Barrow AK, Along With Most Of North Slope, At Or Above Freezing On 1 January 2017

[hatrack]

https://twitter.com/alaskawx/status/815602011345276928

The current temp of 36°F temp in Utqiaġvik (Barrow) is tied for the highest for any date between Nov 12 and April 11. H/T @ZLabe @AlaskaWx

https://twitter.com/climatologist49/status/815602642172841984

2016 at Utqiaġvik blows away previous warmest year by a full 2ºF. Trend since 1970s a stunning º6F. #akwx #arctic @Climatologist49 @ZLabe



https://twitter.com/alaskawx/status/815628328925151232

[riversedge]

1. Four below zero here in mid WI

[TexasTowelie]

2. Watch out!

The polar bears are migrating south so you might get a visit.

[femmedem]

3. The two are related. Warmer Arctic temperatures change the jet stream.

"...The concept seems contradictory at first, warmer temperatures in one place causing cold winters in another. But the paper finds that a hotter, less icy Arctic—a region that has warmed twice as fast as the rest of the world over the last two decades—creates a bulge of warm air in the lower atmosphere that forces the jet stream to become wavier, dipping farther south in some places and peaking farther north in others as it moves eastward around the globe. As it dips south into latitudes lower than it used to, it carries with it cold Arctic air..."

More: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31082015/yes-warming-arctic-means-cold-winters-elsewhere-Boston-US-Asia