Weather warning as life-threatening polar vortex will engulf parts of the US with Siberian air: 'There's no escaping'

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-18 05:42:08 | Updated at 2025-01-18 08:53:18 3 hours ago

Weather warning as life-threatening polar vortex will engulf parts of the US with Siberian air: 'There's no escaping'
Daily Mail UK ^ | January 17, 2025 | ELLYN LAPOINTE

Posted on 01/17/2025 9:37:43 PM PST by Morgana

Dozens of US states will endure the lowest temperatures they have felt in years as a polar vortex brings 'life-threatening' cold next week

The National Weather Service (NWS) said that much of the Lower 48 should brace for 'the coldest air-mass of the season to date' from Friday to January 24.

Meteorologists predict temperatures could plunge up to 45 degrees below average, engulfing at least 20 states across the Plains, the Great Lakes and the interior Northeast in below-zero temperatures.

States in the polar vortex path include Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming.

Parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Utah and Idaho could also experience below-zero temperatures.

Washington DC is set to see highs only in the 20s, moving President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration indoors. The first time this has happened in 40 years.

Wind gusts of up to 30 miles per hour will blast through the layers of the hundreds of thousands of MAGA enthusiasts expected to fill the national mall Monday.

'This poses a great risk of hypothermia and frostbite to exposed skin. Have a cold weather survival kit if traveling,' the NWS warned.

The temperatures will also likely freeze and burst pipes and significantly strain power grids as people scramble to heat their homes.

Snow and slippery roads are also set to hit the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Sunday, with a wintery mix potentially in the Deep South early next week.

All states in the Lower 48, and more than 80 percent of its residents, will see below-freezing temperatures.

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1 posted on 01/17/2025 9:37:43 PM PST by Morgana

To: Morgana

Now we get Siberian air but we don’t have the Vodka to match.

2 posted on 01/17/2025 9:40:02 PM PST by MoneyBack

To: Morgana

Hang in there. Spring is coming. It’s called Climate Change.

3 posted on 01/17/2025 9:41:13 PM PST by Kudsman (Hey,, Democrat,,leave them kids alone!)

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