UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:37 pm ET Replies(6) A life guard station on Lake Erie is shown frozen solid after a polar vortex brought arctic temperatures to the United States. (Shutterstock / arthurgphotography) ACROSS AMERICA — Break out the woolen mittens and the long underwear, Americans — Mother Nature is about to bring the full wrath of winter down on most of the United States. Consider this your warning — the polar vortex is coming. And with it, so are bitter and below-freezing temperatures for most of the country. A blast of arctic air is expected to reach every U.S. state including Hawaii by Monday morning. According to at least one forecast, the freezing temperatures will affect nearly 235 million people.