Salon published this map, and also tells their readers that the Arctic is melting. Their brains appear to have been sucked into a vortex.
It still isn’t over: The polar vortex is about to hit for the third time – Salon.com
h/t to Peter William Lount
Wunderground so far shows nothing of this ‘Polar Express’ the forecast is lows into the 20- 30F and highs 40 -50F.
On the other hand Wunderground showed 6 inches of snow as less than an inch of rain.
It is going to be an extremely cold week, especially in the Midwest. Temps easily 30 degrees below normal.
It is funny how they make it look like the rest of the world is broiling.
Since 10″ or so of snow melts to the equivalent of about 1″ of rain, it all depends on whether the snow melts on the way down to the ground (rain starts as ice crystals and snow at altitude).
I love how the rest of the planet is a burning cauldron. I wasn’t aware the Moon had two Suns.
The picture is from NASA. I believe the red depicts the lava that CO2 is creating or it could be the latest adjustments by Gavin. 🙂
IF you have not seen this Jet stream Forecast, animated map it is interesting:
http://www.stormsurfing.com/stormuser2/images/dods/glob_250.swf
Is that Mars?
AAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
It’s the purple-people-eater!
🙂
Yeah. I love the big RED globe.
Seems Japan is still digging out of the last snow that dumped 200cm of snow fall last weekend (~ 14th?) on Yamanashi Prefecture. The stores are running out of food.
INDIA: “Shimla: Heavy snowfall in many parts of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday has bring down temperatures and affected the normal life. The state capital Shimla which experienced the coldest night at minus 2.4 degrees Celsius and key tourist resort of Manali were cut off from rest of the state due to heavy snowfall. People remained without milk, bread, vegetables and other commodities…” — February 16, 2014 zeenews(DOT)india.com/news/himachal-pradesh/heavy-snowfall-hit-normal-life-in-himachal_911934.html
South Korea resort roof collapses, 9 dead — February 17, 2014 news(DOT)yahoo.com/south-korea-resort-roof-collapses-9-dead-181702469.html
Rare June snow blankets northwest China. — Reuters – 21 June 2013
uk(DOT)reuters.com/video/2013/06/21/summer-snow-falls-in-northwest-china?videoId=243499899
Record snowfall (almost 7 ft) in northern Iran
Temperatures up to 40 degrees below normal in the [US] High Plains
Slovenia paralyzed by snow and ice
Southern Austria on highest avalanche alert after heavy snow – A meter of snow in two days – Valleys and roads cut off
Serbia – 1,000 evacuated from cars, buses and trains – Snow drifts 3.5 meters high
Poland – Heavy snowfall and blizzards
Heavy snowfalls and blizzard hammer southern Romania
Warming in the Arctic???? – – I would hate to see what cold is.
The earth has been getting plastered with blizzards for the last ten years but they rarely make the US news.
+1
Gail Combs says: February 24, 2014 at 12:37 pm
Wunderground so far shows nothing of this ‘Polar Express’ the forecast is lows into the 20- 30F and highs 40 -50F.
On the other hand Wunderground showed 6 inches of snow as less than an inch of rain.
Gail, I think an inch of rain makes about a foot of snow. From what I have been measuring over the past thirty years.
My local aviation weather
http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=KUES&state=WI
says Wednesday morning will be rather chilly.
As the cold “leaks out of the Arctic” it is simple Physics 101 to grasp the temperature must be increasing ????
The vortex is not a problem; that is the bounded swirl of cold air around the pole. When its boundary weakens and allows some cold to escape south, that’s a problem. Sort of a vortex breakdown. That’s what cold-o-phobes need to worry about.