Polar Express Selective Color by Charles Bonham
mLive meteorologist Bill Vandermolen shares that frigid air that began its journey in Siberia will be descending on Michigan on Monday:
When we get our normal cold here in Michigan the air moves from southwest Canada, across the northern Plains and into the Great Lakes region. A little stiffer brand of cold comes from northwest Canada in the Yukon Territory. Our most dangerous cold comes straight from the north. If the air is really cold it will originate in Siberia, cross over the North Pole and then pour south into the Great Lakes and Northeast.
We are probably just lucky the Great Lakes still have 35 degree to 40 degree surface waters. This same Arctic outbreak of cold would take us 10 degrees colder if it happened with colder Great Lakes’ waters. In looking at the pattern I wouldn’t be surprised to see another Arctic outbreak in a week or two when the lake water is colder.
Lucky indeed because even with the temperature moderation of the Great Lakes, the temps Monday & Tuesday do not look fun!
Charles is one of Michigan in Pictures’s most enduring photographers. He took the photo below earlier this week in Leland’s Fishtown & you can see more in his Steam Engine, Railroad Photos gallery on Flickr.
Fishtown Spillway by Charles Bonham
Temps on Monday & Tuesday
Michigan in Pictures 
First the Polar Vortex and now this! More than ready for some moderate winter temps–like, daytime highs around 33…..
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Apparently we get that low 30s today … I want some of that sunny snow-covered stuff
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Nice doggo! I have dachshunds. So I guess that next week, I’ll just puppy-pad the entire floor of my house because they will NOT go out in below-zero weather….
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I am dreading this upcoming Siberian chill … today and tomorrow will feel tropical in comparison to next week. I was at the Detroit River in Wyandotte at Bishop Park when we had had an extended Polar Vortex and the waves were frozen in place, then when it warmed a little, the ice floes damaged the lighthouse on Grosse Ile by banging against the structure.
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During last winter’s vortex, I ended up with a friend and her FOUR kids in my house for a couple of weeks after her pipes froze! Cold is definitely a downside of Michigan…
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That’s terrible, but you were very kind to let your friend and all those children stay with you. That is very true about Michigan. I am thinking of all the people in formerly warm states who now contend with frozen pipes, freezing weather and ice/snow, something very rare for these states in the past.
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