Wild Card? New Little Ice Age? How a freak diversion of the jet stream is paralysing the globe with freezing conditions (last year it was the Icelandic volcano)
The question on everyones mind is how long will it last? a week? a month? a year? a decade? (time will tell) and was it triggered by the BP oil spill (methane burp) in the Mexican Gulf last spring? --Walter Derzko
22nd December 2010
It's snowing in Australia and California yet 'warm' in Greenland
The freezing conditions that have blasted Britain are being blamed on a series of weather patterns that are bringing Arctic temperatures to much of western Europe, California and even Australia.
One of the main factors is a change in the position of the jet stream - the fast-moving current of air that moves from west to east, high in the atmosphere.
Changes in the jet stream's path can cause massive changes in weather conditions across the globe and may be why Australians are now shivering their way through summer and the current freezing conditions in California.
In a normal British winter - when conditions are mild and soggy - the jet stream lies over northern Europe, at an altitude of between 35,000 to 50,000 feet.
Read more: <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1340436/Why-cold-warm-Greenland-Diverted-jet-stream-letting-icy-blast-Arctic.html#ixzz18wvOZTbX>
See Documentry online about Gulf Stream
<http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/gulf-stream-next-ice-age/>
Walter Derzko
Interesting. I certainly agree that it's been colder than usual in England this winter!
I read this explanation earlier this week: http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Feature.aspx?id=4064.
This suggests a predictable cycle of colder winters, not triggered by factors such as the gulf oil spill etc.
Posted by: Philrobinson | December 24, 2010 at 06:44 AM