Imagine booking that dream December road-trip (maybe a scenic loop through the Rockies, a log-cabin stay in upstate New York or a crisp lakeside retreat in Michigan) only to wake up one morning to Arctic-chill levels, a snow-packed highway and a cancelled train. According to multiple weather reports, that scenario is no longer hypothetical for parts of the US as it is becoming one of the most probable winter-travel backdrops of the year. Reports suggest that “cold and snowy weather could be coming for many” as early as the post-Thanksgiving period. At the same time, experts warn of a rare early-season atmospheric disruption, a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) that may trigger deep cold across roughly 35 US states and for the Great Lakes region, the same potential is flagging as “a rar

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