The polar vortex is a name given to the continuous zone of low pressure caused by polar cooling relative to equatorial heating. Like any low pressure zone, it has a cyclonic motion, clockwise for the southern vortex, and counter-clockwise for the northern vortex. It represents the difference in solar radiation due to atmospheric diffraction, absorption and angle of incidence. In modern usage, it is a brand new term, though as old as meteorology, and represents the BoogeyMan.
I’m not sure where in northern Colorado (east or west) you are, but in the central mountain areas of Colorado, we have had a couple days with snow. We even had a very light snow in September.
Actually, it is a combination wrench; i.e., an open end and a box wrench “combined”! It is a funny comic though..Sorry, it is the “old hardware guy” in me…
The next ice age will occur in the next ten to twelve thousand years. First, the Earth must warm. The seas have to be significantly warmer than they are today for the formation of continental glaciers required to start an ice age. Water vapor must be forced far inland, which requires vast amounts of thermal energy. At present, even in the warmest times, the vapor plumes even of tropical seas cannot extend far enough in the thin and cold atmosphere to result in significant inland precipitation. In fact, most of the vapor reaches the top of the heat envelope and precipitates immediately back onto its source sea, resulting in a toroidal water cycle phenomena characterized by a cyclonic low pressure ring around a calm upwelling zone from which it is separated by an eye wall. When the world warms, that moisture will survive as vapor to fall far inland and be lost there for thousands of years as snow compacted to ice. That ice will cool the world and that is what we call an ice age. The ice age will continue after peak vapor ends, with the seas being cooled by melt water and the land and air being cooled by the reflectivity of the ice fields. Areas once seen as lakes and grasslands, such as the Sahara, will become desert as the breath of the Great Ice Dragon, the dry air caused by the cooling seas, burns everything it touches.It happens all the time, just like clockwork.It is a very big clock.
hsawlrae about 10 years ago
Full body armour would be even better.
LobosSolos Premium Member about 10 years ago
You mean the beginning of the new ice age and part of the continuing debunking of Global Warming?
sarazan7 about 10 years ago
We had snow in Chicago on Halloween.
cdward about 10 years ago
My brother got snow in Tennessee on Halloween, and a friend got some in South Carolina – but none up here in New York.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 10 years ago
The polar vortex is a name given to the continuous zone of low pressure caused by polar cooling relative to equatorial heating. Like any low pressure zone, it has a cyclonic motion, clockwise for the southern vortex, and counter-clockwise for the northern vortex. It represents the difference in solar radiation due to atmospheric diffraction, absorption and angle of incidence. In modern usage, it is a brand new term, though as old as meteorology, and represents the BoogeyMan.
clayusmcret Premium Member about 10 years ago
In circles NOT attempting to freak out the world for the purpose of raising money for global warming awareness, it’s called Winter.
neatslob Premium Member about 10 years ago
It’s actually caused by the disruption of the normal pattern of the jet stream, allowing arctic air to move much further south than usual.
ron47 about 10 years ago
Maine got snow yesterday.
nyssawho13 about 10 years ago
30° in Tallahassee this morning… but this is North Florida!
Weakstream about 10 years ago
Click on, earth wind map , and learn how to use it .
rshive about 10 years ago
Nobody threw money?
chizzel about 10 years ago
My weather comes from the West.
Mneedle about 10 years ago
Actually, it is caused by weather.
FlatheadFord about 10 years ago
I’m not sure where in northern Colorado (east or west) you are, but in the central mountain areas of Colorado, we have had a couple days with snow. We even had a very light snow in September.
neverenoughgold about 10 years ago
Actually, it is a combination wrench; i.e., an open end and a box wrench “combined”! It is a funny comic though..Sorry, it is the “old hardware guy” in me…
Dave Ferro about 10 years ago
GLOBAL WARMING! (meh…)
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 10 years ago
The next ice age will occur in the next ten to twelve thousand years. First, the Earth must warm. The seas have to be significantly warmer than they are today for the formation of continental glaciers required to start an ice age. Water vapor must be forced far inland, which requires vast amounts of thermal energy. At present, even in the warmest times, the vapor plumes even of tropical seas cannot extend far enough in the thin and cold atmosphere to result in significant inland precipitation. In fact, most of the vapor reaches the top of the heat envelope and precipitates immediately back onto its source sea, resulting in a toroidal water cycle phenomena characterized by a cyclonic low pressure ring around a calm upwelling zone from which it is separated by an eye wall. When the world warms, that moisture will survive as vapor to fall far inland and be lost there for thousands of years as snow compacted to ice. That ice will cool the world and that is what we call an ice age. The ice age will continue after peak vapor ends, with the seas being cooled by melt water and the land and air being cooled by the reflectivity of the ice fields. Areas once seen as lakes and grasslands, such as the Sahara, will become desert as the breath of the Great Ice Dragon, the dry air caused by the cooling seas, burns everything it touches.It happens all the time, just like clockwork.It is a very big clock.
Jim Kerner about 10 years ago
I’ve got to get a piano tuna.