Arctic Blast to Hit Most of US this Week
November 12, 2019The US is in for an Arctic blast, with record-breaking low temperatures normally found only in the depths of Winter in the far North according to the government’s weather gurus.
“Temperatures that are well below normal will plunge into much of the nation beginning in the Northern Plains, and pushing all the way into Florida by mid-week,” the National Weather Service Tweeted Sunday, along with a GIF map showing the fluctuating readings.
Arctic-style weather conditions are expected to dip even as far South as Mexico, the National Weather Service said in a forecast.
“The arctic front is expected to dive well into Mexico and to move through Florida,” the NWS said. “Wintry conditions, gusty winds, and much colder temperatures will impact the eastern 2/3rds of the US.”
Dubbing it an “Arctic intrusion,” the NWS said the second one in less than a week is already landing in the Plains and Midwest, accompanied by record monthly pressure records for the month.
“By Monday evening, the front is expected to reach northern Mexico and the Appalachians with an abrupt drop in temperatures behind it, leading to some impressive 24-hour temperature changes on the order of 30 to 40+ degrees possible!” the NWS said in its forecast. “It will feel more like the middle of January for the beginning of the week, with numerous record low temperatures likely from Texas to the Great Lakes.”
Montana and the western Dakotas will see snow, as will northern New England. Michigan will get walloped with lake-effect snow, with Winter storm watches in effect for some of those areas, the NWS said.
Stay tuned…
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