A wave of arctic air will invade the United States and spread across the country starting Friday and lasting until next week, potentially breaking all-time records, according to forecasters.
Officials say the cold air—coming from Siberia—will plunge the eastern two-thirds of the United States into a freeze in the days ahead of Christmas.
“By early next week, the atmospheric energy bringing the cold will dive south out of the Gulf of Alaska and into the Pacific Northwest,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said on the website. The air will then pass through Rocky Mountain states and Midwest states on Monday and Tuesday before spreading to the east….