Here is the explanation, per the Warmist Cult:
“Large atmospheric waves move upward from the troposphere — where most weather occurs — into the stratosphere, which is the layer of air above the troposphere. These waves, which are called Rossby waves, transport energy and momentum from the troposphere to the stratosphere. This energy and momentum transfer generates a circulation in the stratosphere, which features sinking air in the polar latitudes and rising air in the lowest latitudes. As air sinks, it warms. If the stratospheric air warms rapidly in the Arctic, it will throw the circulation off balance. This can cause a major disruption to the polar vortex, stretching it and — sometimes — splitting it apart.”
Read more: Polar Vortex: Climate Change Could Be the Cause of Record Cold Weather | TIME.com http://science.time.com/2014/01/06/climate-change-driving-cold-weather/#ixzz2upeMBCPP
How do you spell Gobbleleedook?
What a bunch of nonsense at that site.
Especially the comments.
We’re having weather this year.
Weather ain’t climate.
Air density between 16 and 32 km is 90 % less. It does not have the mass or energy to displace the sea level air. What is happening is the poles are cooling. That is verified by recent record ice coverage at the poles. Thus the polar vortex is starting to expand. Its normal or average path for the returning glacier age might be determined by the extant of the glaciation sheets.
Q: “How do you spell Gobbleleedook?”
A: gob·ble·dy·gook
(not trying to be a smartass, I had to look it up to be sure)