Rare and intense May outbreak of Arctic air targets East for Mother's Day weekend.

[elleng]

'An unusually strong blast of frigid air for the month of May is set to crash into the eastern U.S. late this week, likely bringing record low temperatures in some areas for Mother’s Day weekend. The blast of cold may even allow for some snow in parts of the Northeast and frost as far south as the interior Carolinas.

The weekend cold will be the second of two shots of Arctic air spilling into the eastern half of the Lower 48 this week as a chillier-than-normal pattern that began in mid-April shows little sign of relenting. This abnormally cold weather marks a major departure from January through March when temperatures were much warmer than normal.

“Temperatures may approach record cold levels for some areas with a late frost/freeze where the growing season has typically started,” wrote the National Weather Service in its extended forecast discussion.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/05/04/record-cold-east-mothers-day/?

[AllaN01Bear]

1. brrrr.

[Danmel]

2. I live in downstate New York and never plant before Mother's Day

Weather gets wonky sometimes.

[Bayard]

3. Ah, crap

I just re-planted my tomatoes and peppers for the third time.

And I'm out of firewood.

[Chainfire]

4. The right wingers

will be bragging about how stupid we are about believing in global warming.

They just can't seem to grok the difference in weather and climate.

[elleng]

5. 'Mistake' was to call it 'warming,'

'Climate change' better.