On a viral post on X-formerly-Twitter, Schuster — who holds a meteorology degree and goes by “Max Velocity” on social media — declared an area of “exploding tree risk” across the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Michigan.

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It’s most common in cherry trees as Arruda said their dark bark acts like a solar panel absorbing the sunlight and getting very warm. He said trees fully imploding as seen on the internet is not what you should expect, but there’s a chance some trees may crack or split because of the frigid temperatures.

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Massachusetts probably won’t see the kind of extreme cold necessary for trees to split this weekend. Some parts of the Berkshires could see low temperatures of -6 degrees on Friday night into Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service, but that won’t be enough to cause any woodland “explosions.”