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945 PM CST TUE JAN 30 2007
...COLDEST FEBRUARY TEMPERATURES IN OVER TEN YEARS EXPECTED THIS
WEEKEND...
FORECASTS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA WILL BE EXPERIENCING A COLD SNAP WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING
WELL BELOW ZERO THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
CURRENT COMPUTER FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT AIR NOW OVER NORTHERN CANADA
NEAR HUDSON BAY WILL BE CIRCULATING SOUTHWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST
AND ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. ALTHOUGH TEMPERTATURES HAVE
BEEN ON THE COLD SIDE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...THE CORE OF THE
COLDEST ARCTIC AIR REMAINS IN CANADA. HOWEVER...A DISTURBANCE IS
FORECAST TO DIG SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN U.S. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY ALLOWING ARCTIC AIR TO SURGE SOUTHWARD. THIS BITTERLY COLD
AIR IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
OVER THE WEEKEND...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO AROUND
10 BELOW ZERO WITH DAYTIME READINGS STRUGGLING TO REACH POSITIVE
DIGITS. THE LAST TIME THE ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO AREAS EXPERIENCED
PROLONGED COLD OF THIS MAGNITUDE WAS IN EARLY FEBRUARY OF 1996. AT
THAT TIME...LOW TEMPERATURES AT ROCKFORD FELL TO 20 BELOW OR COLDER
AND DAYTIME HIGHS ONLY REACHED INTO THE 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE.
IN CHICAGO DURING THIS SAME PERIOD...LOWS WERE 15 TO 20 BELOW AND
HIGHS WERE AROUND 5 BELOW ZERO.
AT THIS TIME TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS COLD AS THE 1996
EPISODE...NONETHELESS...SUBZERO READINGS ARE FORECAST TO COMBINE
WITH WINDS OF 20 MPH AT TIMES TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS
OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
But at least in Barrow it feels like 34ºF BELOW ZERO. . .
Thanks Barrow for making me feel better and giving me something to blog about.
Yeah.
And a picture of warm lazy summer afternoons for you all:
That is all.
4 comments:
You know, this little "How's the weather in Barrow?" thing could be a really amusing recurring feature.
I really do check the weather in Barrow, like daily. Sigh.
Dude, I think the meteorologists must be drinking whiskey to stay warm. Today they said the high would be 24 and the low would be 21. At about 9:30 am, the actual temperature reading was nine degrees. NINE. 9. Fuckin' ay.
B
Please tell me that you'll have bearable weather that we can go out & play in when I come visit in June.
~Jenny
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