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The Day After Tomorrow?

On 01.09.10, In Climate, Photos, By Bolot

The UK and the Arctic snowstorm. Photo by BBC.

Is it the day after tomorrow? No, it is the day before today! Is it the beginning of the next ice age? Maybe Just take your time and enjoy cold!

Frigid weather hits Midwest, -52 wind chill in ND, US

On 01.07.10, In Climate, News, Photos, By Bolot

DES MOINES, Iowa – Snow was piled so high in Iowa that drivers couldn’t see across intersections and a North Dakota snowblower repair shop was overwhelmed with business as heavy snow and wind chills as low as 52 below zero blasted much of the Midwest on Thursday.

Vehicles travel in white out conditions caused by blowing snow on Interstate 80 west of Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. A storm system with sub-freezing temperatures and high winds is traveling through the Midwest. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Frigid weather also was gripping the South, where a rare cold snap was expected to bring snow and ice Thursday to states from South Carolina to Louisiana. Forecasters said wind chills could drop to near zero at night in some areas.

Dangerously cold wind chill levels hit the Midwest early Thursday including 52 below zero in northern North Dakota, negative 40 in parts of South Dakota and minus 27 in northeast Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service. Equally disturbing chills were expected overnight Friday. (more…)

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Snow-blanketed US battles freezing winds and ice

On 12.11.09, In Climate, Lives, News, By Bolot

Lincoln Tice rides his bike on a snowy street doing errends in Madison, Wisconsin, December 9. Heavy snow blanketed much of the central United States Thursday after a massive winter storm left residents battling frigid temperatures and icy roads. (AFP/Getty Images/File/Andy Manis)

CHICAGO (AFP) – Heavy snow blanketed much of the central United States Thursday after a massive winter storm left residents battling frigid temperatures and icy roads.

Some parts of Michigan and Ohio were expected to get as much as several more feet (up to a meter) of snow as the system which has battered the country since Sunday made its way northwards up into Canada.

“This one came roaring through, it came in off the west coast, started really getting put together in Utah and then just blasted across the plains,” said Pat Slattery, a spokesman for the National Weather Service.

“As the system moves through, back behind it all this Arctic air came pouring south out of Canada and sweeping across the plains.”

High winds were creating blizzard-like conditions even in areas where the snow had stopped falling by pulling snow drifts up off the ground, Slattery told AFP.

Those winds were also adding a bitter bite to the already freezing winter air, complicating efforts to dig out from under the heavy snow.

Wind chills were forecast to range from -15 to -30 Fahrenheit (-26 to -34 Celsius) from Wyoming to Wisconsin and even Iowa and Missouri for the next few days. (more…)