Winter Baby Its Cold Outside

 

Cold Winter Season

Winter is the coldest season of the year in frigid polar regions including temperate climates on earth. Winter storms sweep across the Nation bringing a bitter cold holiday weekend. The arctic blast continues to pummel the North East with wind, snow, and ice wreaking havoc on Christmas Eve travel plans. Multiple feet of snow impacted Christmas travel plans for at least 150 million under some winter weather alerts in 2022. Wind gusts have been as high as 75 miles per hour in Ohio and New York continuing to be gusty at 40 miles per hour across the Midwest and Northeast. Wind gusts will continue in the 50-70 miles per hour along the Great Lakes range. Major winds atop snow cover will produce ground blizzards resulting in gusty winds causing power outages and damage. A major winter storm brought blizzard conditions across multiple states and knocked out power to over 1 million customers in 2022. Sub Freezing temperatures have reached the Gulf coast far South as advisory freeze warnings blanket the southern part of the country.

Locations as far south as central Florida are experiencing the coldest wintertime temperatures in several years. The temperature will begin to warm gradually starting Monday with most of the country returning to above average temperatures midweek 2022. Surviving inclement winter weather takes a little planning to help keep you safe and warm during the coldest season of the year.  Winter preparedness is essential when traveling or staying at home during heavy storm activity. When traveling gather emergency supplies for your vehicle including adequate clothing, blankets, mittens, scarf, hats, snow shovels, sand to improve traction, jumper cables, bottled water, non-perishable snacks, cash in case ATMs will not work due to power outages. American Automobile Association commonly pronounced as AAA is a federation of motor clubs throughout North America is a privately held not for profit organization national member service association with over 60 million members in 2019 including the United States and Canada.

AAA provides a service to its members including 24/7 roadside assistance plus many more features that help you enjoy peace of mind with 24-hour roadside assistance plus battery service and vehicle lockout, discounts to nearly 95,000 locations, free identity theft protection, free Hertz Gold membership to participants. TripTik is a AAA planning guide and online travel planner provided by AAA. The print version includes road maps and other travel information to help you plan your next excursion.   AAA’s newest app AAA mobile offers bundles of services for drivers such as mapping and price comparisons including member-exclusive benefits including roadside assistance and discounts. The new app is free and available for iPhones, and Android-compatible devices.  It combines the AAA discounts TripTik Mobile and roadside apps into one app creating the perfect companion for any driver.

Get your car ready for winter weather make an emergency kit including cell phone, charger, batteries, flashlight, items to stay warm, blanket, hat, gloves, coat, rain jacket, windshield scraper, shovel, battery-operated radio with extra batteries, water, healthy snacks, food, first aid kit including necessary medications, reflectors, flats, road map, google map GPS on cell phones, waterproof matches to melt snow for water. Outdoor camping collapsible cup is perfect for traveling and easy to store items used to quench your thirst on the go.  Traveling with pets may be a challenge during winter weather keeping them safe from cold weather conditions.  Having the right essential items for your pets in a travel bag can help ease your pet's experience while traveling. Must have items are a collapsible dog dish for food and water for pets. Include a few ziplock bags of dry dog food for your next journey with 3 bottles of fresh water to keep your pet satisfied. Winter is the coldest season of the year bringing plenty of precipitation across the United States affecting travel plans in all regions in 2022.

These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout the year, more distinctive compared to tropical regions. The theory of winter in the European language is associated with a period of dormancy in relation to seasonal changes as crops and some plant life dies off leaving their seeds behind while other plants cease to grow until spring when the weather becomes warmer once again. Many wild animals hibernate becoming dormant during the winter months and many insects die. Seasonal changes naturally occur during the year due to constant annual changes in the weather.  The tilt of the earth's axis causes seasonal changes to occur when the hemisphere is oriented away from the sun. Hemispheres of earth geography is any division of the globe into two hemispheres is made by latitude and longitude makers. Solstice is either of two moments in the year when the sun’s apparent path is farthest north or south from the earth's equator.

Winter is the coldest season of the year between autumn and spring commonly regarded in the Northern hemispheres as the beginning in the winter solstice December 21 or 22 on the vernal equinox March 20 or 21, summer solstice June 21 or 22, and on the autumnal equinox, the days and nights are equal lengths. At the winter solstice, the day is the year's shortest, and the summer solstice is the longest. Chronology it takes one year for the earth to travel once around the sun about 365 ¼ days. This fractional number is necessary in the periodic intercalations in the days of a calendar that correlates with the seasons. The Gregorian calendar also referred to as the new style calendar solar dating system is now in general use of 365 and every fourth year with a few exceptions is a leap year of 366 days in a year. 

Cheers!

Patricia Lynn

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