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  1. Jan 12, 2024 · After months of record-breaking warm temperatures, much of the U.S. is facing a harsh, fast-approaching blast of frigid air from the Arctic that could plunge wind chill factors below zero degrees ...

    • Meghan Bartels
    • What Is An Arctic Blast?
    • Which Areas Were Affected?
    • What Measures Have Been taken?

    The bitter weather all started farther north as frigid air collected over the snow-covered ground in the Arctic. Then the jet stream — wobbling air currents in the middle and upper parts of the atmosphere — began pushing this cold pool down into Canada and the US. An Arctic blast is defined by the US National Weather Service as when “very cold air ...

    Wind and extreme cold warnings were in place across large sections of Atlantic Canada – including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador – and the major cities of Montreal and Toronto were also under extreme cold advisories, according to Environment Canada. The Arctic blast flowing into the US from eastern Canada brought record lows ...

    Several cities took emergency measures to aid residents, including opening warming centres and conducting outreach to ensure homeless people were sheltered from the brutal cold. In Boston, Pine Street Inn, the largest provider of homeless services in New England, doubled the number of vans canvassing the city’s streets on Friday and Saturday, said ...

  2. Dec 24, 2022 · EXPLAINER: Arctic blast sweeps US, causes bomb cyclone. This satellite image made available by NOAA shows cloud cover over North America on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 at 1:31 p.m. An arctic blast is bringing extreme cold, heavy snow and intense wind across much of the U.S. this week — just in time for the holidays. (NOAA via AP) NEW YORK (AP ...

    • Maddie Burakoff
    • mburakoff@ap.org
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  4. Dec 20, 2022 · A bitter blast of arctic air from Canada is expected to bring "life-threatening" cold to parts of the U.S. in the lead-up to Christmas, weather officials have warned.. A strong arctic high ...

  5. Nov 12, 2019 · With Freezing Temperatures and Weather Warnings; Arctic Blast to Hit 240 Million People Across the U.S. With Freezing Temperatures and Weather Warnings. 5 minute read. By Madeleine Carlisle.

    • Madeleine Carlisle
  6. Jan 11, 2024 · A brutal blast of Arctic air will spread through the central US on the heels of a powerful storm, eventually bringing the coldest air of the season as far south as Texas.. Iowans headed to the ...

  7. Jan 11, 2024 · A “bitter” blast of cold Arctic air is set to bring dangerously frigid temperatures to swaths of North America, forecasters have warned. In Canada, frigid Arctic air is being pushed from the ...

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