Extra Extra: Bye Bye Polar Vortex

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 8, 2014 12:00AM

The GOES-East satellite captured a Midwestern wintertime "White Out" at 2015 UTC/3:15 p.m. EST on January 6, 2014. Blowing snow and intensely cold air created dangerous white-out conditions over the Midwest, particularly around the Great Lakes, where daytime temperatures averaged -20F with a wind chill near -50F. The GOES-East satellite is managed by NOAA. The image was created at NASA's GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (Credit: NASA NOAA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters)

• Here's one last grouping of photos from a frozen Lake Michigan. [Huffington Post Chicago]
• Metra is slowly getting back to normal. [Metra]
• The goats, llamas, camels and other animals that eat away at O'Hare Airport's weeds every spring and summer won't be out until it's warmer. [DNAINfo Chicago]
• CTA is set to rehab the station that serves the Illinois Medical District on the Forest Park Blue Line branch. [Sun-Times]
• The GOP candidates for governor agreed to five debates with each other. This should be fun. [Crain's]

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