Arctic Outbreak Update

The storm which hit the Midwest and Northeast with heavy snow and extreme cold on January 4-7 became a 938 mb storm just off the coast of Labrador yesterday (Januarty 8th):

This storm hit Benton Harbor, MI with 27" of snow (much of it lake effect) and Chicago O'Hare with an air temperature of -16 and a windchill of -42. On January 7th, Atlanta had a record low of 6, and New Orleans had a low of 24.