Climate Crisis Cascades Begin -- October Blizzard

[ancianita]

Not normal. Pics aren't available yet.

https://earther.gizmodo.com/a-record-setting-blizzard-is-set-to-blast-the-midwest-1838949345

A potentially record-setting blizzard is bearing down on the region and could dump snow from Colorado to Minnesota. The Dakotas sit near the epicenter of the storm and could see up to three feet of October snow (yes, you read that right). Add in gusty winds and you have a recipe for life-threatening conditions.

As the storm pushes eastward, frigid air will continue to drop out of Canada and sweep across the Midwest. Along with rapidly dropping temperatures, the storm will usher in winds upwards of 60 mph and heavy snow.

Research indicates that a wavier jet stream could in part be driven by rapid Arctic warming. The northern tier of the planet is heating up faster than the rest of the world. That, in turn, is causing the temperature gradient that normally keeps the jet stream taut to become a little looser, allowing for wobbles in the river of air.

While nobody has done an analysis of whether this particular storm is tied to this phenomenon, researchers expect ripples in the jet stream could become more common. And with Arctic sea ice—a key indicator of warming in the region—just hitting its second-lowest extent on record this September, it sure fits a pattern.

Every year, every season will not be normal. Every year, until humans change their energy sources.


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[roamer65]

1. Late Cretaceous here we come.

Once we get beyond 1000 ppm, we will start to get an idea of what it was like for the dinosaurs.

Hopefully the giant meteor is included.

[Bayard]

3. Oh shit.....

[roamer65]

5. ..

[Bayard]

2. Our trees haven't even started turning color yet in southern KY

It's been so dry, leaves are just going to turn brown and drop anyway.

Normal is a thing of the past.

[Hotler]

4. It's already come and gone thru Denver. Back to sunshine. It doesn't snow in Colorado....

like it used to.

[roamer65]

6. Temperate zones are shifting northward.

Just wait until the equatorial regions start reaching 130-140 deg F.

[ancianita]

8. In a few years, Chicago will become Atlanta in the winter.

[roamer65]

9. About 10-20 years, yes.

Faster if we start getting methane releases from the Arctic not-so-permafrost.

[ancianita]

10. Earth dynamics are not steady, but exponential. Thus, this blizzard. Thus, thousands of wildfires.

We can't predict, but given dynamics we've seen, I go with the probability of exponential increase in temperatures.

[roamer65]

11. [phone]

You are spot on correct.

[ancianita]

7. My son-in-law's got a house there and says the same thing.