Polar Heatwave

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A Freak Heatwave Has Hit The North Pole | IFLScience

A low pressure system that battered the SE US before developing into a freak hurricane (Storm Fred as it was officially known in Europe) that impacted the northern UK merged with a high pressure system over Siberia over the early week. The resulting air currents sucked warm Seharian air north into the Arctic raising mid-winter temps 50 degrees above normal to to the freezing point at the north pole (even warmer further south).
 
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David said:
A Freak Heatwave Has Hit The North Pole | IFLScience

A low pressure system that battered the SE US before developing into a freak hurricane (Storm Fred as it was officially known in Europe) that impacted the northern UK merged with a high pressure system over Siberia over the early week. The resulting air currents sucked warm Seharian air north into the Arctic raising mid-winter temps 50 degrees above normal to to the freezing point at the north pole (even warmer further south).
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Such things will and are becoming relatively common and will increase in frequency going forward...get used to it and make sure your kids know as well, they are the ones who get to deal with the bad stuff.
 
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Aufgeblassen said:
Two words; el nino!

BTW: HEAT is relative!
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El nino has nothing to do with the North Atlantic and Arctic. This was a freak cyclone/anti-cyclone mix up in the arctic. And no, heat isn't relative. Temps spiking 50 degrees in a day is major, no matter what the base temp is.
 
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So the freak hurricanes aren't done yet. Yet another storm has formed in the Atlantic tracking toward the Arzos. Unlike Storm Fred which was only tracked in Europe, Hurricane Alex has NOAA's full attention. They're tracking a 2nd storm, Hurricane Pali, in the Pacific.

Alex's formation is attributed to, of all things, Arctic air that has made it's way south. The resulting temperature difference between the cold air and relatively warm (but still cold) water (almost a 150F difference) has allowed for 'tropical' conditions despite the low temps. Pali's formation on the other hand is indeed due to unusually high water temps thanks to el Nino.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m-has-formed-in-the-atlantic-ocean/?tid=sm_fb

May the craziness continue. It's not often that the weather is actually interesting to talk about.
 
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