People on the Prairies have been hunkered down under extreme cold warnings, brought about by a polar vortex, but how does that weather phenomenon work?
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The tale behind a polar vortex
People on the Prairies have been hunkered down under extreme cold warnings, brought about by a polar vortex, but how does that weather phenomenon work?
Understanding wind chill and the polar vortex
There’s a lot of science behind both but you wouldn’t know it from the media
We are starting to see some cold weather. A short-lived cold snap from Dec. 5 to 7 saw overnight lows in the -30s in most areas, with some regions (including my own backyard) seeing lows in the -36 to -38 C range. This cold weather got me thinking about different cold weather topics and I found we have
Another La Nina winter predicted
Polar vortex to chill Prairies, more snow further east, AccuWeather says
Data compiled by a U.S. federal weather forecasting agency show La Nina conditions have developed over the central Pacific Ocean and are likely to linger through February. And La Nina, in turn, is expected to produce hard cold snaps over the Prairies, above-normal precipitation over southern British Columbia and relatively mild temperatures with more snow
Editorial: Weathering winter
It’s always amusing when places that don’t usually expect it get a taste of what to us is a typical winter. That was fully evident earlier this month when large swaths of the U.S. were hit hard by cold. Suddenly U.S. schools and universities were closed and private businesses, including many in agriculture, were calling
Understanding wind chill and the polar vortex
Cold air now has a near-continuous path southward… and we’re right in that path
We are currently experiencing some of the coldest temperatures in our region since the winter of 2014, and, depending on just how cold it gets during the first part of this week, we may have to go all the way back to the winter of 2007 since we’ve been in a similar deep-freeze. February 2007
Forecast: Are we nearing the end of the brutally cold weather?
Issued January 28, 2018: Covering the period from January 30 to February 6
As forecasts go, last week’s played out about as good as it can get, which is unfortunate, unless you like it cold, really cold! If you do, then you will love this week’s forecast; if not, then it looks like you’ll have to wait a little longer before more seasonable temperatures are forecast to move
Forecast: Will warm weather return next week?
Issued February 5, 2018: Covering the period from February 7 to February 14
The arctic vortex deepened and took up position just north of Hudson Bay as expected last week, which resulted in a return to cold temperatures across all of Manitoba. The only part of the forecast that was a little off was the occasional dusting of snow that preceded each new area of high pressure that
Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week
Chicago | Reuters –– Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the U.S. could see frigid weather next week similar to life-threatening lows the polar vortex brought to parts of the country in 2014. Anticipation of a freezing blast began to build this week when
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
