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A cold wave (known in some regions as a cold snap, cold spell or Arctic Snap) is a weather phenomenon that is distinguished by a cooling of the air. Specifically, as used by the U.S. National Weather Service , a cold wave is a rapid fall in temperature within a 24-hour period requiring substantially increased protection to agriculture, industry ...
Also cold spell and cold snap. A period of weather characterized by excessively low temperatures, which may or may not also be accompanied by changes in humidity . Very cold weather is often only referred to as a cold wave if the temperature, or the rate at which the temperature decreases within a given time period, is abnormal relative to the ...
Many spots might see their first freeze of the season if they did not already this past cold spell. Original article source: 231 million blasted with arctic air as 'dangerously cold' temps invade US.
Cold air from the north tended to contain less moisture than from the west, meaning less cloud cover and therefore lower overnight temperatures.
Buchan spells are either cold or warm spells that the 19th century Scottish meteorologist Alexander Buchan claimed happened at roughly the same times each year. Through statistical analysis, Buchan claimed to have discerned patterns in the Scottish weather that repeated about the same time of the year. He theorized that these were predictable ...
Forecasters have said the cold spell looks set to last for about a week before milder Atlantic air returns in time for the start of winter. UK snow and ice warnings issued as Arctic air sweeps in.
The mercury dropped to minus 11.1C at Aviemore in Scotland overnight on Tuesday, which ranks as the ninth coldest night this winter so far.
Nesh is an English dialect adjective meaning 'unusually susceptible to cold weather' and there is no synonym for this use. [1] The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word as: "Soft in texture or consistency; yielding easily to pressure or force. In later use chiefly: tender, succulent, juicy."