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A Blue Norther, also known as a Texas Norther, is a fast moving cold front marked by a rapid drop in temperature, strong winds, and dark blue or "black" skies. The cold front originates from the north, hence the "norther", and can send temperatures plummeting by 20 or 30 degrees in merely minutes.
Editor's note: Follow USA TODAY's Thursday coverage of a winter storm impacting the eastern US. The latest wave of lake-effect snow began crashing across parts of the nation's northern tier ...
Storms could potentially impact travel plans, particularly for people in eastern parts of the country and parts of the Mountain West. The latter began the holiday feeling the effects of an "Arctic ...
On weather maps, the surface position of the cold front is marked by a blue line with triangles pointing in the direction where cold air travels and it is placed at the leading edge of the cooler air mass. [2] Cold fronts often bring rain, and sometimes heavy thunderstorms as well. Cold fronts can produce sharper and more intense changes in ...
The first arctic outbreak of the season is allowing temperatures to plunge across the eastern half of the country, creating "dangerously cold" wind chills of 15-30 degrees below zero in the ...
The Texas Hill Country, or central Texas is shaped by its many rivers and hills. The climate is semi-arid west of Brady through Junction to Rocksprings, but it is sub-humid east and south of that area; both areas have hot summers and mild winters with occasional cold spells. Humidity is high during the warm season, though afternoons especially ...
A commuter is bundled for the cold outside South Station. (Getty Images) Another blast of arctic air is charging into the U.s. behind a powerful winter storm sweeping across the northern tier .
In Texas, at least 350,000 people were left without power as a result of the storm due to tree limbs and power lines being brought down to ice. Of those 350,000 people, 160,000 were in Austin. [ 29 ] This can be contrasted with Winter Storm Uri , wherein 4.5 million people were left without power due to, among other things, demand exceeding supply.