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'Major disruption' has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole, scientists say
Live Science ^
| April 04, 2025
| Sascha Pare
Posted on 04/04/2025 12:30:48 PM PDT by Red Badger
A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.
Between March 1 and March 20, the polar vortex traveled from above the Arctic to above Northern Europe. (Image credit: NOAA Climate) A major disruption to the Arctic polar vortex has bumped the ring of wind that circles the North Pole off its perch and towards Europe, a new animation shows.
The migration could trigger colder-than-average temperatures in parts of the continent and across the eastern U.S. over the coming week, climate scientists say.
The polar vortex started wandering off course March 9, when its high winds suddenly switched from blowing west to east to blowing in the opposite direction. This switch normally happens each year, but it tends to occur in mid-April — meaning this year's reversal struck unusually early, according to a blog post published April 3 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Gardening; Outdoors; Weather
KEYWORDS: arctic; globalcooling; polarvortex; weather
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To: Red Badger
Women and children affected most! Oh my...
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posted on
04/04/2025 12:32:01 PM PDT
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packrat35
(Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
To: Red Badger
Heat causes cold. Only in leftists loony land.
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04/04/2025 12:32:31 PM PDT
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fwdude
(Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)
To: Red Badger
“Many are cold, but few are frozen...”
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04/04/2025 12:33:06 PM PDT
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Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: Red Badger
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04/04/2025 12:33:54 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
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04/04/2025 12:34:05 PM PDT
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E. Pluribus Unum
(Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
To: Red Badger
It is the Trump tariffs. There are unexpected consequences.
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04/04/2025 12:34:34 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: Red Badger
'Major disruption' has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole, scientists saySounds like a cold front.
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04/04/2025 12:37:57 PM PDT
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FreeReign
To: Red Badger
“Why is it freezing in April? Is this supposed to be global warming?”
“Um, it’s the polar vortex...the tariffs dislodged it.”
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04/04/2025 12:38:05 PM PDT
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struggle
To: packrat35
Women and children affected most! Oh my... |
Don't forget those poor polar bears.
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04/04/2025 12:38:31 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
To: Red Badger
So it happens every year. This year it was just a few weeks early.
Fwiw I was born 3 weeks late.
These things even out.
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04/04/2025 12:39:22 PM PDT
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monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: Red Badger
The vortex needed better Velcro to hold it over the pole
To: Red Badger
Must’ve been Elon’s polar astronauts flying over so many times this week. Thank goodness they’re back!
To: Red Badger
You notice the Big Kill Chill happened right when JD Vance visited Greenland.
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04/04/2025 12:41:17 PM PDT
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lurk
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04/04/2025 12:41:38 PM PDT
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clee1
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To: Jim W N
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04/04/2025 12:41:47 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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04/04/2025 12:42:07 PM PDT
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: Responsibility2nd
Re: polar bear pic - there is a Judge in England who ruled that if the British schools were going to use that idiotic AlGore Earth in the Lurch ‘movie’ they would have to absolutely point out all the lies in it.
To: Red Badger
Someone please notify Hank Johnson.
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posted on
04/04/2025 12:42:26 PM PDT
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Jane Long
(Jesus is Lord!)
To: Red Badger
"'Major disruption' has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole"My God, this sounds serious! Whatever shall we do?
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04/04/2025 12:45:19 PM PDT
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ProtectOurFreedom
(PDJT doesn’t just walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. He swaggers.)
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