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The U.S. weather pattern during Christmas week is going to be what forecasters call “highly amplified.” This means that the jet stream, which separates air masses and steers weather systems, will be undulating sharply — with large northward bulges, or high pressure ridges, and deep dips, or low pressure troughs, toward the South.
For Christmas week, this jet stream configuration will allow Alaskans to enjoy an unusually mild holiday, while residents of virtually the entire lower 48 states (except Florida) experience a colder-than-average period.
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The Arctic’s refrigerator door is about to open, spilling frigid air into the U.S. for Christmas
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If you’re planning on celebrating Christmas in the Upper Midwest or the Dakotas this year, you’re going to need to get a thicker coat.
A true Arctic air mass — the coldest of the season so far — is projected to swirl down from the Far North, crossing the U.S. border with Canada as early as Wednesday, and potentially oozing its way all the way down to Texas, and east to New York City.
Right now, however, it appears the East Coast may escape the worst of the cold, at least initially.
The precise details of this cold snap are still a bit fuzzy, specifically concerning whether a winter storm develops along the boundary separating the frigid air from more seasonable temperatures. It’s conceivable that areas from Texas to New England could have a white or icy Christmas this year, though this won’t become clear for another few days. Read more…
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View More The Arctic’s refrigerator door is about to open, spilling frigid air into the U.S. for ChristmasThe Arctic’s refrigerator door is about to open, spilling frigid air into the U.S. for Christmas
If you’re planning on celebrating Christmas in the Upper Midwest or the Dakotas this year, you’re going to need to get a thicker coat.
A true Arctic air mass — the coldest of the season so far — is projected to swirl down from the Far North, crossing the U.S. border with Canada as early as Wednesday, and potentially oozing its way all the way down to Texas, and east to New York City.
Right now, however, it appears the East Coast may escape the worst of the cold, at least initially.
The precise details of this cold snap are still a bit fuzzy, specifically concerning whether a winter storm develops along the boundary separating the frigid air from more seasonable temperatures. It’s conceivable that areas from Texas to New England could have a white or icy Christmas this year, though this won’t become clear for another few days. Read more…
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View More The Arctic’s refrigerator door is about to open, spilling frigid air into the U.S. for ChristmasThe Arctic’s refrigerator door is about to open, spilling frigid air into the U.S. for Christmas
If you’re planning on celebrating Christmas in the Upper Midwest or the Dakotas this year, you’re going to need to get a thicker coat.
A true Arctic air mass — the coldest of the season so far — is projected to swirl down from the Far North, crossing the U.S. border with Canada as early as Wednesday, and potentially oozing its way all the way down to Texas, and east to New York City.
Right now, however, it appears the East Coast may escape the worst of the cold, at least initially.
The precise details of this cold snap are still a bit fuzzy, specifically concerning whether a winter storm develops along the boundary separating the frigid air from more seasonable temperatures. It’s conceivable that areas from Texas to New England could have a white or icy Christmas this year, though this won’t become clear for another few days. Read more…
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View More The Arctic’s refrigerator door is about to open, spilling frigid air into the U.S. for ChristmasWe are creating our own extreme weather events, with dire results
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The next time someone tells you that we can’t tie an individual weather event to climate change, you should tell them that’s partly to mostly bullshit. Not only can we say a whole lot about an event’s ties to climate change, but some events could not have occurred without global warming’s assistance.
Let this sink in for a second.
Global warming is bringing us newly possible extremes, from the 2016 global average surface temperature milestone (it was number one, baby), to a stifling heat wave in Southeast Asia that set numerous all-time high temperature records.
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