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posted by martyb on Thursday November 07 2019, @07:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the build-more-wind-farms-to-push-it-back dept.

Punishing blasts of potentially record cold will bring an early winter preview to millions of people in the central, eastern and southern U.S. over the next few days.

The core of the first round of cold will gradually shift from the north-central U.S. into the Great Lakes and Northeast Wednesday through Saturday, making it feel more like the middle of winter rather than early November in some places, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Jake Sojda.

As the cold sweeps east, some snow is also likely in portions of the interior Northeast Thursday into Friday. The heaviest snow should fall in northern New England, where some spots could pick up half a foot.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/05/arctic-cold-blasts-bring-winter-weather-us-november/4165270002/

Possibly related: The sun has been blank for over a month now: http://www.sidc.be/silso/dayssnplot


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 08 2019, @03:19AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 08 2019, @03:19AM (#917711)

    > The east gets the wrap-around flow

    Yeah, we got some wet snow in Buffalo NY today, but nothing stuck to the roads. Temps about freezing, not really that unusual for this time of year. Supposed to be in low 20F range tonight, we put heavy sheets over the 5 x 10 foot raspberry patch to see if we can save the fall crop (summer crop was great this year). These plants are pretty hardy, I think they have a chance.

    A couple of weeks ago we had a light frost in my immediate area (other parts of the region didn't have this frost). The result is that we have beautiful bright fall color for leaf peeping here, while my friend up north of Niagara Falls (20 miles) has drab colors this year.

  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Friday November 08 2019, @04:35AM

    by sjames (2882) on Friday November 08 2019, @04:35AM (#917757) Journal

    Soak the plants and surrounding soil with water. The freezing water can keep the temperature around the plants just high enough to get them over if it isn't too far below freezing for too long.