What's the weather where you are?
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CrimsonEagle
Padawan Learner
Yep. Cold it is. And how cold is it?:)
I feed the birds every morning in front of my window. Something I just like to see.
This morning I saw something that I had never seen before.....or if I had, I just never noticed.
I saw the birds breath. No idea why I never thought of it before, should have been expected, but it was not. For some reason I found it to be very amusing.
But yeah.....it is very cold> :D
I feed the birds every morning in front of my window. Something I just like to see.
This morning I saw something that I had never seen before.....or if I had, I just never noticed.
I saw the birds breath. No idea why I never thought of it before, should have been expected, but it was not. For some reason I found it to be very amusing.
But yeah.....it is very cold> :D
angelburst29
The Living Force
Polar Vortex to blast frigid air over much of U.S. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The weather warnings are dire: Life threatening wind chills. Historic cold outbreak.
_http://news.yahoo.com/39-polar-vortex-39-blast-frigid-air-over-231228456.html
Saturday January 4, 2014
Winter is normally cold, but starting Sunday tundra-like temperatures are poised to deliver a rare and potentially dangerous sledgehammer blow to much of the Midwest, driving temperatures so far below zero that records will shatter.
One reason? A "polar vortex," as one meteorologist calls it, which will send cold air piled up at the North Pole down to the U.S., funneling it as far south as the Gulf Coast.
The temperature predictions are startling: 25 below zero in Fargo, N.D., minus 31 in International Falls, Minn., and 15 below in Indianapolis and Chicago. At those temperatures, exposed skin can get frostbitten in minutes and hypothermia can quickly set in because wind chills could hit 50, 60 or even 70 below zero.
Temperature records will likely be broken during the short, yet forceful deep freeze that will begin in many places on Sunday and extend into early next week. That's thanks to a perfect combination of the jet stream, cold surface temperatures and the polar vortex — a counterclockwise-rotating pool of cold, dense air, said Ryan Maue, of Tallahassee, Fla., a meteorologist for Weather Bell.
Snow already on the ground and fresh powder expected in some places ahead of the cold air will reduce the sun's heating effect, so nighttime lows will plummet thanks to strong northwest winds that will deliver the Arctic blast, Maue said. And there's no warming effect from the Gulf to counteract the cold air, he said.
The cold blast will sweep through parts of New England, where residents will have just dug out from a snowstorm and the frigid temperatures that followed. Parts of the central Midwest could also see up to a foot of snow just as the cold sweeps in pulling temperatures to 10 below zero in the St. Louis area.
Even places accustomed to normally mild to warmer winters will see a plunge in temperatures early next week, including Atlanta where the high is expected to hover in the mid-20s on Tuesday.
"This one happens to be really big and it's going to dive deep into the continental U.S. And all that cold air is going to come with it," said Sally Johnson, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls.
It's relatively uncommon to have such frigid air blanket so much of the U.S., maybe once a decade or every couple of decades, Maue said. But in the long-run the deep temperature dives are less meaningful for comparison to other storms than daytime highs that are below-zero and long cold spells, he said.
Snow already on the ground and fresh powder expected in some places ahead of the cold air will reduce the sun's heating effect, so nighttime lows will plummet thanks to strong northwest winds that will deliver the Arctic blast, Maue said. And there's no warming effect from the Gulf to counteract the cold air, he said.
The cold blast will sweep through parts of New England, where residents will have just dug out from a snowstorm and the frigid temperatures that followed. Parts of the central Midwest could also see up to a foot of snow just as the cold sweeps in pulling temperatures to 10 below zero in the St. Louis area.
Even places accustomed to normally mild to warmer winters will see a plunge in temperatures early next week, including Atlanta where the high is expected to hover in the mid-20s on Tuesday.
"This one happens to be really big and it's going to dive deep into the continental U.S. And all that cold air is going to come with it," said Sally Johnson, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls.
It's relatively uncommon to have such frigid air blanket so much of the U.S., maybe once a decade or every couple of decades, Maue said. But in the long-run the deep temperature dives are less meaningful for comparison to other storms than daytime highs that are below-zero and long cold spells, he said.
_http://news.yahoo.com/39-polar-vortex-39-blast-frigid-air-over-231228456.html
Saturday January 4, 2014
Winter is normally cold, but starting Sunday tundra-like temperatures are poised to deliver a rare and potentially dangerous sledgehammer blow to much of the Midwest, driving temperatures so far below zero that records will shatter.
One reason? A "polar vortex," as one meteorologist calls it, which will send cold air piled up at the North Pole down to the U.S., funneling it as far south as the Gulf Coast.
The temperature predictions are startling: 25 below zero in Fargo, N.D., minus 31 in International Falls, Minn., and 15 below in Indianapolis and Chicago. At those temperatures, exposed skin can get frostbitten in minutes and hypothermia can quickly set in because wind chills could hit 50, 60 or even 70 below zero.
Temperature records will likely be broken during the short, yet forceful deep freeze that will begin in many places on Sunday and extend into early next week. That's thanks to a perfect combination of the jet stream, cold surface temperatures and the polar vortex — a counterclockwise-rotating pool of cold, dense air, said Ryan Maue, of Tallahassee, Fla., a meteorologist for Weather Bell.
Snow already on the ground and fresh powder expected in some places ahead of the cold air will reduce the sun's heating effect, so nighttime lows will plummet thanks to strong northwest winds that will deliver the Arctic blast, Maue said. And there's no warming effect from the Gulf to counteract the cold air, he said.
The cold blast will sweep through parts of New England, where residents will have just dug out from a snowstorm and the frigid temperatures that followed. Parts of the central Midwest could also see up to a foot of snow just as the cold sweeps in pulling temperatures to 10 below zero in the St. Louis area.
Even places accustomed to normally mild to warmer winters will see a plunge in temperatures early next week, including Atlanta where the high is expected to hover in the mid-20s on Tuesday.
"This one happens to be really big and it's going to dive deep into the continental U.S. And all that cold air is going to come with it," said Sally Johnson, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls.
It's relatively uncommon to have such frigid air blanket so much of the U.S., maybe once a decade or every couple of decades, Maue said. But in the long-run the deep temperature dives are less meaningful for comparison to other storms than daytime highs that are below-zero and long cold spells, he said.
Snow already on the ground and fresh powder expected in some places ahead of the cold air will reduce the sun's heating effect, so nighttime lows will plummet thanks to strong northwest winds that will deliver the Arctic blast, Maue said. And there's no warming effect from the Gulf to counteract the cold air, he said.
The cold blast will sweep through parts of New England, where residents will have just dug out from a snowstorm and the frigid temperatures that followed. Parts of the central Midwest could also see up to a foot of snow just as the cold sweeps in pulling temperatures to 10 below zero in the St. Louis area.
Even places accustomed to normally mild to warmer winters will see a plunge in temperatures early next week, including Atlanta where the high is expected to hover in the mid-20s on Tuesday.
"This one happens to be really big and it's going to dive deep into the continental U.S. And all that cold air is going to come with it," said Sally Johnson, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls.
It's relatively uncommon to have such frigid air blanket so much of the U.S., maybe once a decade or every couple of decades, Maue said. But in the long-run the deep temperature dives are less meaningful for comparison to other storms than daytime highs that are below-zero and long cold spells, he said.
Nancy2feathers
The Living Force
Woke up this morning to -10 F. in up-state NY. My car wouldn`t start yesterday! :(
angelburst29
The Living Force
_http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd
Sat Jan 04 2014 - 12Z Mon Jan 06 2014
...Record breaking cold expected from the Northern Plains eastward into
the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley...
...The next winter storm will bring heavy snow to the Middle
Mississippi/Ohio Valleys and Lower Great Lakes on Sunday...
...Icy conditions are possible over the Deep South and northeastern tier
of the country...
The upper pattern across the nation will continue to be dominated by arctic intrusions bringing reinforcing shots of cold air to the country. Forecast models remain consistent in carrying the polar vortex into the
northern tier of the U.S. while carrying it eastward in time. Many locations may see their temperature readings drop to near record values. By Sunday, afternoon temperatures across the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest may linger in the negative 10s/20s with lows plummeting that night to near -30 Fahrenheit. The broad pressure gradient setting up over the region will allow gusty winds to persist which will lower wind chill temperatures to very dangerous levels. Incredibly, it may feel as cold as -50 to -60 on Sunday night over sections of the north-central states with the frigid air remaining in place into early next week. As the vortex shifts eastward, the polar air will begin to affect the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with temperatures plummeting rapidly. While the air mass will modify, temperatures will remain downright cold with the forecast high in Chicago, IL being only -11 on Monday.
A strong frontal boundary surging eastward ahead of the polar air mass will become rather active as it intercepts increasing amounts of low-level moisture. A broad area of moderate to heavy snow will be possible from southern Missouri northeastward into the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes region. The WPC winter weather desk suggests this area can expect anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of snow through early Monday with lighter amounts surrounding this region. Given the cold air currently in place over much
of the eastern third of the country, there may be issues for freezing rain during the next couple of days. This will be particularly true from the Deep South northeastward along the Appalachians and into the interior New England. The cold air at the surface will initially be stubborn to scour out. The residual warm layer above this sub-freezing surface will lead to periods of freezing drizzle/rain with an eventual changeover to rain.
A wet period is expected across south Florida as moisture return commences during the period. A frontal boundary south of Cuba is forecast to quickly lift northward toward the Florida Keys which will begin spreading moderate to heavy rainfall to the region. Locations further north across Florida should expect much drier conditions as the frontal lift does not work its way northward along the peninsula.
Elsewhere, with the exception of some orographically enhanced snow showers across the Northern Central Rockies, the western states can expect tranquil weather through early Monday.
_http://spaceweather.com/
Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software maintained by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics. Daily results are presented here on Spaceweather.com.
On Jan. 3, 2014, the network reported 27 fireballs.
(14 sporadics, 13 Quadrantids)
SMALL ASTEROID HITS EARTH: Newly-discovered asteroid 2014 AA hit Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 2nd. The space rock, about the size of a small car, disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean about 3,000 km east of Caracas, Venezuela. Infrasound records interpreted by Peter Brown of the University of Western Ontario suggest an impact energy between 500 and 1,000 tons of TNT. That's a lot of dynamite; nevertheless, in cosmic terms this was a relatively minor impact that did no damage to our planet. [more]
GIANT SUNSPOT: Sunspot AR1944, which appeared on January 1st, is one of the largest sunspots of the current solar cycle. It's so big, people are noticing it as a naked-eye blemish on the solar disk.
Although the sunspot has been relatively quiet and stable since it first appeared on New Year's Day, a region of this size has the potential to produce significant activity. Indeed, NOAA forecasters, who say they are keeping a close eye on this behemoth, estimate a 75% chance of M-flares and a 30% chance of X-flares on Jan. 4th. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.
GREEN VORTEX OVER SWEDEN: For the second day in a row, a solar wind stream is buffeting Earth's magnetic field, sparking intermittant geomagnetic storms and auroras around the Arctic Circle. Last night, Northern Lights tour guide Chad Blakley photographed a luminous green vortex over Sweden's Abisko National Park:
NOAA forecasters estimate a 20% chance of more polar geomagnetic storms on Jan. 4th as the solar wind continues to blow. Aurora alerts: text, voice.
All Sky Fireball Network
Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software maintained by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics. Daily results are presented here on Spaceweather.com.
On Jan. 3, 2014, the network reported 27 fireballs.
(14 sporadics, 13 Quadrantids)
In this diagram of the inner solar system, all of the fireball orbits intersect at a single point--Earth. The orbits are color-coded by velocity, from slow (red) to fast (blue). [Larger image] [movies]
On Jan. 2, 2014, the network reported 6 fireballs.
(6 sporadics)
Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time.
On January 4, 2014 there were 1448 potentially hazardous asteroids.
Recent & Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters: Asteroid Date(UT) Miss Distance Size
2011 YD29 Dec 28 6.1 LD 24 m
2014 AA Jan 2 0.001 LD 3 m
2013 YL2 Jan 3 3.6 LD 101 m
2013 YM48 Jan 6 8.8 LD 32 m
2013 YV102 Jan 7 6.7 LD 34 m
2007 SJ Jan 21 18.9 LD 1.9 km
2012 BX34 Jan 28 9.6 LD 13 m
2006 DP14 Feb 10 6.2 LD 730 m
2000 EM26 Feb 18 8.8 LD 195 m
2000 EE14 Mar 6 64.6 LD 1.8 km
Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.
Sat Jan 04 2014 - 12Z Mon Jan 06 2014
...Record breaking cold expected from the Northern Plains eastward into
the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley...
...The next winter storm will bring heavy snow to the Middle
Mississippi/Ohio Valleys and Lower Great Lakes on Sunday...
...Icy conditions are possible over the Deep South and northeastern tier
of the country...
The upper pattern across the nation will continue to be dominated by arctic intrusions bringing reinforcing shots of cold air to the country. Forecast models remain consistent in carrying the polar vortex into the
northern tier of the U.S. while carrying it eastward in time. Many locations may see their temperature readings drop to near record values. By Sunday, afternoon temperatures across the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest may linger in the negative 10s/20s with lows plummeting that night to near -30 Fahrenheit. The broad pressure gradient setting up over the region will allow gusty winds to persist which will lower wind chill temperatures to very dangerous levels. Incredibly, it may feel as cold as -50 to -60 on Sunday night over sections of the north-central states with the frigid air remaining in place into early next week. As the vortex shifts eastward, the polar air will begin to affect the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with temperatures plummeting rapidly. While the air mass will modify, temperatures will remain downright cold with the forecast high in Chicago, IL being only -11 on Monday.
A strong frontal boundary surging eastward ahead of the polar air mass will become rather active as it intercepts increasing amounts of low-level moisture. A broad area of moderate to heavy snow will be possible from southern Missouri northeastward into the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes region. The WPC winter weather desk suggests this area can expect anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of snow through early Monday with lighter amounts surrounding this region. Given the cold air currently in place over much
of the eastern third of the country, there may be issues for freezing rain during the next couple of days. This will be particularly true from the Deep South northeastward along the Appalachians and into the interior New England. The cold air at the surface will initially be stubborn to scour out. The residual warm layer above this sub-freezing surface will lead to periods of freezing drizzle/rain with an eventual changeover to rain.
A wet period is expected across south Florida as moisture return commences during the period. A frontal boundary south of Cuba is forecast to quickly lift northward toward the Florida Keys which will begin spreading moderate to heavy rainfall to the region. Locations further north across Florida should expect much drier conditions as the frontal lift does not work its way northward along the peninsula.
Elsewhere, with the exception of some orographically enhanced snow showers across the Northern Central Rockies, the western states can expect tranquil weather through early Monday.
_http://spaceweather.com/
Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software maintained by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics. Daily results are presented here on Spaceweather.com.
On Jan. 3, 2014, the network reported 27 fireballs.
(14 sporadics, 13 Quadrantids)
SMALL ASTEROID HITS EARTH: Newly-discovered asteroid 2014 AA hit Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 2nd. The space rock, about the size of a small car, disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean about 3,000 km east of Caracas, Venezuela. Infrasound records interpreted by Peter Brown of the University of Western Ontario suggest an impact energy between 500 and 1,000 tons of TNT. That's a lot of dynamite; nevertheless, in cosmic terms this was a relatively minor impact that did no damage to our planet. [more]
GIANT SUNSPOT: Sunspot AR1944, which appeared on January 1st, is one of the largest sunspots of the current solar cycle. It's so big, people are noticing it as a naked-eye blemish on the solar disk.
Although the sunspot has been relatively quiet and stable since it first appeared on New Year's Day, a region of this size has the potential to produce significant activity. Indeed, NOAA forecasters, who say they are keeping a close eye on this behemoth, estimate a 75% chance of M-flares and a 30% chance of X-flares on Jan. 4th. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.
GREEN VORTEX OVER SWEDEN: For the second day in a row, a solar wind stream is buffeting Earth's magnetic field, sparking intermittant geomagnetic storms and auroras around the Arctic Circle. Last night, Northern Lights tour guide Chad Blakley photographed a luminous green vortex over Sweden's Abisko National Park:
NOAA forecasters estimate a 20% chance of more polar geomagnetic storms on Jan. 4th as the solar wind continues to blow. Aurora alerts: text, voice.
All Sky Fireball Network
Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software maintained by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics. Daily results are presented here on Spaceweather.com.
On Jan. 3, 2014, the network reported 27 fireballs.
(14 sporadics, 13 Quadrantids)
In this diagram of the inner solar system, all of the fireball orbits intersect at a single point--Earth. The orbits are color-coded by velocity, from slow (red) to fast (blue). [Larger image] [movies]
On Jan. 2, 2014, the network reported 6 fireballs.
(6 sporadics)
Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time.
On January 4, 2014 there were 1448 potentially hazardous asteroids.
Recent & Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters: Asteroid Date(UT) Miss Distance Size
2011 YD29 Dec 28 6.1 LD 24 m
2014 AA Jan 2 0.001 LD 3 m
2013 YL2 Jan 3 3.6 LD 101 m
2013 YM48 Jan 6 8.8 LD 32 m
2013 YV102 Jan 7 6.7 LD 34 m
2007 SJ Jan 21 18.9 LD 1.9 km
2012 BX34 Jan 28 9.6 LD 13 m
2006 DP14 Feb 10 6.2 LD 730 m
2000 EM26 Feb 18 8.8 LD 195 m
2000 EE14 Mar 6 64.6 LD 1.8 km
Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.
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"No" winter in Poland. The winter is oddly mild. +3C (+37,4F) after sunset.
Minas Tirith
Jedi Council Member
Quite funny, yesterday before going to bed and after washing my face I could swear that I had a sunburn.
Temperatures in the UK are far too mild to blame the redness on the cold weather. And it did feel like a sunburn ...
M.T.
Temperatures in the UK are far too mild to blame the redness on the cold weather. And it did feel like a sunburn ...
M.T.
Take good care everyone living in the eastern parts of the U.S. & Canada. Noticed, too, a cold front moving through the prairies of Canada will be dipping down into the U.S. states.
_http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/winter-weather-blasts-prairies-central-and-eastern-canada-1.2484658
Here in Canary Island the weather is around 20 celcius. In the north of the isle it can be very humid.
When I see the weather in Canada and in USA I can see that yes, we are really in the Ice Age, his first breath, cold and terrible. Are people seeing and understanding what is happening?
When I see the weather in Canada and in USA I can see that yes, we are really in the Ice Age, his first breath, cold and terrible. Are people seeing and understanding what is happening?
In The Netherlands it is still windy, but mild about 10 degrees Celcius now. We had lots and lots of rain these past months, but also more sunshine than usual.
Keep warm there in Canada and the US. On FB people are handing out good advice and warning people not to go outdoors if they don't have to.
Keep warm there in Canada and the US. On FB people are handing out good advice and warning people not to go outdoors if they don't have to.
Zadius Sky
The Living Force
Right now, in the Triangle (central NC), it's very windy and at almost 70 degrees. But, tomorrow, it is said that the temperature will drop to zero.
sheeeesh ...
Skyfarmr
Jedi Master
South Central Wisconsin @11:15a.m temp is -17F and it's sunny (windchill -43F)
We received our energy bill over the weekend. They include last year's charges, usage and average temps for this last billing cycle (11/21-12/27/13) and while we expected our charges and usage to be higher, what was astounding was the difference in last year and this year's average temp for that time period. Last year average temp was 35F(close to late Nov./Dec ave. temps per our weather forecaster), this year it was 23F!...12F colder on average!
Another strangeness noted in the weather is the amount of snow we've received during the days we've had temps in the single digits and teens. Usually we get snow accumulation during the passage of fronts (ie. warmer more humid air hits cold high movin in, dumps a lot of snow, and then it gets significantly colder and often windier) Not this year. We've had snow, albeit smaller accumulations, but near daily 1-4 inches of snowfall. The light fluffy stuff combined with the wind has caused a lot of drifting around here.
Last night and this morning, we've heard a number of loud thumps/cracks coming from the exterior of our home, mostly around the windows and once in the ceiling/roof. Last night, just after going to bed, my husband and I heard what sounded light a train whistle, but more like a trumpet sound. We live close to a train crossing, but can usually feel the rumble of the train long before the train sounds its whistle, and it lets go a whistle a couple of times prior to crossing. We didn't feel the typical vibrational rumbling of the approaching train, and the "whistle" had more of a trumpet sound, just once and that was it. We concluded it was definitely not a train.
Jet stream just checked is really strange...shooting due south out of Canada over area of Montana, dipping south into OK and hairpinning northward to the Great Lakes. Must be that "polar vortex", a term coined recently by weather forecasters.
Reminds me of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow".
We received our energy bill over the weekend. They include last year's charges, usage and average temps for this last billing cycle (11/21-12/27/13) and while we expected our charges and usage to be higher, what was astounding was the difference in last year and this year's average temp for that time period. Last year average temp was 35F(close to late Nov./Dec ave. temps per our weather forecaster), this year it was 23F!...12F colder on average!
Another strangeness noted in the weather is the amount of snow we've received during the days we've had temps in the single digits and teens. Usually we get snow accumulation during the passage of fronts (ie. warmer more humid air hits cold high movin in, dumps a lot of snow, and then it gets significantly colder and often windier) Not this year. We've had snow, albeit smaller accumulations, but near daily 1-4 inches of snowfall. The light fluffy stuff combined with the wind has caused a lot of drifting around here.
Last night and this morning, we've heard a number of loud thumps/cracks coming from the exterior of our home, mostly around the windows and once in the ceiling/roof. Last night, just after going to bed, my husband and I heard what sounded light a train whistle, but more like a trumpet sound. We live close to a train crossing, but can usually feel the rumble of the train long before the train sounds its whistle, and it lets go a whistle a couple of times prior to crossing. We didn't feel the typical vibrational rumbling of the approaching train, and the "whistle" had more of a trumpet sound, just once and that was it. We concluded it was definitely not a train.
Jet stream just checked is really strange...shooting due south out of Canada over area of Montana, dipping south into OK and hairpinning northward to the Great Lakes. Must be that "polar vortex", a term coined recently by weather forecasters.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/06/22201007-polar-vortex-what-is-it-and-when-is-it-going-away
Reminds me of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow".
