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The blasts of extreme cold forecast for Texas this winter could test the state's electric grid in early 2025 similar to four years ago, the grid operator's chief meteorologist said Tuesday.
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 ...
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The winter storm then weakened over the Rocky Mountains, and leftover energy combined with an arctic front settling in near the Gulf Coast resulted in wintry precipitation in states that rarely receive it such as Texas and Louisiana. The system then consolidated and intensified slightly as it began to move northwards towards the Mid-Atlantic ...
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.
Winter is about to kick into overdrive in the US. A one-two punch of winter storms and the first Arctic cold outbreak of the season are poised to affect millions of Americans through next week.
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.
Austin's cold blast comes nearly a year after hundreds of thousands of Austin Energy customers were left without power following an icy winter storm last year that caused tree branches to snap and ...