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Got up into the 50s today. Felt downright tropical.

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Originally Posted by Fish (Post 17975804)

This is how we end up with extreme weather like what we saw in Florida this year which had never happened before.

Extreme cold snaps

Climate change affects the jet stream because different parts of the planet are warming at different rates. In particular, the Arctic is warming fastest. This means that, as the Earth warms, the temperature difference between the Arctic and mid-latitudes is getting smaller.

This makes the polar jet stream slower and weaker. That slower jet stream has less eastward momentum and is more likely to bend north and south as it encounters small variations in temperature and pressure.

If it bends far enough, the barrier between Arctic and mid-latitude air can plunge as far south as Mexico, bringing Arctic temperatures with it. These wavy jet streams span the Earth, so strange weather may be seen all around the northern hemisphere, with unusually warm temperatures in parts of the Arctic at the same time extreme cold spells reach far south. In February 2021, for instance, Texas endured over a week of freezing temperatures the state was not prepared for, causing power outages and killing hundreds, while much of northern Eurasia also saw extreme cold. And because a weak jet stream moves slowly, these weather conditions can last for days at a stretch.

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Source: https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/p...d-polar-vortex

Who cares

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Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 17978726)

Got up into the 50s today. Felt downright tropical.

75 and partly cloudy, it's almost like last week didn't happen.

Some thunderstorms in NW iowa

Big storms in the south US

Snow later. This one is a hard one to track in some places.

Pretty fascinating storm.
I'm more worried about losing power due to the high winds than anything.

Put away the pool inflatables this evening...

Blizzard warning issued for KC area; goes into effect Tuesday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning lasting from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday.

The warning includes parts of northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, and it includes Wyandotte, Johnson, Platte, Clay, Jackson, Harrison, Daviess, Clinton, Caldwell, Ray, and Leavenworth counties.

A powerful storm system will move across the region Tuesday through Wednesday, bringing multiple hazards to the area.

It will get colder and very windy after midnight on Wednesday. The National Weather Service said we could have 60-70 mph wind gusts, creating blizzard conditions.

The older I get, the more I hate the wind.

****.

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Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk (Post 17987142)

The older I get, the more I hate the wind.

****.

Ummm.

Don't come visit me.

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Originally Posted by Buehler445 (Post 17987180)

Ummm.

Don't come visit me.

If any of these guys came out here their only decision will be rope or shotgun.

This schizo weather is extremely gay.

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Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk (Post 17987142)

The older I get, the more I hate the wind.

****.

Every time the wind blows over 10mph I ask myself what my ancestors saw in this god forsaken state and how they put up with it with far less technology than i have.

Cant have a nice day in Kansas without 25mph+ wind in the spring/fall.

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Originally Posted by Fish (Post 17987130)

The National Weather Service said we could have 60-70 mph wind gusts, creating blizzard conditions.

Good thing the ground is soft and saturated with moisture.

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Originally Posted by George Liquor (Post 17987235)

I read the book Cow People by Frank Dobie who is a really cool author of the old west. One of the stories mentioned a lady in Kansas (early settler) that blew her head off with a shotgun and the note she left read "Can't stand listening to the wind anymore"