Who WOULDN’T be a little freaked out about a ‘polar vortex’ in the middle of summer in the Midwest?
Well. WE aren’t.
I mean, the big sweeping cool front coming down out of the Gulf of Alaska is going to give us a reprieve from the miserable 90+ temps we usually face every year at this time. That means it’s completely tolerable for us to be out in the berry thicket at the old home place (covered here, here, here and here). You might even have to wear a jacket if you’re out at one of the local county fairs going on in the area. Not a bad deal. Don’t know what it might do to certain crops if it’s sustained…but it’s supposed to leave by the end of the week. Here are some maps, all of them from weatherbell.com:
Remember January 6, 2014? When the Polar Vortex was ostensibly combining with Sharknado to make us scream “WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!” from cold? Yeah. We all didn’t. It was cold, and it turned out to be expensive when the utility bills came in, but…most of us made it just fine.
Here’s our new polar vortex. Don’t know if the Sharknado is in accompaniment.
This is unexpected, but nice. I mean, turn off the A/C, open the windows, and save some money. Also, get out in the berry patch. But…after the bad weather has passed:
ILZ038-042-043-045-046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-151100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT- DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN- MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION- 1210 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...SCATTERED STORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM.
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But..it’ll pass, and we’ll be steamy again, long about the end of the week, after Poor Man’s Polar Vortex gets done with us. Enjoy.
