Several media outlets are now reporting on the brutal snowstorms that will hit the United States in the coming days and leading up to Christmas. According to the British BBC more than 100 million Americans will experience the enormous forces of nature.
And several media refer to the weather as the worst in living memory. Just to paint a small picture of the cold, it’s forecast to drop to minus 23 degrees Celsius in the million-dollar city of Chicago, while North Dakota’s state capital, Bismarck, is expected to drop to minus 30 degrees Celsius.
In some places, the temperature dropped even by several tens of degrees in a few hours. For example, in Denver, where the temperature dropped from plus five degrees to minus 22 degrees over the course of the day.
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The worst in a long time
Also, the gusts of wind will be brutal. The gusty winds and temperatures are why the National Weather Service (NWS) describes the weather as the “worst phenomenon in living memory”.
The meteorological phenomenon is described as a “bomb cyclone,” a term used in the Midwestern United States for storms that hit the area intensely and rapidly.
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Further south, in the southern state of Georgia, temperatures are expected to drop to minus 12/13 degrees. The worst weather is expected to hit Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve.
– Residents across the state are about to witness temperatures we haven’t experienced in decades or more, says state Governor Brian Kemp.
So far, both Oklahoma and Kentucky have declared states of emergency due to extreme weather conditions. CNN writes that 44 of the lower 48 states have warnings for low temperatures, wind, snow or other weather phenomena.
American phenomenon
Although Norway occasionally experiences extreme weather conditions which create great challenges, fortunately we do not have “Bomb Cyclones”.
– Americans usually have systems so powerful and developing so fast that meteorologists use that term, but I’ve never heard that term used in Norway, says meteorologist Susanna Reuder at the Meteorological Institute in Nettavisen.
– The expression is because low pressure develops very quickly. The closest thing we have in Norway are polar footprints. But the United States is a different world when it comes to weather events, says a satisfied meteorologist.
