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‘Polar vortex’ set to bring dangerous, record-breaking cold
‘We want people to know that this is very much a life-threatening even’
Fox Newshttp://www.foxnews.com/weather/2014/01/04/polar-vortex-to-blast-frigid-air-over-much-us/
(Fox News) As much of the country digs out from a powerful winter storm that buried parts of the Northeast, tundra-like temperatures are poised to deliver a rare and potentially dangerous blow to the Midwest, with forecasters predicting a near-record or historic cold outbreak.
The “polar vortex,” as one meteorologist calls it, is expected to send cold air piled up at the North Pole down to the U.S., funneling it as far south as the Gulf Coast and driving temperatures below freezing for most of the nation.
Forecasters expect a weekend warm-up in some areas before temperatures plunge again, sending wind chill temperatures in areas in North Dakota and Minnesota to minus 50 degrees by Saturday night.
Re-blogged from WND
'Polar vortex' set to bring dangerous, record-breaking cold
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Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:37:13 GMT
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