Polar vortex to unleash winterlike cold across eastern half of nation, with snow in the Northeast
Source: Washington Post
After remaining well-behaved all winter, the mischievous polar vortex is set to thrust a lobe of frigid, wintry air south over the eastern United States, bringing snow to places in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and chilly temperatures from the Upper Midwest to New England.
Frost could even visit places such as northern Georgia and the western Carolinas late this weekend as the expansive cold air mass settles south and challenges records. Temperatures in many places will feel more like early March than early May.
A dollop of wintry mischief, including the potential for a few areas of accumulating snow, is also on tap along the Appalachians from North Carolina through Maine. In some areas, a coating or more of snow is possible — especially across central and northern New England late Friday and early Saturday.
Even where the flakes don’t fly, temperatures will still sit some 20 degrees or more below average as a strong cold front slides all the way down near the Gulf Coast, with temperatures falling into the 30s and 40s in its wake. Mother’s Day could feel more like St. Patrick’s Day in some areas before a gradual recovery occurs next week.
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I don't have any kids but I am a first born son so I'm not liking my odds of survival when things turn biblical.
Who is spreading lamb's blood over their door these days? 
I make silly comments these days to deal with stress and anxiety. How are things in Brooklyn?
So there you go!
I take it every day. 
... but this is not unusual for early May. The daytime temperatures will be in the 50s, it's the nights we have to worry about. Most of us know not to put out tomatoes or other summertime plantings before Memorial Day.
What makes this remarkable is that for the past 9 or 10 years we've had NO below-freezing nights in May so we got used to the warmer temps. And now this - yep it's still early May. We'll survive this! Don't put away your winter sweaters and long-johns yet.
I've learned the hard way too many times.
I buy tomato plants that were started early in a hothouse, otherwise I get a crop of green tomatoes that never ripen. My plants need to be flowering by the time I set them out at the end of May. I only need a couple of plants though, usually one cherry tomato and one bigboy are enough for me.
