An extreme Arctic cold outbreak is set to bring exceptionally cold temperatures to various parts of the country, extending into the Deep South until Wednesday.
Record-breaking cold is anticipated from Oregon to the Gulf Coast, challenging daily records for mid-January. The frigid air is expected to persist into the latter part of January for some regions.
The initial surge of cold air has already made its way through the Plains, with a reporting station near Chester, Montana, dropping to a bone-chilling minus 54 degrees on Saturday morning.
In British Columbia, Canada, Watson Lake experienced a temperature drop to minus 57 degrees. Dickinson, North Dakota, recorded a wind chill of minus 66 degrees early Saturday morning, The Weather Channel reported.
The extreme cold reached Lupin in Canada’s Northwest Territories, where a wind chill of minus 77 degrees was measured on Saturday morning, accompanied by a 40 mph wind and temperatures in the minus 30s.
Currently advancing southward through the Plains and Midwest, this cold blast is expected to progress towards the Southeast and eventually reach the East Coast by Wednesday.
Following this, a second, less intense wave of cold air is predicted to arrive in the Plains during the latter part of the week.
Written by B.C. Begley
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