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By Alex Sosnowski Expert Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com A summertime version of the polar vortex will continue to set record low temperatures in the Plains and Midwest this week. Cool air will also reach into the South and Appalachians. The air will feel refreshing to some people but downright chilly and autumnlike to others. According to AccuWeather Meteorologist Steve Travis, "Many residents and visitors will be toting jackets and long sleeves." Rather than days of hazy sunshine and high humidity, typical of mid-July, many areas will experience a deep blue sky, at times, low humidity and a cool breeze. Temperatures failed to climb past the 60s F from the eastern part of the Dakotas, through Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Monday. Minneapolis, home of the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, set a record low maximum temperature of 65 on Monday, breaking the old record of 68 set in 1884. Nearly a dozen cities...

If you thought the blast of frigid air we got thanks to the polar vortex was as bad as it was going to get this winter, think again. More below-freezing temperatures are on the way next week. The National Weather Service is projecting Tuesday’s high temperature to be around 11; Wednesday’s high will be around 9; Thursday’s high will be around 13. Starting Monday night, the lows are expected to be around 0. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947