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Early January Major/Potential Record Cold


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Yesterday ranks as one of the coldest days in recent memory for me in Toronto. Funnily enough, I seemed to be the one who was the least bothered by it, perhaps due to having become used to it up in Ottawa. You wouldn't believe how many people don't dress right for the weather, as in no hat/tuque, no mitts/gloves ect. One big cultural difference I've noticed between Toronto and Ottawa is that people in Ottawa, whether young, middle aged or old tend to dress for the weather and are less phased by the cold. I've seen the Rideau Canal skateway jammed with people with temperatures of 0 Fahrenheit.

I wear a stocking cap almost all winter...even inside the house!  Those people are nuts.  Need to keep the melon warm...also long undies, thermal shirt and as many layers as you can handle... I've read that in London they have a lot of deaths due to cold because no one dresses for it over there (cold to them being tropical to us)...  

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I wear a stocking cap almost all winter...even inside the house!  Those people are nuts.  Need to keep the melon warm...also long undies, thermal shirt and as many layers as you can handle... I've read that in London they have a lot of deaths due to cold because no one dresses for it over there (cold to them being tropical to us)...  

Yes, I've heard that more people die of cold in England than in Canada, per year. Canadians (and Americans in the northern tier) are prepared for winter, for the most part at least.

 

People in Toronto just seem to be in shock that cold like this can actually happen here. Too many people have been brainwashed into thinking that cold winters just don't - or can't - happen anymore.

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Wise move.

Racine just followed behind them.

 

http://journaltimes.com/news/local/rusd-closed-monday/article_d20dc6b8-74bf-11e3-825d-0019bb2963f4.html

 

Caught this off of WGN tonight. Wouldn't want students to be walking around in this type of air mass. There will probably be issues starting vehicles anyways.

 

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Thanks for posting that map, Geos.  That is definitely a keeper.  The Chicago UHI is a non-issue; you don't see that too often.  It's purely advection-driven cold...and of course the deep snow pack over the entire region (and entirely upstream) helps too.   

 

For what it's worth, the 0z UKMET has 850 mb temps of -34C in the NW corner of IL at 12z Mon (60 hours). 

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Thanks for posting that map, Geos.  That is definitely a keeper.  The Chicago UHI is a non-issue; you don't see that too often.  It's purely advection-driven cold...and of course the deep snow pack over the entire region (and entirely upstream) helps too.   

 

For what it's worth, the 0z UKMET has 850 mb temps of -34C in the NW corner of IL at 12z Mon (60 hours).

How cold does it have YYZ getting? Wouldn't mind seeing -15F following a storm, as westcoaster said we could, but as SSC said, the NW wind generally isn't favourable for Toronto in that regard.

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That is just freaking brutal. Lake Michigan saving the day up here from that craziness.

Never seen anything that cold and widespread in all the years I've been a weather nerd. Most of central and northern Indiana will have wind chills nearing 50 below for a period if that's correct. Its almost scary to think about considering I was bitching earlier this evening pumping gas with a windchill around 0.

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A couple of select cities forecast for Monday

 

Chicago:

 

  • Monday Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near -8. Blustery, with a west wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Indy:

 

  • Monday Areas of blowing snow and scattered flurries. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near -10. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Milwaukee:

  • Monday Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -11. Breezy, with a west wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Minneapolis:

  • Monday Patchy blowing snow between 7am and 5pm. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near -18. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

 

I have to wonder the last time some of these places have been this cold during the daytime, it has to probably go back to 1994.

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GFS MEX MOS for ORD...

 KORD   GFSX MOS GUIDANCE   1/04/2014  1200 UTC                       
 FHR  24  36| 48  60| 72  84| 96 108|120 132|144 156|168 180|192      
      SUN 05| MON 06| TUE 07| WED 08| THU 09| FRI 10| SAT 11|SUN CLIMO
 N/X  11  12|-20 -13|-16   2| -2  18| 15  29| 20  35| 28  37| 23 15 30
 TMP  15   5|-16 -15|-11   1|  3  16| 18  26| 24  32| 31  32| 26      
 DPT   8  -3|-24 -21|-21 -10| -3   9| 13  20| 19  27| 27  27| 21      
 CLD  OV  OV| OV  PC| PC  OV| OV  OV| OV  OV| OV  OV| OV  OV| OV      
 WND  12  16| 21  17| 15  12|  8   8|  8   6|  6   9|  8   9|  9      
 P12  73  51|  8   7| 18   0|  2  23| 35  21| 12  29| 29  32| 18 26 25
 P24      76|      8|     18|     23|     47|     33|     37|       39
 Q12   1   1|  0   0|  0   0|  0   0|  1   0|  0   1|       |         
 Q24       1|      0|      0|      0|      1|      0|       |         
 T12   1   2|  0   0|  0   0|  0   2|  1   1|  0   1|  0   2|  2      
 T24        |  2    |  2    |  0    |  2    |  1    |  1    |  3      
 PZP   2   1|  2   1|  3   2|  4   2|  7   5|  9  12|  9   5|  6      
 PSN  98  98| 98  98| 96  97| 95  96| 91  92| 71  67| 31  31| 44      
 PRS   0   0|  0   0|  1   1|  1   1|  2   3|  0  10|  6   9| 11      
 TYP   S   S|  S   S|  S   S|  S   S|  S   S|  S   S| RS   R|  S      
 SNW       6|      0|      0|      0|      1|      0|       |       
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