U.S. forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once
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The U.S. faces simultaneous extreme weather including blizzards, heat domes, and atmospheric rivers.
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The U.S. weather service is forecasting simultaneous extreme weather events including blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river conditions. Meteorologists attribute the concurrent weather extremes to a sharply dipping jet stream pattern affecting multiple regions at once.
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