By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist
March 27,2016; 9:40PM,EDT
Arctic air will plunge into much of the central and eastern United States, as the polar vortex shifts its position during early April.
Following a pattern favoring more warm days than cold days into next week, a change will likely bring record cold to parts of the Midwest and East.
"The polar vortex will drop into Ontario during the first weekend in April," according to AccuWeather Long-Range Meteorologist Joe Lundberg.
This means arctic air will have a direct path into the Midwest.
"From Sunday, April 3, through the following week, most of, if not all, days will bring below-average temperatures from the northern Plains to the mid-Atlantic coast," Lundberg said. "We expect nighttime temperatures to drop to freezing as far south as the Tennessee Valley."
Temperatures will average 15-30 degrees Fahrenheit below normal with the core of the cold air directed at the North Central states. Normal highs during the first week of April are in the lower to middle 50s in Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit and in the 60s from Kansas City, Missouri, to Nashville and Cincinnati.
"The intense cold could impact play for opening day MLB games in Pittsburgh and Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, as well as games elsewhere in the Midwest and Northeast on Monday," according to AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok.
AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures could plunge into the single digits at times in part of the Upper Midwest and northern Plains.
The cold blast could spell peril for blossoming fruit trees and shrubs from parts of the Ohio and Tennessee valleys as well as portions of the Northeast.
"There is concern for the cold to damage fruit trees that are in blossom or have already blossomed, including apple, pear, plum, cherry and peach varieties," according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson.
It is the actual temperature and not the RealFeel that has an impact on the blossoms.
How low the temperature gets at night will depend on wind and cloud cover. Light winds and clear skies often allow cold air to collect near the ground. A breeze mixes the air, while cloud cover can act as a blanket and keep temperatures several degrees higher.
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The blast of cold air is likely to trigger unusually heavy lake-effect snow for April. The snow could be heavy enough to disrupt travel on the highways immediately south and east of the Great Lakes.
The cold air will run into some resistance along the Gulf Coast and east of the Appalachians. In these areas, it will be chilly for early April, but not as extreme as the Midwest cold.
For a few days during the first week of April, highs could be in the 40s in New York City and perhaps in the 60s in New Orleans. It is possible that before the arctic air leaves the U.S., it pivots eastward across New England and to the Northeast coast for a couple of days.
"On or around April 10, the pattern will change and the second half of April will be warm [in the Central and Eastern states]," Lundberg said. Temperature departures will not be as high as they were in March and other months of the winter.
AccuWeather will continue to provide updates on the arctic blast in the days ahead.
Karen Ross
No big deal I lived back east for over 50 years, This happened all the time.
You could not count on warm weather most years till after May 30th.
You could not count on warm weather most years till after May 30th.
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John Kordić
so true..
It snows in Cleveland in April. I've seen snow in early May too..
Summer dosent really start till July 4th and it ends on Labor Day, like ALWAYS.
It snows in Cleveland in April. I've seen snow in early May too..
Summer dosent really start till July 4th and it ends on Labor Day, like ALWAYS.
Mike Moore ·
It's
time to save the world. Put on your capes, magical thinking helmet, and
don the 2 for 1 university degree shield, and go get those bad guys
that are causing it. Save the planet- it will cease to exist without
your superpowers.
Jannette Beard ·
"will
drop into ontario" just a heads up the line is going down manitoba into
the midwest if it was dropping from ontario iowa wuldnt be touched and
the east coast would be hit. just saying.
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/.../images&downloads/map_pol.jpg
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/.../images&downloads/map_pol.jpg
Nick Getchman ·
After
a lengthy government study of polar bears in both the north and south,
it was concluded that polar bears are in fact....bipolar.
Matt Zimmerman ·
Works at S.H.I.E.L.D.
I kept hoping to spot that this report was from The Onion. Damn it. It's not.
Dave Brown
We used to have the "Artic Express", but the low information crowd kept trying to make 'reservations'......
Mark Wright ·
Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy admitted her agency’s
signature regulation aimed at tackling global warming was meant to show
“leadership” rather than actually curb projected warming. – McCarthy
admitted as much after being questioned by West Virginia Republican Rep.
David McKinley, who pressed the EPA chief on why the Obama
administration was moving forward with economically-damaging regulations
that do nothing for the environment.
“I don’t understand,” McKinley said in a Tuesday hearing. “If it doesn’t have an impact on climate change around the world, why are we subjecting our hard working taxpayers and men and women in the coal fields to something that has no benefit?”
“We see it as having had enormous benefit in showing sort of domestic leadership as well as garnering support around the country for the agreement we reached in Paris,” McCarthy responded.
McKinley was referring to EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan, which forces states to cut carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. The CPP is expected to double the amount of coal plant closings in the coming years, and even EPA admits it won’t have a measurable impact on projected global warming.
Read more: http://www.climatedepot.com/.../no-climate-impact-epa.../...
“I don’t understand,” McKinley said in a Tuesday hearing. “If it doesn’t have an impact on climate change around the world, why are we subjecting our hard working taxpayers and men and women in the coal fields to something that has no benefit?”
“We see it as having had enormous benefit in showing sort of domestic leadership as well as garnering support around the country for the agreement we reached in Paris,” McCarthy responded.
McKinley was referring to EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan, which forces states to cut carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. The CPP is expected to double the amount of coal plant closings in the coming years, and even EPA admits it won’t have a measurable impact on projected global warming.
Read more: http://www.climatedepot.com/.../no-climate-impact-epa.../...
Bruce Hurley
Polar vortex...polar vortex...polar vortex. If you say it a bunch of times, it sounds like it has no meaning.
Dick Sutton ·
A
few years ago the headline would have simply read something to the
effect that a dip in the jet stream.... Now the jet stream has become
the dreaded polar vortex. As those denizens of that warm and sunny
California locale between the mountains would procaim, "Gag me with a
spoon"
Michele Lloyd
OMG!
Global Colding is upon us! Quickly, before we all FREEZE, and very
oceans are frozen solid, light fires, increase electricity production,
Call for a summit to "combat global colding"!
The science is in.
The science is in.
Dale Huber ·
Don't worry. Accuweather is usually wrong.
Bill Ross ·
Accuweather is usually right when it comes to predicting excessive cold. They are only wrong about the warm forecasts.
Jannette Beard ·
yea
they didnt even get the canadian province correct and there is actual
maps for that with no guesswork involved.... if it was dropping out of
ontario it would only effect the east coast area not he misdwest.
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/.../images&downloads/map_pol.jpg
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/.../images&downloads/map_pol.jpg
Roger Smith
Anthropological Global WARMING is a term that will NEVER get old! LMAO
Tony Marengo
When
did the phrase " Polar Vortex" become common in weather forecasts? Is
it for dramatic effect? They just used to just say cold artic air, now
it's "Polar Vortex" like it's something to be feared or to warn against.
Sensationalism!
Isaac Vagelatos ·
Polar
Vortex has always been a phrase, it has just been more recently put
into the mainstream to describe the same occurence as arctic air. If you
click the hyperlinked polar vortex in the third paragraph you'll learn
more about.
Carl Knight ·
Is polar vortex another way of saying a perfect storm?
Cory Morrison ·
Works at Fortinos
Since January 2014 it has been extremely overused.
Chai Liptonius
I am working on a Strongly Worded Letter of Complaint which I intend to send to Canada.
That's right. My ire is raised and my dander is up!
There's a guy named "Bob" up there, and I'm pretty sure he's in charge of these abominable polar vortices.
"Darnit Bob! Quit!", is the first line of the complaint. More soon!
That's right. My ire is raised and my dander is up!
There's a guy named "Bob" up there, and I'm pretty sure he's in charge of these abominable polar vortices.
"Darnit Bob! Quit!", is the first line of the complaint. More soon!
Rick A Hyatt ·
Weather
Weapons. This will be proven when the 3 Gorges Dam in Red China falls.
Or maybe when enough CHICOMS die in their own manufactored pollution
they thought would continue to soften California for invasion.
Tim Mcgauley
Weather manipulation! Been doing this since at least the 60's!
Catherine Padgett Kimmick ·
great news I am about to head that way and was hoping for warm weather!
Larry Pierce ·
Works at Self employed, farmer and writer
This
is precisely the sort of event to expect during the next 50 years of
the New Little Ice Age. Crops will be ruined, and food prices will go
up. https://www.facebook.com/newlittleiceage/
Terry L Hines ·
Works at CompuTouch, Inc.
Keep
a close eye on temps. Solar Dynamicists have forecast a 70 plus year
reduction in tempreture resulting in a mini ice age. If true we will see
minute reductions in global temps for the next 70 years. Mini ice age
expected to get into full swing with a forecasted date of 2030 - 2040.
http://www.express.co.uk/.../GLOBAL-COOLING-Decade-long...
http://www.express.co.uk/.../GLOBAL-COOLING-Decade-long...
Charles Tomey
Call Al Gore.Temperature change must mean some kind of global crisis.
David Ranaghan
Back in the old days, we called this a "cold snap". Great scientific progress here.
Isaac Vagelatos ·
And
before that a cold spell cause by the Arctic Warlock. Polar vortex is
the most scientific way of putting it believe it or not.
Jim Kottwitz ·
I
read this article this morning, and it was saying how cold the first of
April was going to be, then I pulled up WeatherUnderground which has a
reporting station a half mile away and the forecast for April 4th is a
high of 74 and a low of 48. As a rule this site is fairly accurate, we
are located 100 miles south of KC.
Charley CharleyEx
GLOBAL WARMING! WE'RE ALL GONNA' DIE!
Lloyd Coskey
I see. You believe this "scientific report" but not those about global warming.
Kenneth Pratt ·
Our
temps were 30 or more degrees above normal for a while, and it caused
the trees to flower two weeks early, so I guess I can stand the temps
reverting to normal for a while. One of the most photogenic Easters I
can remember.
Al Salvi ·
um it says 30 degrees below normal. We are so programmed
James Dandy
Let me guess; the polar vortex with temps 30 below normal was caused by (drum roll please) global warming!!!
Dan Fleming ·
Didn't they get the memo? Only record "warm" temperatures are to be reported. Someone is going to get the axe for this report.
Terry Marsh ·
Weather forecasters - the only people who can be wrong 60% or more and not lose their job. Must be nice.
Ron Smith ·
Add baseball players batting averages to that list
John Day ·
AND politicians lie 85% of the time and can keep their jobs in perpetuity.
John Niewola ·
And me......in Vegas. Oh.....I forgot, I don't HAVE a job.
Al Salvi ·
They
are ok when they tell us what will happen in the next day, 50/50 in the
next week or two, and beyond that it is all guess-work
Isaac Vagelatos ·
I
understand that you guys like making fun of Accuweather but if click
the hyperlinked polar vertex in third paragraph on the page, you'll
learn that this event is correctly stated as being part of the polar
vertex phenomenon. It just won't be as cold as 2014 since that was in
January and this will be April.
Howard Gafford ·
Sounds like a strong, late-season Norther to me.
Rick Dallenbach
This
used to be reported as a dip in the jet stream, drawing cold air from
the north, southward.. Now it's a Polar Vortex with shaded areas of
doom.
Stan LeMan ·
You need to check your weather privilege. tongue emoticon .... grin emoticon
Howard Decker ·
Stan LeMan "Polar Vortex" sounds so epotolyptyc ---
Corky Boyd ·
I
check the temperatures in Canada daily. During this past winter Hudson
Bay had minus 20s and 10s Farenheit every day. Only in the past week
have the temeratures risen above zero in the southern end. Other parts
of Canada, notably BC and Alberta weren't nearly as cold. A well frozen
Hudson Bay will continue to pump cold air into the upper midwest well
into June. So those from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Northern Michigan,
don't put your woolies away just yet.
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