Brace for a September ‘polar vortex’
BusinessInsider.com
August 7, 2014
It’s already August, which means fall is around the corner – and another winter no longer seems that far away. Forecasters are out with some predictions about the weather we can expect in the coming months:
– A polar vortex (if we’re allowed to call it that when it’s not winter) across the Great Lakes and into the interior Northeast during mid-to-late September, says Paul Pastelok, Accuweather’s lead long-range forecaster.
“Temperatures [in the Northeast] will not be as extreme in November when compared to last year, but October could be an extreme month,” he said on Accuweather’s website.
Then plan on a wet November and early winter snow in the northeast, including a couple of big storms in December and early January.
– Early snow and cold in the northern Plains and northern Rockies this fall, according to Accuweather. The cold could expand as far east as the Chicago area.
The National Weather Service, however, is calling for above-average temperatures across the northern Rockies, Plains and Midwest states, including Chicago, over the November-to-January period.
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