Looks like we got a 24 hour reprieve. However, Calgary had its largest snowfall in 40 years and the most snow on a January day, ever. 1.1 ft LOL.
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Another Polar Vortex on its way
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I take it you’re talking about a snow event more than 40 years ago when you were a kid growing up in Calgary. I don’t think a polar vortex is anything sensational and was not meant to be. However, it is a weather phenomenon which will dump a lot of cold air into the USA on a short notice.
Edit. I sense some folks might think I’m trying to make a case for climate change.
I assure you I’m not. I’m just having fun telling folks to bundle up!
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“Polar Vortex” is a term first used in 1853 and has been defined and studied since the 1940s.
https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/waugh/research/polarvortex/
https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/98/1/bams-d-15-00212.1.xml
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Normal day? You’ll have a high of -14 C today according to the forecast. Here is a chart of average temps for Calgary. Have a look at the red line which is a plot of average daily highs. There is nothing average about today’s temperature.
When cold air is blown out of the Arctic to lower latitudes, it gets replaced by warm air circulating north over the Pacific Ocean. A previous polar vortex excursion caused Alaska's Iditarod sled race to be canceled for lack of snow. Considering the whole globe, it is getting warmer.
And here’s Johnny! Temps in deg C at my place near Cranbrook. Basically a drop of 1 deg C every 2 hours or almost 1 deg F per hour.
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Here is the situation early Sunday morning, with the weather system dipping into the States.
My thermostat this morning. 21 C inside and -22 C outside. My aux heat is on, ( propane boiler with a water to air heat exchanger inside the blown air furnace and hydronic tube-in-slab heating in the walk out-level.
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-22C? Looks balmy to me. I'm keeping the house a full 90F warmer than ambient right now lol.
I would have expected a much bigger record than that. This vurtex has to be historic though, right?
Heck, I’ve seen over two feet in 24 hours in western Washington where supposedly it never snows.
in my 50 years of existence, this winter is the weakest, warmest, with the least amount of snow on the ground in my area. it is almost comical and pathetic. the snowmobile season is partly ruined. snowmobile clubs are struggling. i mean i can go walk in the forest and there is at max a foot of snow. it is a farce. especially considering the record low in my area is -51 celcius in 2012. the lowest i have seen this year is maybe -25 celcius and that is only once. they say february will be colder. we'll see.
Here’s a parting shot of the US temp map. Looks like things are going to warm up in the West/ Midwest. The NE might be a different story,
It replaced the "Pineapple Express". You probably know that one.The MSM new phrase for the west coast storms is atmospheric river.I lived on the west coast for 90% of my life and never heard this phrase until last year.
If this one is not enough, another Polar Vortex break out is headed to eastern Canada and a few NE States.
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Them thar “Northers” (our Farmers would say)
… Gonna keep them huddled at Whataburger a cup longer The overall warming is *categorically undeniable*.
If people want to fight about what's causing it, they can have it.
