Polar vortex to unleash winterlike cold across eastern half of nation, with snow in the Northeast
Source: Washington Post
After remaining well-behaved all winter, the mischievous polar vortex is set to thrust a lobe of frigid, wintry air south over the eastern United States, bringing snow to places in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and chilly temperatures from the Upper Midwest to New England.
Frost could even visit places such as northern Georgia and the western Carolinas late this weekend as the expansive cold air mass settles south and challenges records. Temperatures in many places will feel more like early March than early May.
A dollop of wintry mischief, including the potential for a few areas of accumulating snow, is also on tap along the Appalachians from North Carolina through Maine. In some areas, a coating or more of snow is possible especially across central and northern New England late Friday and early Saturday.
Even where the flakes dont fly, temperatures will still sit some 20 degrees or more below average as a strong cold front slides all the way down near the Gulf Coast, with temperatures falling into the 30s and 40s in its wake. Mothers Day could feel more like St. Patricks Day in some areas before a gradual recovery occurs next week.
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IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)I don't have any kids but I am a first born son so I'm not liking my odds of survival when things turn biblical.
Who is spreading lamb's blood over their door these days?
brooklynite
(93,873 posts)Don't you know there's a meat shortage?
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)I make silly comments these days to deal with stress and anxiety. How are things in Brooklyn?
yankee87
(2,077 posts)Thanks for giving me a much needed laugh.
captain jack
(316 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)Rae
(84 posts)Heat doesn't make a difference unless it gets above 200 degrees.
However UV rays are much stronger in the summer months. Although it probably doesn't matter if you stay holed up inside with your AC on. Moral of the story...go outside and soak up some rays and vitamin D.
Maeve
(42,224 posts)So there you go!
I take it every day.
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)Cover the radishes. In May?
Rural_Progressive
(1,105 posts)so we were going to let several of our gardens go fallow this year. Well that idea got nixed when this whole virus thing got ramped up. All beds are being planted as well as both of our greenhouses. We were going to cut down on our livestock numbers but that's not happening. We've already got the next two litters of piglets sold with deposits and all of our lambs are spoken for, basically people have pre-bought just about everything we will produce between now and the end of the year.
My advise to all of you is to find a local grower and get your food orders nailed down early. If you've got the ability and/or the space planting some food for yourself and your family would be appropriate. You'd be amazed at how much you can produce using container gardening.
Grow some of your own food. Freeze, can, and preserve what you can. You'll feel better, you'll feel like you have a little control over your life, and you'll enjoy the process as well.
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)... but this is not unusual for early May. The daytime temperatures will be in the 50s, it's the nights we have to worry about. Most of us know not to put out tomatoes or other summertime plantings before Memorial Day.
What makes this remarkable is that for the past 9 or 10 years we've had NO below-freezing nights in May so we got used to the warmer temps. And now this - yep it's still early May. We'll survive this! Don't put away your winter sweaters and long-johns yet.
NutmegYankee
(16,178 posts)I'll throw blankets over them anyway, but the season extender should provide the heat necessary to get them though it.
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)I've learned the hard way too many times.
I buy tomato plants that were started early in a hothouse, otherwise I get a crop of green tomatoes that never ripen. My plants need to be flowering by the time I set them out at the end of May. I only need a couple of plants though, usually one cherry tomato and one bigboy are enough for me.