MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) – An arctic cold snap gripping Mid-Michigan will give many students and teachers an extra day off Tuesday.
Several Mid-Michigan school districts canceled classes for Tuesday due to the possibility of morning low temperatures below zero and wind chill readings -15 to -25 degrees. Frostbite is possible in less than a half hour in weather that cold.
Wind chills below zero are likely for a 48 to 60-hour stretch across Mid-Michigan.
A polar vortex is spinning arctic air out of northern Canada into the Great Lakes region on Monday through Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service issued a Cold Weather Advisory for all of Michigan during that time.
The coldest air this week is forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Actual air temperatures are expected to fall below zero across Mid-Michigan and wind chill will make it feel like -15 to -25 degrees in many areas.
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