspread much of the nation east of the Misssissippi by midweek.

This Arctic outbreak—well advertised in long-range weather models—is in line with seasonal forecasts issued as far back as November by The Weather Company. As we discussed in a post on January 18, the outlooks gave increasingly high odds to unusually cold weather in the eastern United States toward the latter half of this winter.

The culprit behind next week’s cold blast is a lobe of the stratospheric polar vortex predicted to set up shop across the Great Lakes, far south of its usual position. The extremely cold upper-level low will pull a frigid dome of surface high pressure from central Canada into the central and eastern U.S. as the week unfolds. On Friday, ahead of the main event, temperatures fell below zero as far south as northern Missouri, with wind chills dipping below –20°F as far south as Iowa, reported weather.com.

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Bundle Up DUers Coldest Blast in Years Heading for Midwest, Great Lakes (Original Post) malaise Jan 2019 OP
Really Cold Yesterday ProfessorGAC Jan 2019 #1
A close friend is in Chicago for an award malaise Jan 2019 #2
If he didn't bring base layers, Lars39 Jan 2019 #8
Sunny, 43 degrees here in eastern Kansas. I wonder if we will get a cold blast from this. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #4
The Radar Doesn't Look Like ProfessorGAC Jan 2019 #5
I looked at our forecast. We are supposed to get down to 10 on Wednesday, then up to 47 on Thursday. tblue37 Jan 2019 #9
Snug in my little house in the woods. safeinOhio Jan 2019 #3
I Bought One Short Length... ProfessorGAC Jan 2019 #6
NW OH Mendocino Jan 2019 #7
I have some extra boots and a 90 below rated parka (2 actually) akraven Jan 2019 #10
I'm in Detroit...... Takket Jan 2019 #11

malaise

(267,827 posts)
2. A close friend is in Chicago for an award
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 07:47 PM
Jan 2019

Says his old bones didn't expect anything like this. Stay warm.

Lars39

(26,093 posts)
8. If he didn't bring base layers,
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 11:26 PM
Jan 2019

Last edited Mon Jan 28, 2019, 12:53 PM - Edit history (1)

tell him to buy and wear some pantyhose.
I was in Minnesota 2 years ago when that polar vortex descended. Those temps are brutal.

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
5. The Radar Doesn't Look Like
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 09:41 PM
Jan 2019

The blast looks likes it's coming out of Manitoba, not Alberta, like normally happens.
In KS, you might be far enough south and west
I hope I'm right for your sake, cuz they're talking -24 here in the Chicago area.

tblue37

(64,982 posts)
9. I looked at our forecast. We are supposed to get down to 10 on Wednesday, then up to 47 on Thursday.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 11:29 PM
Jan 2019

Kansas weather swings like a pendulum, maybe because we have no significant landforms to block weather systems.

safeinOhio

(32,532 posts)
3. Snug in my little house in the woods.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 09:25 PM
Jan 2019

Got a new gas space heater that doesn't need electric to work. So if the lights go out, happens during storms, I'll stay warm and my pipes won't burst.

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
6. I Bought One Short Length...
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 09:46 PM
Jan 2019

... Of electric pipe trace for the basement bathroom
Oddity of our house, is that we live on a corner and garage is half the basement.
The other half is rec, utility, laundry rooms and a half bath
So the west wall is not(!) underground, but exposed to the elements
So the cold water pipe to the sink and washer is at risk.
But, copper conducts so well, I only need to get part of the pipe hot, and just run water now and then
Fingers crossed

Takket

(21,425 posts)
11. I'm in Detroit......
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 11:35 PM
Jan 2019

Supposed to be -2 for the HIGH on wednesday with -12 on thursday morning and wind chills down to -40

Yikes.

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