April 8, 2016 - SOUTHERN UNITED STATES - Strong winds associated with a cold front picked up dust and debris and
created a heavy, 160 km (100 miles) wide dust storm that blanketed much
of Texas Panhandle late April 5/April 6, 2016.
NWS Amarillo forecaster Nicholas Fenner said thestorm threw
dust about 610 meters (2,000 feet) into the air. The storm reached as
far north as Oklahoma Panhandle and as far south as Lubbock, Texas
before it dissipated.
There were no reports of any road closures or anyone hurt from the dust storm.
March 23, 2016 - UNITED STATES - Parts of the central and southern United States will face the return of
severe thunderstorms. Some of the storms can cause property damage and
flash flooding into Thursday.
Severe weather will erupt as a cold front slices into surging warm air.
Storms will initiate across eastern Texas to part of the central Plains and spread eastward into part of the Mississippi Valley.
A small number of severe storm will extend as far north as southeastern Nebraska and near the Iowa/Missouri border.
"Storms will be capable of producing mainly large hail and damaging winds," AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions Storm Warning Meteorologist Alex Avalos said. "However, a tornado or two cannot be ruled out."
Cities at risk for the violent thunderstorms during Wednesday
night include Dallas and San Antonio, Texas; Fayetteville and Little
Rock, Arkansas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Springfield, Kansas City, and St.
Louis, Missouri; and Shreveport, Louisiana.
The severe weather will wane some for early Thursday morning before
becoming more numerous farther east in the afternoon after some daytime
heating.
"The potential will exist for a few severe thunderstorms on Thursday across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and potentially even into western Georgia and Florida," Avalos said. "Large hail and damaging winds will be the main concerns."
Thunderstorms capable of producing hail may also extend northward into northern Mississippi and western Tennessee.
Thursday's threat zone includes New Orleans; Jackson, Mississippi;
Memphis, Tennessee; Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama; and Pensacola,
Florida.
Residents with any outdoor activities should keep an eye to the sky and seek shelter if thunderstorms develop.
John Jensenius Jr., Lightning Safety Specialist at NOAA, reported that the first lightning death of 2016 occurred on Saturday.
"A 28-year-old woman was struck [Friday night] while sheltering in a
personal tent at a blues festival in Larose, Louisiana. She died on
Saturday," he said.
The thunderstorms will also produce downpours that raise another concern for the flood-ravaged lower Mississippi Valley.
Flood water swamps I-10 on Louisiana border with Texas
The greatest risk from flooding will be in urban areas and along small streams.
The fast movement of the storms will limit the amount of rainfall in the hardest-hit flood areas from earlier in the month. - AccuWeather.
February 28, 2016 - JAMAICA - The heavy rains that have been lashing section of St James since late Friday afternoon resulted in significant flooding in several sections of downtown Montego Bay and has left several houses in the newly constructed Port Bello Housing Scheme, near Cornwall Courts, under water.
“We have had reports of Creek Street, Dome Street and the Sign main road being under water at this time,” Montego Bay’s mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris, told The Gleaner shortly after 1 p.m.
“We have teams from the National Works Agency, the Police and the St James Fire Department out there monitoring the situation”.
Flooding in several sections of downtown Montego Bay has left several houses in the newly constructed Port Bello Housing Scheme, near Cornwall Courts, under water.
Photo: Adrian Frater
As a result of the number of flooded roadways across the western city, traffic was reduced to a snarl in some areas and came to a complete standstill in many other sections, creating a nightmare for motorists and pedestrians.
“Creek Street no good again,” shouted a motorists to a colleague, who was asking where he could drive to get to the Mt Salem community.
WATCH: Flooding in Jamaica.
“It's better you just pull over and get a nap because you won’t be able to drive on Creek Street”.
A man, who was trapped in a vehicle on the Sign main road was rescued by a team from the St James Fire Department.
A freak storm at the fishing beach in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, damaged about 10 shops.
The roof of a bath house owned by the Red Cross was also lifted during the storm.
Councillor for the Dry Harbour Division Arthur Clemetson, says persons along the fishing beach reported hearing strange sounds before the wind reached them.
Mr. Clemetson says approximately three of the bigger shops lost their roofing.
He says the affected beach area is being cleaned up, after debris was left everywhere in the wake of the freak storm.
The Meteorological Service has issued a flash flood watch for low-lying and flood prone areas of northern parishes.
The flash flood watch is effective until 7:00 am on Sunday.
The Meteorological Service said today that projections are for showers
and thunderstorms, which could be heavy at times, to affect Jamaica
today into Sunday morning. Temperatures are also expected to be
noticeably below normal across the island.
A flash flood watch means that flash flooding is possible and residents
are advised to take precautionary measures, keep informed by listening
to further releases from the Meteorological Service and be ready for
quick action if flooding is observed or if a warning is issued.
The Meteorological Service said it will continue to monitor the situation.
A woman removes snow on top of a greenhouse in Dongyang, Zhejiang province, on Jan. 22. STR/AFP/Getty Images
February 4, 2016 - CHINA - Snowfall continued for several days have jammed the routine life
in China, while millions of passengers returning to their home for
Chinese New Year, stuck on stations and airports.
Snowfall in China has broken down all records of previous years,
while the snowfall has increased problems for millions of people
returning to their homes for Chinese new year ceremonies. Aerial
operation and trains schedule have been affected badly due to bad
weather and snowfall, while six thousand policemen have been deployed to
control the people. According to Chinese officials, at least three
billion people travel in different areas of China during new year
vacations. - Abbtakk.
Heavy snow has disrupted public
transport in southern China, stranding tens of thousands of people
outside a rail station, police say.
The crowd outside Guangzhou station swelled to nearly 100,000 at its peak on Monday night, police said.
Central China has experienced some of its coldest weather in years.
The
rare snow has coincided with the run-up to Chinese New Year - where
hundreds of millions of Chinese travel home to see their families.
Fishing boats are stuck in ice at a harbor in Dalian on Jan. 21. ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images
A fishing boat carrying buoys makes its way through the ice-filled harbor in Dalian on Jan. 21. ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images
People walk along a snow-covered street in Zouping County on Jan. 22. Xinhua/Zhou Ke via Getty Images
Soldiers train in Hulunbuir. ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images
Many trains from north and central China were delayed by the snow - leaving passengers in the south stranded with no transport.
More than 50,000 people still remained stuck outside Guangzhou railway station on Tuesday, state media said.
Local police said 5,200 officers had been deployed to maintain order.
They
urged passengers to check their train details online and avoid "blindly
heading to the station to wait for trains", saying this would
exacerbate the overcrowding.
Officials estimate nearly three
billion trips will take place over the holiday season, in what is
considered the world's biggest annual human migration.
Meanwhile, traffic jams had led to more than 400 people in Guangzhou missing their flights, Xinhua news agency reported. - BBC.
As of Tuesday noon, over 50-thousand passengers were still stranded
at Guangzhou Railway Station, after rare snow in central China caused 24
trains to be delayed.
Yesterday nearly 100-thousand passengers were seen waiting inside and outside the station.
Spokesperson for Guangzhou Railway Group, Chen Jianping, explained the reasons for the delays.
"Due to bad weather, some trains were delayed and the order has been
confused. The Guangzhou Railway Station is designed to hold 30-thousand
passengers at a time. Passengers should arrive at the square four hours
ahead of time and enter the waiting rooms two hours earlier. But now it
is raining. Inside the station things are in good order, but on the
square and between the square and waiting rooms, it is overcrowded."
Thousands of travelers are stranded at Guangzhou
Railway Station in South China's Guangdong province after rare snow in
central and eastern Chinese provinces
delayed train services, Feb 1,
2016. About 100,000 travelers were forced to wait outside the station
ahead of Spring Festival, the most important holiday
of the year. The
local police drafted in 1,300 more security personnel to the initial
2,600 officers, and appealed to the passengers
not to spend long hours
outside the station. Reuters
Reuters
Reuters
Imagine China
The local police have added 13-hundered security staff to the railway
station and closed parts of the roads around the station to hold
stranded passengers.
Chen Jianping said they have dispatched some temporary trains from
Hunan province to relieve the delays and shorten the arrival/dispatch
cross-over time.
Chinese travellers are expected to make 2.9 billion trips during the 40-day Chunyun period, which began on January 21. - CRI English.
WATCH: 3rd coldest temperatures ever recorded in Hong Kong and first snows in 60 years throughout Guangzhou, China.
February 3, 2016 - MEXICO - The situation is particularly worrying in the north, where the thermometer reached the -17 ° C mark.
In Mexico City it snowed in January, a phenomenon not seen in the capital since 1967.
31 Jan 2016 - While the storm Jonah was unleashed on the United States,in Mexico temperatures dropped to record lows.
The snow and cold forced the government to declarea state of emergency is declared in 24 of the 32 states in the country.
The National Meteorological System has warned that the worst of
winter may be yet to come and that temperatures will fall in the north,
northeast, east and center of Mexico.
WATCH: Heavy snowfall in Mexico.
The most affected are the northern states: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora,
Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, although significant frost and freeze
municipalities of Puebla, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi and Veracruz were
also recorded.
On the heights of the "Neovolcanic", the mountain range that crosses
Mexico and includes volcanoes Popocatepetl, Nevado de Toluca and Pico de
Orizaba, snow dominated the landscape. - Ice Age Now.
Galeana, Nuevo León, where roofs have been collapsing under the snow.
January 31, 2016 - MEXICO - Residents in many parts of Mexico might decide to remain in their homes for this long weekend asheavy rains, strong winds, some snow and cold temperatures are forecast for many regions.
In fact, the national Civil Protection office has declared an "extraordinary
emergency" in 446 municipalities in 23 states, brought on by cold front
No. 34 and the eighth winter storm of the season.
The declaration will make resources available for the emergency supply
of food and blankets to an estimated half a million people from
Chihuahua in the north to Chiapas in the south.
Mountain regions of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas and Nuevo León can expect temperatures to plunge lower than -5 C.
The weather in both Mexico and California has been having
adverse effects on fresh produce supplies in the U.S. and Canada. The
second-largest food retailer in Canada said last week there would be
shortages for three weeks due in part to weather conditions.
Sobey´s said it is struggling to deal with the worst situation in 30 years.
One of the coldest places in Mexico this week was La Rosilla, a community in the Durango municipality of GuanecevÃ. The temperature dropped two days ago to-17 C.
In Nuevo León, meanwhile, the roofs of many homes in the
community of Galeana, located in the south of the state, collapsed under
the weight of the heaviest snowfall in 20 years.
April 16, 2015 - BELARUS -An “apocalyptical” storm swept through several regions in Belarus,
including the capital. But it was in the city of Soligorsk where clouds
as black as ink obscured the sun light, while strong winds ushered in a
sand storm.
Soligorsk residents, about 120 kilometers from the capital Minsk,
were both scared and excited by the weather phenomenon that hit
Belarus on Monday. At around 17:00 local time, darkness descended
on the city with over 100,000 residents opting to stay indoors.
People reportedly had to move around several districts with
flashlights. The storm’s heavy rains led to electricity being cut
off, trees falling down and damage to buildings.
The country’s Emergency Ministry reported about 46 communities in
the Minsk region suffered various kinds of damage. The capital
city was also hit by storm force winds and torrential rain, but
no emergency situations were reported.
WATCH: Epic storm hits Belarus.
The epic storm was created by a cold front on the
Ukrainian-Belorusian border that later reached the Carpathian
Mountains in an event that is quite rare for this time of the
year. Meteorologists called the natural phenomenon a
“haboob,” which means an intense red dust storm in
Arabic. - RT.
January 7, 2015 - HAWAII -
The unusually cold weather over the last two days continued to break
records in Hawaii, including a record for this date that goes back over
122 years in Honolulu.
The National Weather Service said Monday
morning's low temperature of 57 degrees beat the low temperature for
this date of 60 degrees of temperatures recorded at the Honolulu
Airport.
It also beat a older low temperature record for Honolulu set in 1893 of 58 degrees.
On Kauai, the low of 57 degrees at the Lihue Airport beat tied a record of 57 degrees last seen in 1993.
It's the second day of record low temperatures.
Four low temperatures records were tied or broken Sunday morning.
The low of 54 degrees in Lihue and Kahului Sunday broke records for
Kauai and Maui. The previous record of 59 degrees in Lihue was set in
2005. The low in Kahului broke a record of 55 set for this date in 1971.
In Hilo, the low temperature of 59 degrees broke the previous record of 60 set in 1999 on Sunday's date.
Honolulu tied a record low of 58 degrees set in 1979.
Temperatures should be a little warmer Monday night, ironically because of a weak cold front moving through the islands.
The cold front, which should only bring a few scattered showers, will
strengthen winds, which should keep temperatures in the low- to mid-60s
in most areas overnight, forecasters said.
The road to the
summit of Mauna Kea remained closed Monday morning because of snow and
ice. However, a high wind advisory for the Big Island summits expired at
noon.
We may get one more night of unusually cool winter
weather on Tuesday as dry and cool air behind the front may drop
temperatures back into the 50s Tuesday night.
Temperatures
should gradually warm during the rest of the week into the weekend, when
high temperatures should return to around 80 degrees, with lows in the
upper 60s at night.
Forecasters say trade winds could weaken and turn southeasterly by the end of the week, bringing a chance of fog this weekend. - Star Advertiser.
December 2, 2014 - EARTH -
The following reports constitute some of the latest incidents of global
cooling, as we continue to track planet Earth's rapid plunge into a new
Mini-Ice Age.
Ice, Snow to Impact Travel in U.S. Northeast Tuesday Night Into Wednesday
Snow
and ice that developed over interior mid-Atlantic on Tuesday will
spread slippery travel northward into early Wednesday over the interior
Northeast.
Not enough snow and ice will occur to cause widespread power outages in this situation. Some people in northern New England were still without power on Sunday
in the wake of the storm that hit just before Thanksgiving. A few small
tree limbs may break, which could cause minor sporadic power
disruptions.
The wintry mix is following only about 24 to 36 hours after temperatures climbed into the 50s and 60s on Monday.
A
shallow push of cold air moved in on Monday night ahead of the wintry
precipitation, slashing temperatures by as much as 30 degrees compared
to highs from Monday.
According to AccuWeather Meteorologist Ed
Vallee, "Warm air trying to move up from the south will be forced to
ride up over top of the shallow layer of cold air near the ground into
Wednesday."
This process caused some sleet and rain to break out
from portions of northern Virginia to parts of Ohio and southern
Pennsylvania, during Tuesday morning.
Vallee added that wintry travel conditions will spread northward Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
Temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s F near the ground will allow some of the rain to freeze on colder surfaces.
Bridges, overpasses and other elevated surfaces will be the first to turn icy.
Along
I-95, temperatures are likely to be warm enough to prevent black
(clear) ice from forming. However, a mix of sleet and rain will spread
northeastward in the swath from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore,
Wilmington, Delaware, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston for a time.
Slippery spots may develop in these cities' northern and western
suburbs.
As the wintry mix ends in southern areas, some wet snow,
sleet and rain will then spread into northern Pennsylvania, northern New
Jersey and New York state Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Metro
areas that could experience slippery travel Tuesday night include State
College and Scranton, Pennsylvania; Binghamton, Buffalo and Albany, New
York; Rutland, Vermont; Worcester, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine.
Just
enough of a wintry mix can fall to cause slow and slippery travel along
parts of the New York Thruway and Massachusetts Turnpike and portions
of the I-80, I-84, I-88, and I-91 corridors during Tuesday night.
The wintry mix will then shift into northern Maine and neighboring Canada on by Wednesday morning.
"As
warmth overtakes the region, any wintry mix will end or change to plain
rain from south to north later Tuesday into Wednesday,' Vallee said.
Nine inches of rain fell on central Florida with NO Hurricane as a polar Vortex collapsed on itself in the southern extent. This mimics events experienced in the 1800's and 1600's when two other Grand Solar Minimums were experienced in North America. also accompanying these events were large amounts of volcanic eruptions planet wide. It seems we are repeating both right now. Historical records speak of four seasons in a day as a common occurrence.
WATCH: Nine Inches of Rain in Florida with No Hurricane.
Freezing rain blankets Budapest causing power outages to 40K homes
The entire forest in the hills at Pilis,
south-east of Budapest, was covered in cloud and fog, freezing the rain
and fog solid on the branches.
About
40,000 homes on the outskirts of Budapest went without electricity on
Tuesday as freezing rain blanketed the area and falling trees cut power
lines, Hungary's Disaster Relief Agency said.
Heavy
branches fell and entire trees toppled as ice as thick as 10
centimeters (4 inches) coated them, threatening entire forests in
altitudes above 400 meters, according to people who ventured to higher-lying areas.
Forestry services closed off large tracts of land located higher than
400 meters above sea level to prevent injuries. No deaths or injuries
have been reported.
Ice covered branches in the hills at Pilis, south-east of Budapest.
One forestry worker who visited the
Borzsony Mountains north of Budapest said the woods echoed with loud
cracks and hissing sounds as branches and trunks gave way under tons of
ice. "We literally had to flee the woods because those trees and branches could come down on you at any moment,"said the forester, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
On Budapest's hilly Buda side, the local mayor asked families not to
send their children to school because it was not safe to walk beneath
trees that could have tons of ice coating their branches. Public
transit service was disrupted in several places and the ring road
around Budapest was closed for several kilometers as a high-voltage
power line threatened to collapse, the road maintenance agency Magyar Kozut said.
Hungarian grid operator MAVIR told the state news agency MTI that
several high-capacity power lines were disrupted when pylons holding
them up fell. Repairs could take months but electricity supply would
remain unaffected, MAVIR said. - Reuters.
'Ice Volcano' forms on shore of Green Bay, Wisconsin
When
you think of a volcano, you typically think "hot" - molten lava and
ash, not ice. But the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has
posted a video of a different kind of "volcano," this one made of ice, along the shore of Green Bay.
As the DNR explains, the "ice volcano" is formed when waves hit a shell
of ice. At a weak spot in the ice, a hole forms, and water gushes
through. The water splashes up and creates a mound with a hole in the
middle, just like a volcano. The DNR says the volcano has disappeared
naturally since the video was shot.
Cold front started affecting most part of China with gales before dawn, the meteorological authorities said on Sunday. China's
northern areas including Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei and Beijing were
the first to experience gales and temperature drops, which will hit most
part of China later as cold front moves eastwards, the National
Meteorological Center (NMC) said.
Beijing,
Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong and Anhui issued cold wave or gale alerts this
morning. The center suggested better cold-proof protection and fire
prevention in these areas.
WATCH: Varied Thrush.
Smog still lingers in some regions of
north China despite that the NMC has canceled the yellow alerts, the
third serious in a four-tier warning system, for heavy fog and haze at 6
o'clock this morning.
The NMC forecast that in the next three
days, northeast China's Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning will be hit by
heavy snow with blizzards in some areas. - Xinhuanet.
Cold weather movement? Southern California invaded by dozens of rare varied thrushes
A rare and striking bird is showing up in large numbers in Southern California.
It's called the varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) and it has deep yellow and black stripes with patches of white on its underside.
Normally, this species lives in the Pacific Northwest and travels no further south than San Francisco
For some reason, this year is different.
"It's turning up in all these parks and just flying overhead and people are seeing it in all these weird places,"said Dan Cooper, an L.A. based biologist and birder watcher.
People wear warm clothes as visiting the Temple of Heaven in Beijing,
capital of China, Dec. 1, 2014. Cold front affected the capital city
with gales. (Xinhua/Li Wen)
(Xinhua photo)
In addition to it's eye catching color, the varied thrush also has a
distinct bird call that sounds almost like a tea kettle whistling.
Dan
Cooper's been carrying his binoculars with him in hopes of spotting the
bird during this unusual "invasion," as he called to it.
Kimball Garrett, the ornithology collections manager at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, said in previous years bird watchers would be lucky to see one or two varied thrush around L.A.
This year he says there are dozens.
Garrett isn't sure what's driving them south. It might be due to a lack
of food in their native region, or perhaps a varied thrush baby boom is
forcing the population to spread out.
Either way, the thrush
isn't expected to upset the ecosystem of native birds. And for birders,
it's a great chance to see a neat bird without traveling north. - SCPR.
Wheat Kill-Off From Extreme Cold in November
With 130 year cold sweeping across the USA, temperatures -50F below normal is bound to have an effect on winter wheat seedlings that are just a few inches tall. Temperatures dropped to -26F/-32C, which caused an 8% increase in wheat futures.
WATCH: Wheat Kill-Off From Extreme Cold in November.
November 30, 2014 - WYOMING, UNITED STATES
- The small town of Cody, Wyoming, was taken by surprise when
hurricane-force winds whipped the area, causing power outages, uprooting
a power pole and transformers and blowing out windows.
A neighborhood of about 100 homes experienced power outages that lasted for a few hours, the Associated Press reported.
Power was also cut to businesses and a streetlight downtown for four hours, according to the Cody Enterprise.
A
40-foot Colorado Spruce was downed on the Visitor Center, the Cody
Enterprise also noted. Cody Mayor Nancy Tia Brown offered an update on
the situtation, "We all have to be respectful of Mother Nature.
We’re taking care of everything as quickly as we can to make sure people are safe and comfortable." The
wind gusts the area experienced were powerful, as weather.com
meteorologist Linda Lam described, “Chinook winds developed along parts
of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains on Friday.
This strong downslope wind brought wind gusts of over 80 mph to some locations.
As the wind comes down the leeward side of the Rocky Mountains the dry air warms.
The warm and gusty winds ahead of an approaching cold front resulted in some record and near-record warm temperatures as well."
The winds were strong enough to knock out two storm windows in a home, the Associated Press said.
The winds also rattled the windows of city hall and interrupted its phone services, the Cody Enterprise reported.
Black
Friday shoppers were inconvenienced as Walmart asked shoppers to return
carts inside the store in order to avoid damage to cars parked outside,
said the Cody Enterprise.
The highest wind gust reported was 117
mph near Clark, Wyoming, and the high wind warnings continue
into Sunday for parts of Wyoming and Colorado. - TWC.
March 13, 2014 - NEW MEXICO/TEXAS, UNITED STATES - A huge dust storm, known as a haboob, swept over New Mexico and West Texas Tuesday night in dramatic fashion, limiting visibility and interrupting sports events.
A Haboob moves through Clovis, New Mexico. (Photo: Aaron & Cassie Loomis)
Haboob seen northwest of Amarillo, Texas from 38,000ft @JimCantore
The Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team had to stop their game against Abeline Christian University after 6 ½ innings when the winds blew in the dust cloud. The team still won the game, 6-2.
The Weather Channel said the storm was caused by the strong cold front currently moving across the country that kicked up large amounts of dust. In the drought-stricken area.
A Lubbock television station described the winds as up to 55 miles per hour and warned residents of reduced visibility out on the roads.
November 12, 2013 - UNITED STATES - With the start of astronomical winter still a little over a month away, it will feel a lot more like December than November across a large part of the Northeast into midweek.
A bitter cold air mass that has been building across Canada has become dislodged from the Arctic, and the bulk of this air is sweeping across the northeastern United States.
The coldest temperatures will be on Tuesday and Wednesday as the winterlike chill spills into the Northeast behind an arctic cold front.
High temperatures from Washington, D.C., northward to Philadelphia, New York City and Boston will fail to get out of the 40s, and areas farther inland will not even make it out of the 30s. On Tuesday night, the first below-freezing temperatures are likely from Washington, D.C., to New York City.
In addition to the cold temperatures, I-95 cities from Boston and New York City to Philadelphia saw the first snowflakes of the season on Tuesday. Some snow even mixed in as far south as Baltimore, while snow also reached the coast. A trace of snow fell in Atlantic City, N.J.
Gusty northwest winds will accompany this cold air mass and make it feel even colder, especially on Tuesday. AccuWeather RealFeel® temperatures will not get above 30 degrees from the Appalachians to northern New England.
To put this air mass into perspective, consider the normal high temperature for New York City on Tuesday is 55 degrees F. AccuWeather is forecasting an afternoon high in the low 40s, similar to the average for Dec. 21 (the first day of winter).
Similarly in Philadelphia, the average high temperature on Tuesday is 58 degrees F. AccuWeather is forecasting an afternoon high of only 42 degrees F, which is the average high temperature on Dec. 24.
This winter chill will not be sticking around for very long, as temperatures will warm back toward more seasonable levels for the start of the weekend. - AccuWeather.
A fierce arctic blast swept from the Midwest to Maine early Tuesday, lashing a long arm of the U.S. with freezing temperatures and blanketing some cities in snow and sleet, meteorologists said.
The strong cold front sent temperatures plunging across the East Coast and Gulf Coast as the forecast showed January-low lows in the single digits and teens in the Great Plains and the Upper Midwest and into the 20s from Texas to the mid-Atlantic states, the National Weather Service said.
Even the Southeast is expected to see unseasonable low temperatures that could hit the teens and low 20s.
In all, temperatures across nearly a third of the country were expected to be 10 to 20 degrees below normal temperatures for this time of year.
Pablo Avila clears snow from a table in Millennium Park in Chicago,
Ill., on Monday. The snowfall was the first of the season for the city. Scott Olson / Getty Images
“If you haven’t gotten your winter coat out down here it’s time to do so,” said Tom Niziol, a winter weather expert at the Weather Channel, directing his remarks to southerners.
Following the cold front is a light band of clouds and rain that could turn to snow in some portions of the region.
Parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, the Appalachians, upstate New York and northern New England could see some light snowfall early Tuesday, according to Weather Channel meteorologists.
A weather advisory was issued for parts of the Ohio River Valley.
However, Weather Channel meteorologist Chis Dolce sent a message to kids: "No snow day" was likely on Tuesday.
WATCH: A strong cold front started the winter season a bit sooner than expected for some states, including Michigan. The Weather Channel's Mike Seidel reports.
He added: "While this time of year is notorious for major Great Lakes snowstorms, that's not what we're forecasting with this moisture-starved Arctic cold front."
A dusting of snow was possible in New Jersey and some of New York’s northern suburbs into Tuesday morning, and could add to the frustration of the morning commute, NBCNewYork reported.
Light snow could stick to grassy areas and the tops of cars but was not forecast to accumulate on the roads and highways.
The worst of the weather system could come during the morning rush hours on Tuesday in Chicago and New York, severely reducing the visibility for some commuters. - NBC.
October 20, 2013 - UNITED STATES - A cold front that has moved through the Midwest early Saturday has ushered noticeably colder air into the region for the weekend; a big change from what was seen just a week ago.
Temperatures on Saturday generally ranged from the mid-40s into the mid-50s; which translates to roughly 10 degrees below normal for mid-October.
Temperatures will rebound a bit on Sunday from Iowa to Ohio with afternoon highs in the 60s; however, even colder temperatures will begin to push into Minnesota and Wisconsin as the next shot of cold air begins to move in from Canada.
This comes as a big turnaround after last weekend when temperatures averaged 10 degrees above normal across the Midwest; climbing into the lower 70s in some spots.
To add to the chill, clouds will limit any sunshine across the region with showers developing downwind of the Great Lakes.
Minnesota and Wisconsin will even have their first snowflakes of the season this weekend.
This colder air will affect hundreds of thousands planning to attend football games this weekend being held across the region.
One game in particular that will be affected on Sunday will be the Green Bay Packers playing at home against the Cleveland Browns.
While the high temperature is forecast to reach 48 on game day, factors such as cloud cover and wind will make the AccuWeather.com RealFeel® temperature be held to the mid 40s.
This will make for the coldest game of the year for each team so far this season.
Additionally, the Detroit Lions will be hosting the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon. However, Ford Field, home to the Lions, is an indoor stadium, so only the fans tailgating before the game will feel the effects of this unseasonably cold weather.
Early next week, the next shot of cold air will move in from Canada, dropping temperatures even more.
This cold trend is expected to last through most of next week with high temperatures in northern parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan to be limited to the mid- to upper 30s each day. - AccuWeather.
September 04, 2013 - UNITED STATES - The Labor Day holiday is behind us. Kids are back in school. Football is back.
Friday Morning's Lows.
It seems only appropriate that a plunge of cool air also accompanies this shift in mindset toward fall, even if summer is still officially with us for a little more than two weeks.
A cold front will drop out of eastern Canada into the Northeast on Thursday. With high pressure centered over Pennsylvania, clear skies and light winds will send temperatures plummeting Friday morning.
Lows in the 30s are possible away from the coast in Maine and New Hampshire, including Bangor, Caribou, and Concord.
Temperatures in the 30s are also a possible over much of Vermont, parts of western Massachusetts, far northwest Connecticut, and higher valley locations in the Adirondacks, Finger Lakes region, and far northern Pennsylvania.
Don't be surprised to see the first frost of the season in some of these locations.
Get those warm jackets out for the bus stop! You may need also a light jacket in the afternoon in parts of the Northeast.
Highs will hold in the 60s Thursday in Buffalo, Albany, Boston and points north.
Friday, highs may only manage the low 70s in New York and Philadelphia, with 60s the rule over much of eastern New England.
This weekend, as the center of the high shifts offshore and a new cold front approaches, temperatures will warm a bit, particularly from New York City to Pittsburgh southward, where highs will top out in the upper 70s or 80s each day. - TWC.
July 26, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Many Americans are reaching for their jackets less than a week after a sweltering heat wave pushed temperatures to record highs, as a cold front sweeps across the country that's expected to last up to two weeks.
Many Americans are reaching for their jackets less than a week after a sweltering heat wave pushed temperatures to record highs, as a cold front sweeps across the country.
The cooler weather, which will sink temperatures between 5 and 20 degrees lower than July averages, will primarily affect the Upper Midwest, causing thunderstorms from Michigan to Illinois to eastern Missouri on Friday.
Temperatures on Friday will average 75 degrees Fahrenheit in Chicago, 70 degrees in Boston and 86 degrees in Charlotte, N.C. Saturday looks to be a little cooler than Friday.
'The quick change of air mass to cool Canadian air is unusual in that the northwest flow is also going to last a week or two,' said Bill Karins, a meteorologist for NBC News. 'Typically a cool spell in the summer would last one or two days.'
The cooler weather, which will sink temperatures between 5 and 20 degrees lower than July averages, will primarily affect the Upper Midwest, causing thunderstorms from Michigan to Illinois to eastern Missouri on Friday.
The cool air comes as a relief after a week of excessive warmth that baked every region of the country with several days of record-breaking highs pushing the heat index above 100 degrees.
Last week should be the worst of the summer in terms of heat, according to Boston meteorologist David Epstein.
Saying that he believes the worst of the heat is over, Epstein explained that severe heatwaves aren't sustainable as the summer wears on due to a number of factors including less daylight and the sun being at a lower angle, 'the likelihood of a weeklong heat wave starts to diminish.'
Power outages: High winds knocked down trees last Friday, which led to power outages for more than 33,000 people in Nevada
As the cold front started to affect the Northeast on Thursday, temperatures in New York dipped below 70. Occasional rain and wind had many New Yorkers bundled up in coats.
It was quite a change from last week, when the temperature in Manhattan's Central Park topped 90 for six straight days, inching down only to 89 by 11 p.m. Friday. Consolidated Edison said it broke a record for electricity usage that day. The utility used 13,214 megawatts at 2 p.m., topping the old mark of 13,189 from July 22, 2011.
Scorcher: New York City and other parts of the Northeast had been hit with oppressive heat last week.
Summertime: Some New Yorkers embraced the heat last week by lounging in the city's Central Park.
In Milwaukee, where three people died of heat-related causes last week, temperatures will remain in the low 70s throughout the weekend.
Thunderstorms are expected across most of the Midwest on Saturday before moving to the East Coast on Sunday. - Daily Mail.
