What’s Behind the ‘Arctic Blast’ Plunging into the U.S.?
WEBJan 12, 2024 · After months of record-breaking warm temperatures, much of the U.S. is facing a harsh, fast-approaching blast of frigid air from the Arctic that could plunge wind chill factors below zero...
Why extreme cold weather events still happen in a warming world
WEBJan 21, 2024 · Extremely cold Arctic air and severe winter weather swept southward into much of the U.S. in mid-January 2024, breaking daily low temperature records from Montana to Texas.
Climate change is causing dramatic impacts in the Arctic, report ... - NPR
WEBDec 12, 2023 · The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the global average as a result of human-caused climate change, driven primarily by burning fossil fuels. Researchers say changes in the...
Understanding the Arctic polar vortex - NOAA Climate.gov
WEBPublished March 5, 2021. In late February, as the Southern Plains and Gulf Coast suffered through an unusually strong blast of wintry weather, weather talk turned to the polar vortex and the possibility that the extreme cold was yet another example of weather-gone-wild due to global warming.
Why Polar Air Keeps Breaking out of the Arctic
WEBThe effects of Arctic warming and sea ice loss on the polar jet stream aren’t fully understood, but it’s possible that more frequent visits of polar air to mid-latitudes could occur as a result of these changes.
Climate change: Why we still have extreme cold despite global warming - CNN
WEBJan 15, 2024 · After a summer of record-breaking heat, vast swaths of the United States are now grappling with extreme cold as a brutal Arctic blast brings snow squalls, deadly ice and life-threatening wind...
Extreme Cold Snaps Could Get Worse as Climate Warms
WEBJan 22, 2024 · The effects of the enhanced high latitude warming known as Arctic amplification on regional snow cover and sea ice may enhance the weather patterns that, in turn, result in a stretched polar...
The polar vortex is acting up - NOAA Climate.gov
WEBJan 16, 2024 · Across the United States, many are experiencing the first big blast of Arctic air of 2024. Coats and gloves are emerging from the closets, and heaters are working overtime, with temperatures dropping more than 25 degrees below normal in …
Extreme cold snaps: Why temperatures still plummet to dangerous ... - CNN
WEBFeb 3, 2023 · Even as the world smashes through one all-time heat record after another and speeds towards critical warming thresholds, brutal waves of deadly cold can still arrive in bomb cyclones that bring...
Arctic air will blast much of U.S. just before Christmas : NPR
WEBDec 19, 2022 · Forecasters are warning of treacherous holiday travel and life-threatening cold for much of the nation as an arctic air mass blows into the already-frigid southern United States.