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Arctic blast: DC area set for major cold wave just in time for Christmas
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Arctic blast: DC area set for major cold wave just in time for Christmas
Chad Merrill
December 15, 2022, 2:20 PM
As if Mother Nature hasn’t dished out a few chilly days so far this month, here’s another reason to cheer on a potential White Christmas: a major Arctic outbreak just in time for Christmas week.
We are halfway through December, and would you believe it that the average temperature for the first 15 days of the month in D.C. is exactly in line with the last 30-year average of 43.3 degrees!
The jet stream, or zone of upper-level winds, is set to channel a pocket of bitterly cold air bottled up in the Arctic south into the Central and Eastern U.S next week. ... The image below shows the trajectory of the wind flow next week, with the air heading for the East Coast coming straight out of the Arctic.
The source region for late next week’s big chill is the Arctic Circle as seen from the air trajectory model. (Courtesy NOAA).
The cold wave is likely to move across D.C. on Dec. 23. While D.C.’s temperatures are already a notch below average so far this week, we could dig into the record books just in time for Christmas.
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Chad Merrill
Chad Merrill is a meteorologist and digital weather content producer for WTOP. Prior to joining WTOP, Chad was a meteorologist in the private industry and television. He loves to share his passion with listeners and readers and is eager to hear from anyone who has any weather questions!
Arctic blast: DC area set for major cold wave just in time for Christmas
Chad Merrill
December 15, 2022, 2:20 PM
As if Mother Nature hasn’t dished out a few chilly days so far this month, here’s another reason to cheer on a potential White Christmas: a major Arctic outbreak just in time for Christmas week.
We are halfway through December, and would you believe it that the average temperature for the first 15 days of the month in D.C. is exactly in line with the last 30-year average of 43.3 degrees!
The jet stream, or zone of upper-level winds, is set to channel a pocket of bitterly cold air bottled up in the Arctic south into the Central and Eastern U.S next week. ... The image below shows the trajectory of the wind flow next week, with the air heading for the East Coast coming straight out of the Arctic.
The source region for late next week’s big chill is the Arctic Circle as seen from the air trajectory model. (Courtesy NOAA).
The cold wave is likely to move across D.C. on Dec. 23. While D.C.’s temperatures are already a notch below average so far this week, we could dig into the record books just in time for Christmas.
{snip}
Chad Merrill
Chad Merrill is a meteorologist and digital weather content producer for WTOP. Prior to joining WTOP, Chad was a meteorologist in the private industry and television. He loves to share his passion with listeners and readers and is eager to hear from anyone who has any weather questions!