Science: Blame Kansas City Blizzard 2025 On Climate Change?!?

It was just a matter of time until somebody suggested skyfall whilst the rest of us are bent over shoveling out of our misery.

To wit . . .

KANSAS CITY BLAMES UR MUM'S SUV FOR BLIZZARD 2025!!!

Almost.

Here's a bit of meteorological science explanation offered to the plebs but also taking for our bloggy peer review . . . Check-it: 

"It's a cold air outbreak that some experts say is happening more frequently, and paradoxically, because of a warming world. Such cold air blasts have become known as the polar vortex. It's a long-established weather term that's become mainstream as its technical meaning changed a bit on the way . . .

"What's happening is the jet stream that usually west-to-east river of air way above ground that moves weather systems along has made a roller-coaster like dip from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast and is stuck on that wavy track. To the west of that plunge, in California, it's hot and dry. But to the east and just above the dip, it's a taste of the North Pole."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Why more frequent cold blasts could be coming from global warming

Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States. Some experts say it's happening more frequently because of a warming world.

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