Millions are preparing for the polar vortex, causing invisible temperatures for a generation

Jan. 29, 2019, 16:51 GMT / Update Jan. January 29, 2019 at 18:35 GMT

of David K. Li

It will be a cold snap for all ages – the ice age!

The East, the West Central and even the Great South, meteorologists are preparing for an arctic explosion once a generation that will leave 75 million Americans shaking at temperatures below zero, said Tuesday meteorologists.

Late Wednesday, 85% of the United States and 230 million Americans will experience it Through this extended polar vortex, temperatures of 32 degrees or less.

And 25% of the United States will drop to 0 degrees, in an icy cold that will affect 75 million US residents.

"Historical cold, unprecedented cold, these are all adjectives you can use to describe this," said NBC meteorologist Kathryn Prociv.

This explosion in the Arctic will surely freeze the inches of SMS from young Americans.

We never had the impression of talking about the millennial generation, "Prociv said. "Many of these temperatures will be the coldest since about 1994, when many of them had just been born."

• Mercury is expected to drop to -22 Wednesday in Chicago, where it is no longer in -20 since January 18, 1994. If Chicago reaches -22, the Windy City will be as cold as the South Pole and colder than Siberia and Barrow, Alaska – the northernmost point 19659016] Milwaukee is prepared for a night minimum of about -28 degrees, which would threaten Brew Town's all-time record of -26 in 1996.
• Des Moines, in Iowa , could see mercury drop to -21 early Wednesday potentially the coldest day since February 4, 1996 at -20 ° C.
• It is expected that the minimum temperature in Philadelphia will be 5 degrees Wednesday.
• There Buffalo snow Tuesday night, 24 to 24 hours 96 hours, dumping 12 to 24 inches.
• A thick couch Snowfall even fell on Alabama Tuesday while Governor Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency for the cold weather this week.

Temperatures in the Upper Midwest will be so cold that even brief exposure could be dangerous.

"You talk very quickly about frostbite and hypothermia, as in just a few minutes, maybe a few seconds," said Brian Hurley, a meteorologist at the Meteorological Prediction Center of the National Weather Service.

The public schools in Minneapolis and Buffalo have already canceled their classes at least Wednesday, in the hope that campuses can be reopened by Thursday. 19659009] "We are monitoring the forecast for Thursday and will inform families and staff of the closure Wednesday afternoon," said Minneapolis Public Schools in a statement.

The University of South Dakota, Iowa State University, University of Wisconsin, The University of Notre Dame, The North University of Illinois, the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota are among the top ones The courses have already been canceled on Wednesday.