THE COLDEST AIR OF THE WINTER SEASON 2022/23 HEADS FOR THE UNITED STATESĪ textbook dipole weather pattern has been established from the northern Pacific and western North America with a deepening and significantly colder upper trough to the east. We will cover the progress of the cold air across the nation and bring details of the major winter storm with potential historic snow for the Great Lakes. Let’s dig deeper into the upcoming significant cold weather event.

The coldest air will remain confined to the northern and northeastern states and over Canada next week. Temperatures will gradually begin rising after Monday from the west as a strong High establishes and warming begins. will experience below-normal temperatures and cold. We can quickly see how particularly intense and frigid air mass is forecast to arrive in the region.ĭays will stay well below normal for tens of millions across the nation, as from Friday through Sunday around 90 percent of the Contiguous U.S. Some areas could receive as much as nearly 50″ (4 feet) of snow through Sunday.īelow is the video animation, revealing the spread of the upcoming Arctic cold temperatures from central Canada into the central United States and farther toward the East Coast later into early next week. Here is the official forecast chart from the NWS Office in Buffalo, NY. Precisely on the eastern shores of lakes Ontario and Erie deposited downwind of the winter storm’s trajectory. One of the greatest results of the most significant Arctic blast of the winter season will be the major snowstorm for the Great Lakes. With the stronger north-northwesterly flow establishing aloft, additional blasts of much colder Arctic weather will drag deeper toward the South and also toward the East Coast. With the arrival of another strong cold push in the upper levels from the north, the cold pool will intensify and move from Canada into the Midwest and onto the Great Lakes through the coming days and over the weekend. Winds were helping the temperatures to feel even lower, with windchills in the mid-10s F from Montana across Dakotas to Iowa and Minnesota. This Wednesday afternoon, temperatures across the CONUS stayed below freezing across the Northern Plains and a large part of the Midwest, and farther east around the Great Lakes. Meaning we have a blocking High on the West and lower pressure to the East, resulting in the general flow from the north-northwest. In response to the typical dipole weather pattern set up across the United States, cold weather is maintained across the country. The upcoming days are forecast to bring proper winter-like weather, many records are likely to be shattered. Actually, daytime temperatures will be as cold as we usually experience in the middle of January.

Temperatures will be significantly lower than normal for mid-November. This week, the pattern is shaping up a new, record-breaking Arctic cold blast into much of the CONUS starting late Thursday, and extending into the weekend. It was breaking records for the month as well. Temperatures even below -25 ☏ have been observed from Montana to Dakotas and Minnesota in places. Freezing mornings have already been experienced across states in the South.įarther north, much colder weather spread from Canadian prairies into the northern states followed soon by the major winter storm and the very first blizzard of the season 2022/23. The general weather pattern across the North American continent has shifted into more wintry mode over the recent weeks, snow has been reported well south into the central United States and to the East. In addition, a potentially historic winter storm will dump several feet of snow on the shores of Great Lakes Erie and Ontario, precisely Buffalo. A significant Arctic cold outbreak will spread across much of the United States, resulting in January-like temperatures for 100+ million people. And the weather across North America is forecast to become extremely cold through the remainder of this week. The official start of the new Winter season 2022/23 is approaching fast.

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