Accuweather says to get out your warm woolies - it's going to get pretty cold in much of the country:
Nearly the entire eastern half of the United States is enduring bitterly cold temperatures not experienced since 1985. Even Florida, which has been hovering around freezing levels overnight recently, is also feeling the almost-nationwide chill.This Friday I'll be making my 12th annual visit to Rockport, TX, home of the Rockport Gospel Music Festival. We've had all kinds of weather over the years, from 80's and humid to 50's and rainy. Most of the time the temps are in the 60's or 70's (even though it's January) and fairly comfortable. That's why so many Midwesterners head there this time of year and become "Winter Texans". They will make up the majority of our crowd this weekend.
"It'll be like the great winters of the '60s and '70s," said AccuWeather.com Chief Meteorologist and Expert Long Range Forecaster Joe Bastardi.
The last time a large swath of severely low temperatures struck the nation was in January 1985. That historic arctic outbreak had below-zero temperatures Fahrenheit stretching from Chicago eastward to New York City, and all the way south to Macon, Ga.
Well, I just looked at the 10 day forecast for Rockport and the high temp on Friday will be 40, climbing to 44 on Saturday. As you can see from the map above the arctic air will make it all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Darned global warming.
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I noticed on your map that Southern California doesn't seem to be in any cold spell, so I can't even feign sympathy for a couple less warm days you'll have to endure in Texas. I'd be happy for a 40 degree day. A regular heat wave lately.
IIRC, it was the night of Dec 6/7 of '71 when Tucson got 6" of snow. A month later it was in the 70's
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