A once-in-a-lifetime storm according to specialists.
A cold snap particularly intense linked to Arctic “polar vortex” has been raging for several days in UNITED STATES. Negative nighttime temperatures of –36°C were expected. Climatic conditions which even cooled the supporters of Donald Trump who had to fall back on the Capitol for his inauguration this Monday.
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Up to -36°C: Arctic polar vortex, snowstorm, unprecedented since the 1980s… the United States hit by an extreme cold wave
If the central and eastern United States (New York could experience a snowstorm) have been the most exposed to below-normal temperatures so far, this frigid air is now descending as far as the Gulf Coast “, the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, where this Tuesday promises to be historic.
“Expect chaotic travel and possible power outages”
Texas and Louisiana are in fact the first blizzard alert of their history. While snow and ice could whiten the southern coast of the USA from Houston to Jacksonville in Florida, passing through Florida where 15 centimeters of snow could fall!
A winter storm “once in a lifetime” according to Ryan Hall on the social network “Dangerous ice and snow cover the Gulf Coast while the Arctic storm drops temperatures to -55 degrees (Fahrenheit, or -12 degrees Celsius) in the Plains. From Texas to Florida: wait- you to chaotic travel and possible power outages”. A forecast confirmed by CNN.
-Polar vortex unleashed at maximum ferocity.
At 8 AM, the average temperature across the Lower 48 was only 9°F with a blizzard underway in Louisiana moving into Florida.
More than 60 million population below 0°F. This extreme “climate-fueled” winter weather is an emergency. pic.twitter.com/GasNF4UeWC
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1881700731419492594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Meteorologist Ryan Maue says: “The polar vortex is raging with maximum ferocity. As of 8 a.m., the average temperature in the contiguous 48 states was just 9°F as a blizzard unfolded in Louisiana and moved toward Florida. More 60 million people live below 0°C. This extreme winter phenomenon, due to climate change, constitutes an emergency..
