An extraordinary stretch of extreme winter weather begins today as a powerful Arctic cold front dives south out of Canada — dropping temperatures by up to 40°F in a few hours.
, about 200 million Americans were under winter weather warnings and advisories, stretching from the Pacific Northwest across the Plains and all the way South to the Gulf Coast.
A storm will feast upon jet stream energy and the contrast between milder air to the east, and frigid temperatures to the west, intensifying dramatically Thursday and Friday as it tracks across the Midwest and into Ontario, Canada.This storm, known as a bomb cyclone, will be a massive wind-maker, with winds exceeding 45 mph expected as far as 1,000 miles away from the storm center.
Meanwhile, on the warm side of the storm, powerful southerly winds and high astronomic tides could even cause major coastal flooding along the south coast of Long Island and parts of Rhode Island and Cape Cod.What is a "bomb cyclone?"Blizzard conditions are forecast between early Thursday and Friday night from Minnesota to northeastern Illinois and into northern Michigan.
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