{"id":2089,"date":"2015-02-19T09:41:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T14:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2015-02-19T09:48:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T14:48:38","slug":"brrr-siberian-air-brings-record-temperatures-to-southeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/02\/brrr-siberian-air-brings-record-temperatures-to-southeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Brrr! Siberian air brings record cold to Southeast"},"content":{"rendered":"

As expected, the frigid air has arrived in the Southeast, and near-record setting temperatures were experienced across a lot of the area this morning. \u00a0The map from CRONOS<\/a> from the North Carolina State Climatology Office at 8 am below shows the extent of the cold air.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: CRONOS, NC State University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today the maximum high temperature in many areas will stay below freezing and is expected to set new daily records across the area. \u00a0On Friday the cold will continue and more records of minimum and maximum temperature are expected to be set at many stations before a warming trend sets in. \u00a0After a winter storm affects far northern parts of the region on Friday into Saturday, temperatures are expected to warm up and we may see temperatures in the 60s by Sunday.<\/p>\n

Below are the forecast lows for this morning from the SERCC perspectives<\/a> tool. \u00a0Pretty good forecast! \u00a0You can also use this tool to look at forecasts up to three days ahead and see what the rankings of the value are compared to the historical record. \u00a0Results from today’s forecast indicate that both Thursday and Friday will be record-setting cold for the dates.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: Southeast Regional Climate Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where is this cold air coming from? \u00a0Tom Niziol of the Weather Channel produced a nice streamflow analysis which shows the source of the air as coming from Siberia. \u00a0No wonder it is so cold and dry!<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: Tom Niziol, The Weather Channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you have to work outside today, or even move around outdoors, it is a good idea to dress warmly and protect your skin. \u00a0The National Weather Service provided this excellent guide to frostbite.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/oax\/safety\/frostbite.php<\/a><\/p>\n

If it makes you feel any better, it was -32 F in Wisconsin this morning. \u00a0Stay warm!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As expected, the frigid air has arrived in the Southeast, and near-record setting temperatures were experienced across a lot of the area this morning. \u00a0The map from CRONOS from the North Carolina State Climatology Office at 8 am below shows the extent of the cold air. Today the maximum high temperature in many areas will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,9,6,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news","category-climate-outlooks","category-climate-summaries","category-sources-of-weather-and-climate-data","category-tools-for-climate-and-agriculture","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2100,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions\/2100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}