ARCTIC BLAST COMMING !!! Feb 5 may be coldest since 1996!!!

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Near hurricane force wind gusts will whip through NM, TX, OK, and KS today! Hold on to your hats! [link to ow.ly]

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Nasty Cold Wave Heading for Part of the US. Where and when: [link to ow.ly]

California faces epic cold snap [link to junkscience.com]

Joe Bastardi‏@BigJoeBastardi

Amazing amount of Nhemisphere land masses ( where most people are affected) covered by cold north of 30 north [link to twitter.com]

[link to weather.unisys.com]

Matthew Hugo‏@MattHugo81

Newfoundland in Canada is/has been battered by an incredible blizzard. Note the culprit right of the image! [link to www.wetterzentrale.de] #nlwx

SevereStudios‏@severestudios

GRAND FORKS, ND: Blizzard Warning (starts 6pm this evening) [link to 1.usa.gov]

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Gusts of 55-60 mph are blasting eastern CO to western TX. Zero visibility reported in a dust storm in Cheyenne, CO.

37 mAccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather

The temp. is crashing & snow is falling in Denver. The temp has plummeted almost 15F over the past 2 hrs.

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RT @nws_southern_us: Temperatures dropping 20-30 degrees this weekend over most of TX, OK, AR, and parts of LA.

SUMMARY...SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY LATE THIS MORNING SHOWS A VIGOROUS
SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE CNTRL ROCKIES AND AN ATTENDANT
LOBE OF MID LEVEL ASCENT IS FORECAST TO SPREAD NEWD ACROSS ADJACENT
AREAS OF WY/NEB/SD THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN
INCREASE IN UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION AND SUPPORT A CONCURRENT
INTENSIFICATION OF SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR BEGINNING
SHORTLY OR WITHIN THE NEXT 1-2 HRS. WHEN SNOWFALL RATES ARE
GREATEST...OCCURRING PRIMARILY BEFORE 12/00Z...VISIBILITIES WILL BE
SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED /AOB 0.5 MI/. FURTHERMORE...AS THE CYCLONE
DEVELOPS NEWD FROM THE NERN CO TO THE ERN DAKOTAS BY THIS
EVENING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
--OWING TO AN INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT-- AND FACILITATE REDUCED
NEAR-GROUND VISIBILITIES AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW.

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*Shiver* Record cold & frost is in store all the way to the Southern California coast tonight. [link to ow.ly]

Ryan Maue‏@RyanMaue

Saturday morning, half of CONUS is well above average. Other half, well-below. Guess what that means? CONUS avg = 0F [link to twitter.com]

its probably going to snow im malibu and topanga on sunday night! that's only happened once in my life. i cant wait to see it again!

Geeezzzzzzzzz!!!

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Parshall, North Dakota is has reported blizzard conditions with 6 inches of snow in the last 12 hours.

2 hAccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather

Reported earlier Friday evening, areas in Nebraska had extreme wind chills as low as -27 degrees Fahrenheit.

3 hAccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather

More than 7 inches of snow on the ground in Nashua, Malta and Glasglow, MT.

Ryan Maue‏@RyanMaue

It's 10-11 days away -- so just a scenario to keep in mind. Chicago -20°F, Int'l Falls -36°F. [link to twitter.com]

2 hRyan Maue‏@RyanMaue

GFS 00z about as cold as it can get in extended-range. Brutal cold, temps near 2-5°F for Atlanta, highs around 10-15° [link to twitter.com]

Joe Bastardi‏@BigJoeBastardi

Arctic Hammer to attack from n plains into the east Monday 21st-Fri 25th. Classic set up to dump polar vortex into lakes

the GFS makes it colder in later frames. Temperatures in the single digits all the way down to central Georgia. [link to raleighwx.americanwx.com]

[link to weather.unisys.com]

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It's colder in the valleys outside of Los Angeles than in Anchorage, Alaska! 22 in Riverside, 28 in Anchorage.

Joe Bastardi‏@BigJoeBastardi

California cold snap threatens $2 billion citrus harvest - Terra USA [link to news.terra.com] … via @terracom Didnt see this last winter, did we

Bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrr

just checked the thermometer at 7am, Rancho Cucamonga...28 degrees!

22 in Riverside, 28 in Anchorage!!!

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Four straight days of highs in the 40s for Tuscon, Ariz. expected today thru Tuesday. This hasn't happened since January 1971.

Cold Wave in USA on Saturday, 12 January, 2013 at 11:31 (11:31 AM) UTC.

Description
Consumers in the Valley and nationwide can expect a bump in the prices of lettuce and other winter crops as a result of a four-night freeze moving through Arizona. It will be nearly impossible to save all the crops, say farmers and agricultural experts. Lettuce and leafy vegetables will be hardest hit. Root crops, such as carrots, beets and radishes, will be affected, as will broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. Citrus also is likely to take a hit. “It will be more a question of quality than survival,” said Kurt nolte, a University of Arizona agricultural expert in Yuma, who says lettuce growers are well-prepared for cold snaps. Less prepared are Valley residents, who will be facing freezing temperatures through Sunday night. They may have to protect landscape and garden plants by covering them with sheets or blankets. Much of the state, including Yuma, La Paz and Maricopa counties, is under a freeze warning through the weekend. Pinal, Pima and Santa Cruz counties have freeze watches in place.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, home of the official national Weather Service reporting station, expects temperatures to drop to 30 to 32 degrees the next three nights. The airport is one of the warmest locations in the Valley, however. Expect temperatures in some neighborhoods to drop into the 20s. The low temperatures will be particularly tough on homeless people, some of whom do not habitually use shelters. Officials at Central Arizona Shelter Services said Valley shelters will have plenty of open beds this weekend. They are asking for donations of warm clothing, blankets and hygiene supplies to take care of additional clients. Groups like Phoenix Rescue Mission were handing out blankets to homeless individuals on Friday. The mission has about 400 blankets stocked up at its shelter, located at 1801 S. 35th Ave., said nicole Pena, director of public relations. The mission will continue to give out blankets as long as the cold weather persists, she said. Pena said the mission will continue to restock blankets from their warehouse as the cold weather continues.

The shelter will also have 150 emergency beds available, as well as heaters on the patio, Pena said. The biggest impact of the relatively long cold spell, however, will be to plants. In Yuma County, 70,000 acres of lettuce is growing. Farmers will irrigate, as water is warmer than the air and takes longer to cool down, and cover crops with black sheeting. The black sheeting holds in warmth and warms up faster in the morning, enabling picking to resume. Winter produce from Yuma County accounts for almost a third of the state’s agricultural output, Nolte said, and 50percent of Yuma’s economy. Closer to home, growers of leafy greens and other vegetables are equally concerned about the weather. Brett Hunt of Rousseau Farming Co., based in Tolleson, said the company has about 4,000acres under cultivation around the Valley.
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talked to my bud in phoenix last night and it will freeze there too. i don't know how many days and snow was mentioned

sorry see you got that

Global warming.