At least 26 states are under wind chill advisories Wednesday as the National Weather Service warns Americans to bundle up to prepare for “record low temperatures” from a strong arctic cold front making its way across the US. USA before Christmas.
The watches and warnings, which stretch from the US-Canada border to the Texas Gulf Coast, come as forecasters expect wind chill values to drop to minus 70 degrees in areas of the Central High Plains .
“Cold weather of this magnitude could cause frostbite to exposed skin within minutes, as well as hypothermia and death if exposure is prolonged,” the National Weather Service said in an advisory Wednesday morning, calling the blast of air bitter cold the “most extended time.” danger” facing the nation in the coming days.
“Widespread sub-zero wind chills are forecast to extend as far south as Texas and parts of the Deep South through the end of the week, as well as near major cities in the Northeast.”
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Locations in the US that could experience record low temperatures on Wednesday, December 21.
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About 100 million Americans are expected to face below freezing wind chill readings by Thursday or Friday, with readings of minus 30 degrees forecast for parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado and even lower numbers in states like the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming, according to Fox Weather.
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Forecast of low temperatures for Thursday, December 22.
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The NWS says this “will not be your average cold front, as temperatures could drop 20 degrees or more in a few hours.”
“This could only create flash-freezing conditions on roads where standing water doesn’t dry up quickly enough,” he added.
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Workers defrost an Alaska Airlines plane during a snow storm at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle on December 20, 2022.
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Meanwhile, the NWS says a developing winter storm system is likely to “produce widespread light to moderate snowfall from the Midwest to the Great Lakes and inland Northeast, with a short flurry of snow also possible in the valleys.” of Ohio/Tennessee and the northern Mid-Atlantic immediately after the passage of the cold front.
“The heaviest snowfall, with amounts that could exceed a foot, is anticipated to occur over the Great Lakes between tonight and Friday,” it also said. “Wind gusts in excess of 50 mph and falling snow will result in blizzard conditions from the northern/central Plains to the Great Lakes.”
