Signing Off For The Night -- Good Luck To All -- January 25, 2019

I don't know if folks can read the numbers on the charts/maps -- very small print. If you click on the second map believe, you should be able to zoom in on it.

It's from "Major League Storms" over at Facebook.

A polar vortex will hit North Dakota and then east to Chicago next week. Forecast for next Tuesday / Wednesday on the graphics above. I believe these are WIND CHILL temperatures, not actual air (ambient) temperatures.

The low for selected cities/areas (all temps in Fahrenheit; -40 degrees is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius, so in some cases it won't matter). Again, WIND CHILL temperatures, I believe:

• Williston: -44 degrees
• Tioga: -56 degrees
• Devils Lake: -70 degrees (again, this is WIND CHILL, I believe)
• Jamestown: - 69 degrees
• Fargo/Grand Forks: slightly warmer than Jamestown, at -66 to-67 degrees

South Dakota will feel much warmer:

• Sioux Falls: -51 degrees
• Rapid City: -17 degrees
• north-central: -56 degrees

There probably won't be a lot of fracking accomplished in the Bakken next week.

Throughout the day today, the Weather Channel talked about the polar vortex that will hit the Midwest next week.