Tue 2/2/21 - National weather forecast / Polar vortex storm: Back in the ice box / 1980s throwback

About 1-2 weeks ago we discussed the shift in the polar vortex on February 1. Now we're seeing the fallout from this as a series of polar outbreaks are expected to move south into the eastern half of the US late this week. And it looks like the cold air factory will be in place for some time. Tim Vasquez is a former Air Force / Air Weather Service meteorologist. 0:00 Opening 0:11 1980s cold outbreaks 0:52 February outbreaks intro 1:26 Surface analysis 3:14 Canada & arctic 4:11 Polar vortex 7:51 West US 8:49 Southern US 10:08 Puerto Rico 11:33 Mexico gap wind 12:19 Short term forecast 16:15 Closing