Big Chill Returns To Midwest, East

[CaptinCrunch]

Big Chill Returns To Midwest, East
10:30 AM EST, January 22, 2004

Bone-chilling cold was returning to the
eastern half of the U.S. after a
tantalizingly brief warm-up.

A fast-moving storm trekking eastward
along the Canadian was pushing an
arctic cold front southward early
Thursday. Behind the front,
temperatures had plunged as far east
as Indianapolis and the western
suburbs of Detroit.

A WeatherBug live sensor in DeKalb, IL
near Chicago recorded a temperature
of 2 degrees, 18 degrees colder than
yesterday`s reading.

Winds blowing between the storm and
high pressure over the Rockies were
adding to the chill. A WeatherBug live
sensor in Auburndale, WI recorded a
temperature of 20 below zero with
steady 16 mph winds, creating a wind
chill of 44 below zero.

Wind chill warnings and advisories are
in effect for a large part of the upper
Mississippi Valley and western Great
Lakes through 10AM Thursday morning
and for much of the central
Appalachians and eastern Great Lakes
for Thursday night. See the link "Cold
Weather Safety" to learn what
precautions to take.

Lake effect snow is also a big part of
the situation as bitter cold air flows over
the lakes, where water temperatures
are in the 30s. Locally heavy snow
bands have brought up to 11" in
Michigan with whiteout conditions
reported in many areas due to strong
winds and blowing snow.

Winter storm advisories and warnings
are in effect for a large part of Michigan
and for northeast Ohio, northwest
Pennsylvania and western New York,
where lake effect snow will kick in on
Thursday afternoon.

The cold air is expected to reach the
east coast on Thursday night, but once
again it will be focused in the northeast
and mid-Atlantic and give the southeast
and Tennessee Valley only a glancing
blow.

A storm now in the southwest is likely to
bring wintry weather to parts of the
Ohio Valley, southern and central
Appalachians and mid-Atlantic by
Sunday.

[JCT777]

More cold air! But I love it.