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<v Speaker 1>Box thirty one's chief meteorologist, Dave Frasier, Hey, Dave.

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<v Speaker 2>How we doing today? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>I am I have words for you, mister, because last

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<v Speaker 1>week you did not give me a heads up that

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to end up with two feet of

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<v Speaker 1>snow in my driveway.

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<v Speaker 2>But there we were. Yeah, that, yeah, that was that.

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<v Speaker 2>The southern area. We were thinking maybe a one to two,

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<v Speaker 2>a one to three, and the wind coming up and

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<v Speaker 2>over these southern areas was so strong it lifted the

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<v Speaker 2>air and anytime you lift you can generate more snow.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the totals came in at around eight inches,

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<v Speaker 2>especially down on the south side of town. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>much more than was expected.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so we're about to enter into one of our

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<v Speaker 1>oh my gosh, bitterly cold. Your face is going to

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<v Speaker 1>freeze when you go outside time periods. When does that start?

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<v Speaker 1>Is this a true polar vortex? I keep saying that,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't even know if it really is.

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<v Speaker 2>It is, okay, yeah, so the polar vortex. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>those are nice little cliche words that we'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>toss out every now and then. We call it an

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<v Speaker 2>arctic outbreak. So you know, you have the cold there

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like a whirlpool spinning around over the poles,

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<v Speaker 2>and the jet stream is like a lasso, and as

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<v Speaker 2>long as the jet stream is spinning at the right momentum,

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<v Speaker 2>it kind of holds all of that cold there at

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<v Speaker 2>the poles. But if the jet stream slows or buckles,

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<v Speaker 2>then the cold air releases, and that's what we're dealing with,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's why it's called the polar vortex, the vortex

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<v Speaker 2>being the circulation and the polar being the region from

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<v Speaker 2>which the cold there comes. So we're thinking the cold.

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<v Speaker 2>They will start to see thin Friday afternoon, so you

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<v Speaker 2>should notice the temperatures dropping. The snow will lag behind

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<v Speaker 2>that until about eight or nine o'clock, and then we'll

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<v Speaker 2>get into a period of light snow temperatures on Saturday

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<v Speaker 2>and Sunday. Their highs will be probably around seventeen to

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen both days, with morning lows starting out at about

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<v Speaker 2>two to four below, and then the coldest morning is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be Monday morning at about five to seven below,

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<v Speaker 2>and the highs will be right around ten or eleven degrees.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as snow, yeah, Bomby, and yeah, we're not

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<v Speaker 2>We're not looking at a ton of wind, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>watching the wind forecast closely. But with the temperatures we're

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<v Speaker 2>thinking in the morning being near zero or below, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't need a lot of wind to get feels like

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<v Speaker 2>or wind chill temperatures that make it feel like it's ten, fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty below zero. I don't know if we'll reach the

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<v Speaker 2>threshold of concern as an advisory for you know, protecting

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<v Speaker 2>your scandal. We'll watch that closely. And as far as

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<v Speaker 2>the snow, the totals came down a little bit, but

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<v Speaker 2>I always remind people it's really not about the depth

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<v Speaker 2>of the snow. In this type of a cold atmosphere.

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<v Speaker 2>Any snow that falls on the roads in the side

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<v Speaker 2>of that bear is going to make the road slick.

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<v Speaker 2>So Friday night, Saturday early, Sunday night, Monday early, are

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<v Speaker 2>you two timeframes. I think you're looking at about one

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<v Speaker 2>to four the first round and about one to two,

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<v Speaker 2>putting us in a total over the weekend of about

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<v Speaker 2>two to six.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So I'm just going to spitball here. After talking

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<v Speaker 1>to Douglas County School superinto and it sounds like Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>if there's going to be a freezing cold snow type day,

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<v Speaker 1>even though we're not getting a lot of snow, that

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<v Speaker 1>might be your delayed start, or maybe some squens might cancel.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree. I think that's the reason. I mean overall,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that the snow is going to have

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<v Speaker 2>much more of an additional impact on roads. I think

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<v Speaker 2>the roads are going to be what they are and

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get accustomed to driving on them. You're never going

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to get the plows to scrape down

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<v Speaker 2>the bare pavement. Although we always joke about this, we

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<v Speaker 2>do have the benefit of the solar shovel so if

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<v Speaker 2>the sun's out, even if it's only fifteen degrees, it

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<v Speaker 2>will do a good job of on the main roads

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<v Speaker 2>getting that pavement cleared down. I do think the one

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<v Speaker 2>concern on Monday, and the reason we did alert days,

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<v Speaker 2>we did pinpoint whether alert days for the snow on

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<v Speaker 2>the roads on Saturday combined with the cold, snow on

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<v Speaker 2>the roads on Sunday combined with the cold, and Monday

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<v Speaker 2>purely for just the cold in the morning. As it

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<v Speaker 2>relates to the kids, right, I can see delays and

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<v Speaker 2>or cancelations.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So and that is going to last how

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<v Speaker 1>long we start too? And I say warm up that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just back to the thirties would be nice. After that, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think Tuesday very quickly. The sun will be out on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>While we may start below zero again, that temperature will

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<v Speaker 2>come up very quickly with sunrise above zero, and I

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<v Speaker 2>do think we'll get back to about thirty two to

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<v Speaker 2>thirty four and then from there make our way back

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<v Speaker 2>to the seasonal forties for the remainder of next week.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see an additional Arctic outbreak. As a matter

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<v Speaker 2>of fact, the long range through the twenty eighth keeps

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<v Speaker 2>us a little bit cooler than normal, but not colder

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<v Speaker 2>than normal, so it might be a slow progression to

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<v Speaker 2>get back to the forties. But overall, once we get

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<v Speaker 2>through this cold there, remember, because of our elevation, the

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<v Speaker 2>coldest are you know, kind of like syrups filling over

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<v Speaker 2>the edge of pancakes. We'll actually go into the Midwest,

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<v Speaker 2>so they will be in the deepest of the cold.

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<v Speaker 2>We're just going to be on the fringe, but certainly

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<v Speaker 2>cold enough to make an impact to you being out

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<v Speaker 2>and about this weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I think I'm gonna do, Dave. I

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm just going to go to Puerto Rico next

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<v Speaker 1>week instead. That's going to be my plan. I actually

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<v Speaker 1>am going to Puerto Rico next week. I'll be broadcasting

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<v Speaker 1>from Puerto Rico. It's a long story, but I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>talking to you from Puerto Rico. I'll have their weather

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<v Speaker 1>report and we can compare weather reports next Wednesday. How

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<v Speaker 1>about that the.

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<v Speaker 2>Same Yeah, yeah, you're going down there with some your

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<v Speaker 2>nose that Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I am one of my favorite clients. It has a

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<v Speaker 1>thing down there that we're going to be talking about

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<v Speaker 1>next week, and I'm looking forward to it and now

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<v Speaker 1>really looking forward to it because now I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with this. We can we have just a minute.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know that you guys as meteorologists talk about

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff, but let's talk about how to harden your

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<v Speaker 1>home real quick against this because these you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>have freezing temperatures all the time and pipes don't burst

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<v Speaker 1>and things are okay. But when you're in the negatives,

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<v Speaker 1>then then you're in a situation where things things are

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<v Speaker 1>going to start to break.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, you'll hear some things about making sure

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<v Speaker 2>your pipes are outside are just connected. Hopefully everybody at

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<v Speaker 2>this point in January has has went to right the

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<v Speaker 2>outside of their home as it relates to anything sprinkler,

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<v Speaker 2>So I think that's not really a concern. I think

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to be concerned about older homes that have

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<v Speaker 2>their you know, there's kitchen sinks or maybe a bathroom

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<v Speaker 2>that's on an outside wall, and the insulation in the

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<v Speaker 2>home isn't great, maybe the windows, maybe the windows, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>don't completely keep the cold there out. And in those situations,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the best advice is to turn the faucet

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<v Speaker 2>on for a trickle during the overnight hours, just to

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<v Speaker 2>keep the water flowing. You know, rivers tend not to freeze.

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<v Speaker 2>They might have an ice on top of them, but

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<v Speaker 2>if the river is moving, the water will continue to move,

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<v Speaker 2>so you won't freeze the pipe. And then the other

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<v Speaker 2>thing you can do is you can open up your

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<v Speaker 2>cabinet doors underneath those sinks and let some of the

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<v Speaker 2>warm air from the house go in. You can certainly

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<v Speaker 2>bump the temperature up in the house too to combat it.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, I think those concerns are generally with older homes. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>newer homes of the last twenty twenty five years, with

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<v Speaker 2>efficient furnaces and stuff, should be able to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>withstand this gold. The one thing that we never know

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<v Speaker 2>is do we bust something underground, like right before where

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<v Speaker 2>you know you got flooding waters in the street because

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<v Speaker 2>the one hundred year old pipe running down the neighborhood

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<v Speaker 2>in downtown Denver couldn't withstand the cold. And so those

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<v Speaker 2>are things that you're not going to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>control them, right.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a couple questions from the text line, Mandy,

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<v Speaker 1>aren't these so called polar vortex is just what we

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<v Speaker 1>used to call Rossby waves.

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<v Speaker 2>With the waves, those are the waves. Those are the

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<v Speaker 2>circulation the jet streams around around the planet. So at

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<v Speaker 2>the poles it goes one way. In the mid latitudes

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<v Speaker 2>it goes the other way, and they buckle and everything

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<v Speaker 2>it relates to the jet streams. So the answer to that,

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<v Speaker 2>flat out, without getting too deep, is yes, that's what

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<v Speaker 2>they're called. But we've given them certain names because I

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<v Speaker 2>think it defines more directly what we're expecting. Polar vortex

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<v Speaker 2>sounds more like what you would expect coming this weekend

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<v Speaker 2>as opposed to a Rosbie wave.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let me ask one more question. Would you ask

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<v Speaker 1>Dave if the jet stream in the southern hemisphere goes

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<v Speaker 1>the same direction as it does up here.

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<v Speaker 2>Again, jet streams go so the mid latitudes, that's us,

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<v Speaker 2>our storms go from west to east. Poler goes the

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<v Speaker 2>opposite way. And then in the southern hemisphere, same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Mid latitudes are going the opposite way, and the polls

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<v Speaker 2>so they reverse, each one of them reverses. Okay, the

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<v Speaker 2>southern hemisphere is completely opposite of the northern hemisphere. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And a lot of people on our tech SGE are

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<v Speaker 1>pointing out the Monday is Mlkday. The kids will be

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<v Speaker 1>out of school anyway, so I don't have to worry.

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<v Speaker 2>About that, right, all right, that's right, hard thing on

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<v Speaker 2>that one.

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<v Speaker 1>There we go, all right, Dave Fraser, I will be

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<v Speaker 1>talking to you when you're freezing your took us off

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<v Speaker 1>next week from sunny Puerto Rico. So I look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to that, my friend.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be looking for some type of a tropical servants

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<v Speaker 2>to see if you can't do in your plans a little.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go, thanks a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate that, Dave Fraser from Box thirty one. I

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate you, man,