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C'Mon April!!!
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Extreme cold coming next week
...BRUTALLY COLD WINTER STORM COMING IN LATE THIS WEEKEND...
GET READY FOR ANOTHER WINTER STORM...AND THIS ONE WILL BRING
BRUTAL ARCTIC COLD NOT FELT HERE FOR YEARS. THIS SYSTEM COMES IN
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH SNOW...OR RAIN CHANGING TO
SNOW...THEN THE BRUTAL ARCTIC COLD COMES IN SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TEMPERATURES GOING BELOW FREEZING SUNDAY
NIGHT...AND STAYING BELOW FREEZING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. AND
NOT JUST BELOW FREEZING...BUT WAY BELOW!
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE COLDEST DAYS OF THE
WEEK...ARE FORECAST IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. LOW
TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME WILL BE NEAR ZERO OR EVEN IN THE
NEGATIVE NUMBERS. ADD A LITTLE WIND TO THESE TEMPERATURES ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND YOU HAVE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS
10 TO MINUS 20 AT TIMES.
A LOOK AT THE RECORD BOOKS SHOWS YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE WINTER
OF 1995-1996 FOR COLD OF THIS MAGNITUDE. STORM REPORTS REVEAL A
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE THAT WE WOULD DO WELL TO REMEMBER THIS TIME
AROUND...SO LET`S LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED
THEN WHEN A SIMILAR SYSTEM HIT THE AREA:
*SCORES OF PEOPLE WERE DEALING WITH DEAD CAR BATTERIES
*NUMEROUS WATER LINES BURST...BOTH IN HOMES AND EVEN MAIN TOWN
SUPPLIES
*OVERWORKED FURNACES RESULTED IN OUTAGES
*NATURAL GAS SHORTAGES WERE REPORTED DUE TO DWINDLING SUPPLIES
FROM PROLONGED COLD AND THE FREEZING UP OF GAS WELLS IN SOME
LOCALES
*LOCAL POWER COMPANIES SET ALL TIME USAGE HIGHS
*HOUSE FIRES RESULTED AS SOME TRIED TO THAW THEIR PIPES
*ICE JAMS ON RIVERS...WHICH CAUSED BARGE TRAFFIC TO BACK UP AND
EVEN CAUSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO RISE FURTHER SOUTH
DOWNSTREAM. WHEN THE ICE BROKE DAYS LATER...MANY BARGES BROKE OFF
THEIR MOORINGS AND HAD TO BE ROUNDED UP BY THE COAST GUARD. IN
ADDITION...RIVER NAVIGATIONAL AIDS WERE DISPLACED OR DAMAGED BY
THE ICE.
IT WOULD SERVE US ALL WELL TO REMEMBER THIS HISTORY...AND TRY TO
TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW TO BE PREPARED FOR ANOTHER
SIMILAR BRUTALLY COLD OUTBREAK. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS SYSTEM
WILL ALSO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...ALTHOUGH THAT IS STILL
TOO EARLY TO SAY FOR SURE AT THIS TIME.
PREPARE NOW BECAUSE BARRING A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE FORECAST...THIS
COLD IS COMING!
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
0430 PM CST MON JAN 06 2014
...RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY...
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS SETTLED OVER MUCH OF THE MIDWEST TODAY, USHERING
IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY, JAN 06,
REACHED 10 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD FOR THE COLDEST HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 13 DEGREES IN 1940.
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HIGH: 10ºF at 1213AM
LOW: 2ºF at 800AM
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