Brace yourselves, the coldest temperatures of the whole year will be next week, and that’s
because, the polar vortex is going to wallop us with yet another blast of cold air at the
end of January.
I’m going to tell you if the polar vortex is going to affect your area in just a second,
but first, the intro.
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Our frigid friend the polar vortex is about to make another cold entrance.
If you haven’t seen or previous video on the polar vortex, check out the video that’s
clickable on your screen right now.
But here’s the deal, last weekend, a huge chunk of north America and Europe experienced
extremely cold temperatures.
I know I went outside in the polar vortex and my face hurt.
Never again.
I mean we Canadians are used to super cold winters, but this was even bad for us, and
that’s saying something.
But get ready, it seems that the polar vortex has not completed its mission to turn us all
into human icicles, its coming back with a vengeance.
Meteorologist Jeff webber says that its going to get really cold at the end of January and
early February.
Experts are saying that the end of January will bring the coldest temperatures of the
year, even record breaking.
And that’s because the polar vortex, that usually scrooges around in the artic circle,
has been knocked off balance.
The polar vortex first made headlines 5 years ago.
Basically, it is a massive swirling vortex of cool air, rotating around at the top of
our planet until the return of the sun in the spring warms it up.
Its knocked off balance by, fickle weather patterns and storms, which cut into the vortex
and allows the cold air to spill out, and travel all the way down to Canada, the united
states and some parts of Europe.
It first showed signs of disturbance in early janurary.
But there’s another culprit as well.
I know a lot of you are down there in the comments already like, so much for global
warming, don’t lie, I saw your comments on the last video.
But its important to note that global warming is actually one of the main causes.
Dramatic warming events that occur 20 miles up in the atmosphere also knock the vortex
off balance.
A band of warm air, cuts into a big puddle of cold air, according to john martin, atmospheric
scientist.
We don’t know a whole lot about what causes these dramatic warming events, but many experts
believe that they could be evidence of climate change.
The arctic is warming over twice as fast as the rest of the globe, and sea ice that covers
the artic ocean is melting.
Arctic sea ice is reflective, and according to research, without this ice cover, more
heat escapes from the oceans, which then cuts into the polar vortex.
According to mathematician Marlene Kretschmer, over the last decades, the stratospheric polar
vortex has become weaker and less stable, so arctic air masses can escape more easily
towards the north American and Eurasian continents.
According to news channel 5, the coming weeks could bring one of the most extreme cold air
outbreaks in years.
So, is this blast of cold air going to affect where you live?
Ontario, is expecting 20 centimeters of snow on Tuesday.
On Tuesday January 29th the polar vortex will plunge toward the great lakes, so any and
all states around that area.
These temperatures will be 40 to 50 degrees farenheit lower than normal.
Negative 40 in ohio, -3 to -12 in Kentucky, and in north Dakota, brace yourselves – 63
degrees farenheit.
And yes, in case you’re wondering, this is dangerous.
Even if an air temperature states that it will be -20 or -30, that doesn’t account
for the wind chill, which will make it feel much colder.
Winds are expected to be 30 miles per hour or higher.
Invest in extremely warm clothing, get out your big puffers.
Layer up with long johns.
Make sure your hands and face are covered.
These temperatures could easily give you frost bite.
Honestly im super worried about the homeless people who don’t have a place to go.
I know in Toronto, the freezing winter killed 100 homeless people in 2017.
Anyways friends, that’s something to think about, stay warm out there, but for now, I’m
going to wrap up this video with some comment replies from my last video about the polar
vortex.
Samira – this is what I get for complaining about no snow.
THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT SAMIRA.
Tacos forever – I left my coffee outside for 2 minutes to cool down and when I went
to go get it, it was an ice coffee cube.
Or ice coffee popsicle?
GENIUS Marionette – I live in Scotland and apparently
its supposed to be really bad snow for 1 month.
As far as I know, the vortex will affect the UK and Europe too.
High voltage – guys its ok its only the ice king event.
Worst case scenario we got a bunch of ice zombies.
Worst case scenario HAH.
That’s a pretty bad worst case.
Master of the universe – heres what you can do.
Buy flamethrowers millions of flamethrowers.
Yeah guys lets all get a flamethrower and just set it to high , point it and fire it
at the wind.
POLAR VORTEX AINT GOT NOTHIN ON ME.
Fox pack – ooooh wow.
Sooo fake.
U all have to be fools to believe this.
Are you guys kids or something.
This channel is lying to us.
Why believe her.
See theres this nifty new thing called google.
Type in the words, polar vortex in google, press enter, and then come talk to me about
lying.
Colby the cat – hopefully it cancels my school.
That would be really nice