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They cannot predict the weather with ANY accuracy more than 3 days out.

Its January. Its always to be expected. lol

Imagine copious homes losing power all at once in -34 degree weather! Water pipes will be breaking everywhere! So your left with homes with no electricity or water!

I'm in NH cold is kinda our thing half the year.

To live in the snow belt here one just be prepared 4 months of winter. The colder it is the better for us. Once the lakes freeze we do not get the lake effect anymore which is the real bitch of winter. 3 foot snows out of nowhere are common once the wind changes.

Oh no it's fucking January.

The problem I have with these youtuber weather people is that they never announce the legends for the model in use.

I guess their target audience understands more?

What these models are predicting are temperature deviations - not actual air or ground temps.

Just by looking at it, I was very confused by how Minnesota stays "warm" while Tennessee got so cold.

And I found my answer. Suppose this mass of air is 0F. The model will show the temperature deviation between normal - which for Minnesota is only -20F, since the average Jan temp is 20F.

As the 0F air moves down to Tennessee, the temperature deviation grows, since the average Jan temp for Tennessee is 50F. If the air mass temp stays at 0, then the Tennessee deviation is -50F, but that is not going to be ground temps, which are still cold, but only around 0.

I hope the local weather announcers make this clearer to the locals, and while they do need to prepare, since much of the infrastructure (like Texas) is not prepared for below freezing temps lasting several days. But it isn't the weather apocalypse the youtubers are making it seem like.

Morning temps in Minnesota of -20F and below are routine during winter, and that is almost -40F deviation, and nobody causes mass hysteria.