The link between human activity and
unusual jet stream patterns associated with extreme weather events is getting stronger
The link between human activity and
unusual jet stream patterns associated with extreme weather events is getting stronger, says Olive Heffernan
Not exact matches
A large kink in the
jet stream, a high - pressure blocking
pattern over Greenland and a mass of Arctic air pushing southward over North America's middle latitudes each contributed to Sandy's
unusual strength.
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.