Sentences with phrase «slowing polar jet stream»
If a weakening, slowing polar jet stream is causing weather patterns to stall, leading to extreme weather (7 July, p...
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One hypothesis suggests that the shrinking temperature difference between the Arctic and the mid-latitudes will lead to a slowing of the jet stream, which circles the northern latitudes and normally keeps frigid polar air sharply separated from warmer air in the south.
Researchers told Climate Central that the weather pattern driving the extreme cold into the U.S. — with a weaker polar vortex moving around the Arctic like a slowing spinning top, eventually falling over and blowing open the door to the Arctic freezer — fits with other recently observed instances of unusual fall and wintertime jet stream configurations.
It has been said that the jet stream will slow down in response to polar amplification (Arctic in particular, depends on season).