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Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week
Reuters via Yahoo ^
| December 8th, 2016
| By Timothy Mclaughlin
Posted on 12/08/2016 8:20:53 PM PST by Mariner
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To: cardinal4
I remember when we called them cold fronts..
I remember when they didn’t use “wind chill” for the more dramatic effect. “It feels like ......”
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:56:10 AM PST
by
boycott
(S)
To: glock rocks
Joe Bastardi predicted just this. In February!
What ever happened to Joe Bastardi's weekly Saturday reports? Weather Bell's web site doesn't post them anymore (where I can find them anyway).
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posted on
12/09/2016 2:18:38 AM PST
by
plsvn
To: Bob434
It’s always been called the polar vortex by meteorologists (of which I am one)...it’s just that now the media has found the term out and wants to use it because it sounds cooler (lol)...and scarier. I’ve been using the term for 30 years and others before me for much longer than that. It’s not a new term. It’s just new to you and many others.
To: Mariner
Excuse me but I have to go use the lavatorial vortex.
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posted on
12/09/2016 2:36:32 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: UCANSEE2
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posted on
12/09/2016 2:38:42 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: BereanBrain
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posted on
12/09/2016 2:40:54 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Bob434
And I should add that it is a fairly recent discovery in meteorology. It wasn't really "discovered" until the 50's and high altitude radiosonde obs. The vortex sits so high up in the atmosphere that nobody knew about it until we started measuring that part of the atmosphere. Of course, it's always been there and IS in fact responsible for arctic outbreaks in the lower 48. Before the days of advance computer modeling, it was VERY IMPORTANT to know what the polar vortex was doing...because shifts in it can telegraph arctic outbreak weeks in advance. There are many old school rules of thumb that give a heads up that a major arctic shot is coming...and some of them deal with this.
Just think of the media's use of it as a shiny new toy. They'll lose interest eventually and move on...
To: NELSON111
Media will come up with a stupid name like, "Vortexageddonicane Zero Minus XX."
Oh, shoot! I hope they don't read this!
To: Right Wing Assault
![](http://image.cleveland.com/home/cleve-media/width620/img/plain_dealer_metro/photo/21676382-mmmain.jpg)
Ah, at last, it's officially winter.
To: GodAndCountryFirst
“So-called smog in the 60s was mainly due to a surge in volcanic eruptions and blamed on industry.”
No. That is silly.
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posted on
12/09/2016 3:21:36 AM PST
by
Mr Rogers
(We're a nation of infants, ruled by their emotion)
To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
That was until Ted Cruz stole the moniker, “Alberta Clipper.”
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posted on
12/09/2016 3:32:32 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: cardinal4
YUP - They have to sensationalize the weather when they can make money off of it.
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posted on
12/09/2016 3:35:12 AM PST
by
KSCITYBOY
(The media is corrupt)
To: plsvn
To get Joe Bastardi’s Daily Update or Saturday Forecast, go to weatherbell.com, and click on the “premium” link at the top. Voila!
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posted on
12/09/2016 3:43:25 AM PST
by
glock rocks
(... so much win!)
To: KSCITYBOY
weatherpanic.com
accupanic.com
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posted on
12/09/2016 3:45:19 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
To: glock rocks
“To register for your 7-day free trial, complete this form. Pricing for WeatherBELL Premium services is $24.99 per month or $240 per year for personal/non-professional use, and $59.99 per month or $600 per year for business/professional use. If you cancel before your trial ends you will not be charged.”
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posted on
12/09/2016 3:48:11 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
To: Fresh Wind
I didn’t sign up for anything. The Daily Update and Saturday Forecast are, and always have been free. They are below Joe’s picture on the premium tab on my screen.
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posted on
12/09/2016 3:56:57 AM PST
by
glock rocks
(... so much win!)
To: Mariner
![](http://www.collectoons.com/imgtoon/701/702/20100101_121507chode.gif)
it's called the Siberian Express...
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posted on
12/09/2016 4:38:02 AM PST
by
Chode
(You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
To: cardinal4
We are going to have to start naming our cold fronts. We will sell more mittens and space heaters.
To: cardinal4
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posted on
12/09/2016 6:44:57 AM PST
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: justa-hairyape
Wunderground is particularly bad at forecasting lows. They also screwed up their Wundermap by making the ‘satellite view’ so pale you can hardly make out the clouds from the background now.
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:03:18 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
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