Yeah, yes. The Arctic Is Getting Crazy Feedback loops between record Arctic temperatures and the jet stream may be altering our weather It is directly part of a feedback, in that more loss of sea ice causes more evaporation, which traps more heat, which melts more ice—one of the vicious cycles. But another vicious cycle that may be emerging is that when the Arctic is very warm, we think that is leading to the jet stream taking wavier paths—big northward swings and southward dips. When the jet stream does that, it transports more heat and moisture up into the Arctic, which heats the Arctic more, which make the jet stream even wavier—another vicious cycle related to disappearance of sea ice. During Christmas the North Pole was above freezing—which is crazy for that time of year—and it was related to one of the big swings in the jet stream. Very recently scientists have begun to more directly link climate change patterns to extreme weather events, which they have typically been reluctant to do. Are the links becoming clearer? Well, first, warmer temperatures worldwide are adding to heat waves. And more water vapor worldwide is related to the atmosphere being warmer—we have about 7 percent more water vapor in the atmosphere now than we did in the 1950s, which is directly linked to the increase in heavy precipitation events. Drought is also pretty directly related to a warmer atmosphere. Arctic amplification—[the faster rise of Arctic temperatures than midlatitude temperatures]—may be the most controversial factor. What we think is happening is that amplification is favoring these very wavy patterns in the jet stream. When those waves get large, we tend to see very persistent weather patterns across midlatitudes. The waves tend to move very slowly, and the waves are what create weather we experience. Different parts of those waves tend to favor very stormy patterns, very dry patterns or warm versus cold. So in your neck of the woods, weather conditions are going to hang around longer. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arctic-is-getting-crazy/
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...estock-turmoil-beast-from-east-climate-change British farmers in turmoil as delayed spring plays havoc with growing season
Yup, as expected, and we are just starting to see the tip of the climate catstrophe that awaits due to man made global warming/climate change. Just wait until the Gulf Stram slows down. Oh wait, it has.
Yeah, no. Still no. If it was yes, you'd see a steady progression of this type of weather extremes, unfortunately the charts posted show extremes with significant time between them. Yeah, no.
It doesn't snow : global warming. it snows: global warming. droughts: global warming. floods : global warming. cold: global warming. hot: global warming. normal ,: global warming.