Time Magazine Goes Both Ways On The Polar Vortex

[Theowl32]

In 1974, Time Magazine blamed the cold polar vortex on global cooling.

Scientists have found other indications of global cooling. For one thing there has been a noticeable expansion of the great belt of dry, high-altitude polar winds —the so-called circumpolar vortex—that sweep from west to east around the top and bottom of the world.


Another Ice Age? - TIME


Forty years later, Time Magazine blames the cold polar vortex on global warming

But not only does the cold spell not disprove climate change, it may well be that global warming could be making the occasional bout of extreme cold weather in the U.S. even more likely. Right now much of the U.S. is in the grip of a polar vortex, which is pretty much what it sounds like: a whirlwind of extremely cold, extremely dense air that forms near the poles. Usually the fast winds in the vortex—which can top 100 mph (161 k/h)—keep that cold air locked up in the Arctic. But when the winds weaken, the vortex can begin to wobble like a drunk on his fourth martini, and the Arctic air can escape and spill southward, bringing Arctic weather with it. In this case, nearly the entire polar vortex has tumbled southward, leading to record-breaking cold


Polar Vortex: Climate Change Could Be the Cause of Record Cold Weather | TIME.com

 

[CrusaderFrank]

It's the deadly twins: Global WarmerCoolering and Global CoolerWarmering wrecking havoc on the ecosystem

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I also read an article today that 2013 had the lowest number of extreme global weather occurrences in 10 years.

 

[mamooth]

In 1974, Time Magazine blamed the cold polar vortex on global cooling.

So you're calling Rush Limbaugh a liar? After all, Rush declared the term was just invented.

 

[waltky]

Yeah, dey sayin' it gonna be inna single digits here...

Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week
Thu Dec 8, 2016 | Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the United States 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 weather maps and forecast models showed similarities between next week's system and one that developed in January 2014. "Upper-level atmosphere configuration very similar in scale & magnitude as infamous Jan 2014 #PolarVortex popularized by me and @afreedma," meteorologist Ryan Maue said on Twitter on Tuesday alongside maps comparing the two weather systems. The southward shift in the polar vortex in 2014 brought the Midwest some of its coldest weather in two decades. Icy conditions snarled travel and thousands of flights were canceled or delayed.

Frigid temperatures combined with gusting winds to create life-threatening wind chills as low as 60 degrees Fahrenheit below zero (minus 51 Celsius) that killed at least nine people. The coldest weather next week is expected in the Midwest and Northeastern starting around Tuesday, according to forecasts that show temperatures in the single digits in some cities. "The air mass on the way for the middle of December is likely to be substantially colder when compared to that of this past week and this weekend," AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Pastelok wrote on Thursday.

Temperatures from the Northern and Central plains to wide swathes of the Midwest are likely to drop by between 5 and 20 degrees Fahrenheit compared to temperatures this week, according to AccuWeather. It is unclear how far south the cold air will be felt, according to Pastelok. Chicago, the largest city in the Midwest, is bracing for temperatures in the teens next week, according to an AccuWeather forecast, which showed a low of 17 Fahrenheit (minus 8 Celsius) for Wednesday and Thursday.

Further north in Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul NBC affiliate KARE forecasted temperatures dropping to 10 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 12 Celsius) on Tuesday of next week, then 8 degrees (minus 13 Celsius) on Wednesday.

Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week | Reuters

 

[Old Rocks]

In 1974, Time Magazine blamed the cold polar vortex on global cooling.

Scientists have found other indications of global cooling. For one thing there has been a noticeable expansion of the great belt of dry, high-altitude polar winds —the so-called circumpolar vortex—that sweep from west to east around the top and bottom of the world.


Another Ice Age? - TIME


Forty years later, Time Magazine blames the cold polar vortex on global warming

But not only does the cold spell not disprove climate change, it may well be that global warming could be making the occasional bout of extreme cold weather in the U.S. even more likely. Right now much of the U.S. is in the grip of a polar vortex, which is pretty much what it sounds like: a whirlwind of extremely cold, extremely dense air that forms near the poles. Usually the fast winds in the vortex—which can top 100 mph (161 k/h)—keep that cold air locked up in the Arctic. But when the winds weaken, the vortex can begin to wobble like a drunk on his fourth martini, and the Arctic air can escape and spill southward, bringing Arctic weather with it. In this case, nearly the entire polar vortex has tumbled southward, leading to record-breaking cold


Polar Vortex: Climate Change Could Be the Cause of Record Cold Weather | TIME.com

I see, you get your science from the Time magazine. Perhaps that accounts for your massive ignorance.

 

[Old Rocks]

I also read an article today that 2013 had the lowest number of extreme global weather occurrences in 10 years.

Link? What reason do we have to give credibility to "I read", kind of like "many people are saying".

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I also read an article today that 2013 had the lowest number of extreme global weather occurrences in 10 years.

Link? What reason do we have to give credibility to "I read", kind of like "many people are saying".

Haha....well it was almost 3 years ago, so I am going to say I forgot.

 

[SSDD]

In 1974, Time Magazine blamed the cold polar vortex on global cooling.

So you're calling Rush Limbaugh a liar? After all, Rush declared the term was just invented.

Who the hell listens to him any more?....you have a very skewed impression of skeptics...cartoonish actually....guess that is the limit of your intellectual capacity.

 

[SSDD]

I see, you get your science from the Time magazine. Perhaps that accounts for your massive ignorance.

Idiot...back in those days, news was actually news and it came from the horses mouth...sorry you feel that you must deny that there ever was a real ice age scare...guess if you live 20 years or so more, you will be denying that there ever was a global warming scare.

 

[Crick]

Bullshit. Mainstream science never accepted the idea of an imminent ice age. An article in Time only shows that that's the only place you can find such histrionic nonsense.