As the Christmas holidays approached in the USA, the cold weather in the country paralyzed life. In a statement from the National Weather Administration, it was stated that chaos is expected with travels that will intensify over the weekend. On the other hand, the record was broken with the air temperatures falling sharply in 1 hour at the airport. It is predicted that Florida, the sunniest state in the country, may experience the coldest Christmas in the last 30 years.
THE FALL IN HISTORY!
A sharp drop in temperature was seen at Denver International Airport (DIA) on Wednesday. At 3:53 p.m. it was 42 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. When the clocks showed 16:53, the temperature dropped 37 degrees and the thermometers showed 5 degrees. This is the largest temperature drop in DIA in an hour in history. The previous record was set on January 27, 2007, when the temperature dropped from 41 degrees to 6 degrees in one hour.
COOL 29 DEGREES IN 15 MINUTES
On the other hand, according to Victoria Chavez, who works as a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, the temperature at the airport dropped from 42 degrees to 13 degrees in 15 minutes.
“CHAOS IS EXPECTED”
On the other hand, according to AA; In the statement made by the National Weather Administration (NOAA), it was warned about the precautions to be taken by stating that the freezing winds, which came from the north pole and showed their effect in some parts of the USA and Canada, showed their effect towards the east of the USA.
In the statement, it was emphasized that more than 100 million people across the United States are expected to face winter conditions that have not been seen in decades, and chaos is expected in the holiday weekend.
Pointing out that the air temperature may drop to minus 45 degrees in some parts of the country by the end of this week, it was reported that more than 2,200 flights were canceled in the USA for today and tomorrow, according to flight tracking site FlightAware.
On the other hand, meteorologists expecting heavy snowfall in Chicago due to strong winds exceeding 80 kilometers per hour shared their prediction that the storm could turn into a rapidly strengthening “bomb cyclone” by tomorrow.
It is estimated that the Arctic air mass will descend from the warmest regions of the USA to the Mexican border of Texas, and Florida, the sunniest state of the country, may experience the coldest Christmas of the last 30 years.
FOUR STATES DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
While a state of emergency has been declared in Kentucky, Georgia, Oklahoma and North Carolina, states where freezing temperatures will be most effective, the possibility that this number will increase in the coming days is emphasized.
The storm is expected to cause power outages in the Mid-West America and Canada.
The Denver Coliseum, an indoor stadium in the state of Colorado, has been converted into a warming center for residents at risk of freezing.
NOAA warned in a statement yesterday that a major snowstorm and cold air wave, which is rare enough to be seen “once in a generation”, will affect almost all states of the USA.
In the statement, it was shared that the storm that will occur with the effect of cold weather will be equivalent to the pressure of a Category 3 hurricane in the Great Lakes region of the country on the Canadian border.