Hopefully that cold blast is short-lived, folks.
Hunker down.
Fingers crossed.

Barb

It's been so warm here that my magnolia starts producing tiny flower buds... It's not good cuz the real winter may come any time 🙄

Low so far for me was -0.2F (-18C) on top of the snow.........but it was +4.9F (-15C) five feet above the snow.

Good point. 🙂

I see about 1F per vertical foot in my back yard.........the short plants get beat up more. 😆

We are pretty good this winter. the lowest was minus 16C so far.... But the duration... Hate the Winter!

I see about 1F per vertical foot in my back yard.........the short plants get beat up more. 😆

I noticed my elata's at ground level are burnt and all the ones on mounds look good. 🙂

Mike

If you think 26F is brutal,whats the word for -17F...

We may be right back there or lower next week,luckily only -10F tomorrow night.

One of the models is forecasting a 1058mb high pressure next week,
I have never heard of anything close to that here.
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Then bulk of the medium range models continue to advertise a hugely
negative anomaly in their l/west trough formation across the upper and middle
MS River Valley by 12z Monday. Seems the polar vortex gyrating across the
southern Hudson Bay region remains trapped and acting as a type of
block for ridging off the coasts.

Next Monday and Tuesday...the 12z GFS had an incredibly intense surface
high of 1058 mb into north central Montana by 12z Monday...with the ridge
center then moderating to the lower 1040s as it slides southeastward
across the region for Monday night into Tuesday morning. The Euro not quite
so strong with a 1045 mb high...but they both advertise Arctic Dome
of air to surge across the County Warning Area/frontal passage as Monday progresses. Sharply
dropping temperatures...and if the model prognosticated -26c to -28c 850 mb mb
airmass verifies and make it across the County Warning Area...could be some -15 to
-25f low temperatures by Tuesday morning in portions of the dvn County Warning Area. Incredible
cold. Will it moderate then middle to late next week as bulk of the
medium range solutions suggest...or they continue to mishandle such
a negative anomaly regime and open the region/Midwest back to more Arctic
dumps after next Wednesday. ..12..

Just amazing.

Wow Jim....that s pretty cold for your area 😯 ...Your high must be around 30F and low near 10F..big difference. Like you, we are still below the normal since end of november. Since 2010 the winter in north america are below the normal, and the Europe is a bit colder than usual except for this winter so far. What that s mean, only the ffuture will tell 😕 ...

Ben

Hi Jim

please keep that cold in your area!! 😀

😯 ...Your high must be around 30F and low near 10F..big difference.
Ben

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I dont see anything near 30F in our future,I do see quite a few days where it will not even hit 10F for a high.

Tim

To late

I dont see anything near 30F in our future,I do see quite a few days where it will not even hit 10F for a high.

Been there and it sucks. 😡

Sickly cold right now -14C / 7F..... At least there's a good ground cover of the white stuff with no winds...
Sandal weather on Sunday, supposed to get up to 0C/ 32F...
Hopefully the Elephant ear tubers are undisturbed luckily like last year. Fingers crossed!

There is a model for the next week. Looks scary! http://www.wetteronline.de/tiefsttemperatur-karte/nordamerika?fcdatstr=20140107

We are now going to get hit with the cold. Coldest temps in five+ years...high of 19 F tomorrow and low of 7 F at night....Sooooooooooo pissed off!!!!!!!!!!!Also, expecting 5 to 7 incehes of snow tonight...ugh

Mike

If you think 26F is brutal,whats the word for -17F...

We may be right back there or lower next week,luckily only -10F tomorrow night.

UGH! Good luck to us all!!!!!!