Posted on 11/05/2014 1:41:58 PM PST by blam
Alex Sosnowski
November 5, 2014
The atmosphere is preparing to send part of the polar vortex southward toward the US next week with an outbreak of arctic air and lake-effect snow.
The polar vortex is a large pocket of very cold air, typically the coldest air in the Northern Hemisphere, which sits over the polar region.
Occasionally, this pocket of very cold air can get dislodged farther south than normal, leading to cold outbreaks in Canada and the US.
The main blast of cold air associated with the plunging polar vortex will swing southeastward into the Central and Eastern states spanning Sunday, Nov. 9, to Friday, Nov. 14, 2014.
According to AccuWeather Long Range Expert Paul Pastelok, "Areas from the northern and central Plains to the Great Lakes, the upper Gulf Coast and the Appalachians will feel significant impact from the arctic outbreak."
The worst of the cold will be felt from Fargo, North Dakota, and Minneapolis to Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, where heating demands will jump and people will be reaching for winter coats before venturing outdoors.
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didn’t liberals tell us that these cold snaps are caused by global warming???? Where’s Al Gore? He can clarify for us I’m sure.
Oh noes, more mischief caused by global warming.
Did Lake Michigan ever completely thaw this summer? If I remember it was almost 100% frozen over.
If this were to happen in June,, I’d be concerned . . .
just another reason for the staggering economy
Gore chained to a Milwaukee lamp post this time of year? And with the vortex coming, he would freeze............
I know what you mean................
The climate is changing!
I’d like to see Gore chained to a lamp post in Milwaukee for a few nights.
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In his underwear .... on a busy street .... and tip off TMZ.
[college prank - chain a guy to a lampost by his underpants, in front of a girl’s dorm .... he could either freeze his you-know-whats off or step out of his undies and “escape”]
"Global warming" keeps on going no matter what. As long as humans are alive on this planet, there will be "global warming." If things get cooler, that's the "polar vortex." It used to be "the pause in global warming," but that didn't sound scientific enough. So now it's the "polar vortex."
If the temperature drops because of the "polar vortex," that doesn't mean that "global warming" has stopped. The two are independent. They're orthogonal, even. That sounds really scientific.
Newsflash: It’s called winter weather. We called them Alberta clippers long before the weather channel got their panties in a bunch and assigned a flashy name.
Lake Superior thawed last, in mid-June.
People were photographed sitting on ice floes over the Memorial Day weekend.
Oh crap...
Nothing like another bitter winter to taunt the GW faithful.
I remember back in 76/77/78 we had a rugged three year stretch of really cold winters.
I’ve told my kids this kind of has the same feel.
The good news is my house is heated with nat gas and it’s pretty cheap.
1976 I saw snowflakes falling here in SFL.
Bring it on. I like cold weather. Means we can open the windows and turn off the a/c.
Cool. I mean COLD! Just in time for winter.
In other words, winter is coming. I rescued the winter coats from storage yesterday to prepare.
Algore might freeze his Fourth Chakra. So Sad.
Hey, Aren’t we the middle of Global Warming?
Hey, Aren’t we the middle of Global Warming?
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The only hot air swirling around these days seems to be coming out of Al the Lying Wind Bag so I think it’s now referred to as Gorebal Warming.
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