Get out your turtlenecks and long underwear because the earth is going to be blasted by
an arctic polar vortex this weekend. In some areas, this polar vortex is going to be extremely
problematic. According to atmospheric scientist john Martin, We’re gonna freeze. So is this
polar vortex going to affect the area you live in? Well, I’m obviously going to tell
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a good old punch for daily news updates that wont make you depressed. They might give you
anxiety, but they won’t make you depressed. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m heading
to the grocery store after work to stock up on everything I’m going to need for the
weekend, because a huge chunk of the globe is going to freeze up this weekend, due to
a polar vortex of icy cold air coming our way. The cold air is especially going to affect
the east coast of Canada and the united states, and will reach as far as florida and the Midwest,
and even Europe. The polar vortex is a swirling mass of fast
moving cold hair that’s several miles high and forms in the stratosphere. Here’s a
gif made by zac Lawrence as a visual aid. Who doesn’t love a visual aid. The polar
vortex forms during the northern hemisphere winter, when the upper part of the earth gets
unspeakably cold because it experiences little to no sunlight. The polar vortex usually stays
where it belongs up in the arctic. Cold northern air keeps it in place like a fence. But occasionally,
it makes its way down south. This is because waves of air can push the vortex around. Warmer
air swirls around in the troposphere, which is the lowest part of the atmosphere that
reaches about 6 miles above the surface. The warm air mixed with the cold air collides
and pierces into that fence that keeps the polar vortex in place. When this happens,
the air swirling in the polar vortex starts to leak out, and soon enough, it spills out
and heads our way. And guess what, theres nothing we can really do about it, for now.
Some scientists think that the warming globe is a huge contributor to these gusts of artic
air. The warmer the planet gets, the more likely that warm air is going to make its
way up to the artctic and cut into that vortex. This polar vortex is expected to chill huge
chunks of the globe from this weekend until at the very least the end of January. The
US is going to be blasted by repeated gusts of artic air over the coming month.
Thankfully, once the sun starts to rise over the artctic, the polar vortex starts to warm
up. The problem is, as our planet warms up, these really brutal winters are only going
to get worse, and longer. Warming surface temperatures in the arctic causes the melting
of bright white reflective sea ice, which then allows the dark ocean to absorb more
heat, and therefore release more heat that then mixes in with the polar vortex.
Accoridng to recent reports, the polar vortex has actually split up into 3 separate parts.Certain
areas of Canada and the eastern united states are going to experience temperatures of -35
degrees celcius, -31 degrees farenheit and will be walloped by blizzards. Kansas City
is going to experience unusually cold temperatures which is definitely going to suck for the
Patriots And Cheifs Championship game. I mean listen, this blast of cold air doesn’t
have to be terrible. Sure, you cant really go outside without your nostrils freezing
shut, but maybe it’s a good opportunity to stay home and get some work done, or do
some reorganizing of your space. How are you going to spend your upcoming weekend inside?
Are you going to brave the weather and go outside? Let me know in the comments, but
while you ponder that, I’m going to do some comment replies.
Janeth Flores – Charlotte are you Australian. No, I am not.
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who has been wearing black in almost every video of 2019. I mean. True. But I like to
think of myself as a tortured artist who wears black, not a depressed artist.
Mason Bui – I yelled hit or miss in class ad everyone just looked at me, and I got detention
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Kaia Lie Tetreault – I don’t have a clever comment yet. Give me time. Edit. Roses are
red, violets are blue, I like my own insta pics, because no one else wants to. That was
simultateously sad and very cute I don’t know how to feel.
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